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attacks of food distribution facility in the southern city of rafan emit extreme shortage of food stuff. leader of hesboolah says israel's paying a high price in its war with the resistance in gaza and lebanon, but trying to hide its losses, and iran, china and russia carry on with their joint naval drills in the indian ocean.
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hello everyone, thanks for tuning in a press tv world news. now israel continues pressing ahead with indiscriminate targeting of palestinians fasting in the holy month of ramadan is hopes are fading for a cease fire. randra says israely war planes have hit one of the eight warehouses and rafa. several people were killed and scores wounded as palestinians were waiting for hum. humanitarian aid. according to the gaza health ministry, israel air strikes have claimed 88 palestinian lives in the past day. the un says number of children killed during the first four months of the gaza war has topped all those killed in four years of wars throughout the world. in northern gaza alone 27 children have starved to death. the health ministry is called on the un and other child protection agencies for the provisions of milk for infants. the palestinian death tool now stands at around 31,000. 300, most of
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them women and children. our correspondent abu musab joined us earlier from gaza's central city of dear abala for latest updates on israely atrocities. the israeli war blames attacked a group of the palestinian civilians waiting for the humanitarian aid before the gate of a distribution center belongs to the. onrua and rafa city at least six palestinia civilians were revortedly killed over that attack while douzens were injured uh previously uh at least two civilian cars were destroyed and attacked by the israeli war of planes in rafa city three palestinian civilians were killed as a result of those attacks. in the meantime when it comes to khanuni city at least 17 dead bodies of the palestinian civilians actually were extracted from the robel of those destroyed. houses
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particularly in neighborhood hammed neighborhood located in the western part of khanuni city, it's worth mentioning that hammed neighborhood has been under heavy bombardments and attacks for roughly uh three consecutive weeks and this these attacks are still underway till this moment uh more destruction unfolded after the israeli incubation forces withdrew from several parts of the surrounding area of the neighborhood the vast majority of the buildings and the palestinan houses were uh partially or totally destroyed and devastated by the chronic israelir strikes and attacks that reach everything in that area. the gaza government says sending aid ship from cyprus, the besege territory is not sufficient for millions of starving people. the spokesperson for the government's press office said ships cargo does not exceed that of one or two trucks and will take days to arrive. he also stress there are some logistical uncertainties about the operation and raised
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concerns regarding israeli inspections. salama marof noted maritime aid corridor is far less efficient than overland routes. he called for international pressure on israel to let eight trucks through its border crossings, a ship carrying 200 tons of aid left cyprus on tuesdays part of pilot project to deliver supplies to a population on the verge of famon. the leader of lebanon's. the hisb resistance movement says israel's incuring significant losses in terms of military personnel and economy in gaza and of lebanon. speaking in a televised speech, said hanh asserted the israely army is currently worn out and tired on all fronts, suffering a substantial number of casualties. he added, israel's covering up its military losses and experiencing severe shortage of soldiers. nasrella said regime has resorted to recruiting thousands of people even from ultra orthodox. community, he said, in the
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northern front, regime is imposing strict censorship on information about its losses in terms of soldiers, military vehicles and other assets, leader noted a senior israel experts and former ministers have admitted the strategic and economic losses that the regime is suffering. nastralah also commented on us support for the regime urging washington to halt israeli aggression instead of helping it. regarding the gaza conflict nastra said regime has lost the war as it's failed to achieve its declared objectives including the radication of hamas. iran, china and russia kicked off main phase of joint maritime exercises in the iranian territorial waters, located in north of the sea of oman. first phase of drills, different units of islamic republic of iran navy, the navy of the islamic revolution guard core along with naval forces from russia and china
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have conducted different types of maritime exercises. iran, russia and china have conducted the main phase of a joint naval. dubbed maritime security belt 2024. after arriving at the northern part of the indian ocean, the vessels of the three countries practiced different operations. the joint drills took place in 17 square kilometers of water in a region that is an internationally crucial hop for energy and trade traffic. the first phase of the naval drills included live firing at designated surface targets in the sea of oman, various vessels and fast attack crafts from the irgc were also involved in the exercise. the vessels were armed with the state of the art home-grown advanced weapons. the next phase included the photoex exercise and offensive formations. the helicopters of the islamic republic of iran navy and the
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irgc monitored the region in all stages of the exercise. iran's navy commander hailed the exercise as successful endeavor to improve maritime cooperation. the contributing countries, the commander also said that iran expects the drills to expand in the future, this year, as we expected, regarding the types of vessels participating in the exercise, both china and russia have increased the variety as well as tonage of the vessels, so hopefully we expect more countries to join the drills in the future, especially regional states. admiral also stated that... regional nations have the capacity to confront piracy and terrorism by enhancing cooperation. the exercises are the latest in joint drills by iran, china and russia. iran says regional countries are most welcome to take part in the drills that are
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going to take place in the future. the islamic republic has time and again stressed that regional countries are the ones that are truly in charge of establishing security in the region. president vladimir putin says the main objective of the ukraine's recent attacks on his country is interfere with upcoming presidential race in russia. i have no doubt about it. the main goal is to, if not disrupt the presidential election in russia, then at least somehow interfere with the normal process of expressing the will of citizens. secondly, as i've already said, it's about informational components, and thirdly, if they have some success to get some kind of chance, some kind of argument, some kind of trump card in a possible future negotiation process, an interview said
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attacks by ukrainian forces are aimed at diverting attention from their failures on the front line, he added, the russian forces are completely taken over the... initiative in the war. russian foreign ministry spokesperson also said us seeks to discourage russian citizens from taking part in the election, which is due to be held between march 15th and the 17th. maria zakarova says us also plans to carry out cyber attacks against russia's remote electronic voting systems. tensions between russia and the us escalated to unprecedented levels following the ukraine war. putin once again warns he's ready to deploy nuclear weapons if his country's sovereignty is threatened. is climate change real, is smoking cigarettes really hazardous, do ddt insecticides really
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henry was in kenya to sign an agreement to send 1,0 kenyan police to a caribbean nation to restore order, but he was unable to return to haiti as security situation deteriorated throughout the airport in the capital, porter prince. meanwhile, usa's new team of marines has been sent to haiti to help protect the american embassy. us secretary of state, anthony blincan also promised $100 million. for un-backed force to stabilize the country and $30 million in humanitarian aid. haiti has been plagued by spiraling violence in recent weeks as armed gangs have taken control calling on henry to go. and for more on the story we're joined by press tv correspondent camilla escalante. the united states southern command with. the united states says is the area of the military, the section of the military responsible for the
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caribbean and latin america, has deployed an elite unit of us marines to the haisian capital. it said that in overnight statement, just days ago, it also put out a statement saying that it was augmenting uh security around its embassy in the haitian capital, saying that uh for that reason, diplomats and personnel would be... airlifted by helicopter in and out of the area, so it seems that obviously they're preparing for somewhat of uh more intensified uh security situation right now uh, i'm not sure if you mentioned this already, but the president was unable to return to the country, having traveled abroad, and he was reportedly for some time uh, last we know of him in puerto rico being reported or being protected by the fbi. we're hearing a lot of reactions from around the continent uh this week, including by
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president nicolas maduro. he said that haiti has been murdered and dismembered by us interventionism, and from within he said the destructive force of anti-values and drug trafficking took over haiti. um, and he says that this is all of course uh, repeating what people in haiti are saying. this is the work of external intervention. us of household representatives has overwhelmingly approved the bill that forces the popular social media application tiktok to either severtise with china or become unavailable in the us. american lawmakers voted 352 in favor of the proposed law in a very rare moment of bipartisan unity. meanwhile beijing's accused the us of suppressing tiktok, calling the motion bullying act to damage the international investment environment. the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson has warned washington of the repercussions of this move (wong wen) being said decision will
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inevitably come back to bite the us itself. washington's long expressed concerns over the chinese owned app, claiming it puts national security at risk. tiktok owners however have repeatedly rejected the claims that the us bill uh passes and becomes law, the apps parent company will be forced to sell tiktok within six months or face a bank. the leader of islamic revolution says what is happening in the besieg gaza strip is an indication of palestinian steadfastness and resilience he made the comment while meeting with a group of quran reciters and memorizers in tehran kujuri has your story. annual meeting of quran reciters and memorizers with the leader
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the islamic revolution. every year on the first day of the holy month of ramadan, leader of the islamic revolution receives top reciters of the holy quran to stress the importance of this very holy book in the lives of muslims. in the meeting. described the recitation of the quran as sacred art, while underlining that the primary. objective of this very valuable skill should be to convey the meaning and message of the quran to the public and society and create the ground for contemplation of the holy scripture, elsewhere in his speech ayatullah how many? expresses satisfaction with the abundant number of young quran reciters in the country, viewing their increase as a blessing of the islamic revolution. meanwhile, referring to the crimes committed by the zinist regime in gaza, the leader pointed out that the peak of brazilians that is being witnessed in gaza presently stems from a profound familiarity with and adherence to the teachings of the quran.
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امروز کاری که در غزه دارد انجام میگیرد. از دو طرف در اوجه از لحاظ جنایت و خباثت و وحشی گری و خونخواری در اوجه اون طرف هم در اوج این صبر بی نظیر این ایستادگی مردم دنیای اسلام مکلف است موظف است تکلیف دینی داره هرکس هرجور می توانه کمک کنه و حرام قطعی و جنایت
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this is the third time i have the honor of attending such a great event, today i am going to have supplications to recite about the holy month of ramadan. other reciters were worried about the people of gaza who are observing. holy month of ramadan emid the israeli bombing and shelling campaign. the month of ramadan is the month of mercy and blessing. do believe that during this month the zionist regime will face a big defeat. at the end of the ceremony the quran reciters and memorizers held congregational prayers led by the leader of the islamic revolution
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and broke their fast together. samakujuri press tv tehran. thousands of iranian legal experts and attorneys have joined the global movement of lawyers who volunteer to follow a genocide complaint against israel at the international criminal court, referred to as the army of lawyers for palestine, initiative has so far mobilized more than 200,000 attorneys worldwide. press tv's gisu misha ahmedi has her details. an unprecedented global movement gaining momentum. initiated by veteran french lawyer and academic gil dever, the army of lawyers for palestine now has over 200 thousand lawyers of different nationalities on board and still counting, as he travels from country to country to promote his grassroots campaign. we are witnessing
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new movement in the world, the atrocities committed in gaza are no longer only matter that concerns muslim countries far. from it, here we have a french lawyer that has started an initiative that brought together 300 lawyers from across the world in less than 10 days and that number grew rapidly to 100,000, and now with the mou that we have signed at the iran judiciary bar, that number will be rising to 50,000 lawyers. with iran on board, you can also expect lawyers from iraq, syria and lebanon to join in as well, and an optimistic shield a... 'who has already filed a complaint of genocide against israel with the international criminal court, demanding an arrest warrant for top israeli politicians, including prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this is going to be tough battle without a doubt, but in just few months, all these lawyers have joined us. this kind of solidarity is unprecedented. we
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have never seen so many lawyers join hands for one purpose in history, so'. this is a great sign, because it won't be enough to tell a judge, look, there's no many of us, instead we have to be able to defend palestine with strong legal arguments, and by the looks of things, we have solid base for that. his south african fellow companion shedding light on the legal aspects of the matter, while explaining how the case brought to the international court of justice by south africa is also paving the way. the icj order specific. quickly spoke about creating a humanitarian corridor and humanitarian assistance to the people of gaza. the united states and israel were saying that the word cease fire did not exist. in the icj order, but this is not true because the humanitarian aid on the ground at scale cannot be delivered without an effective and immediate
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cease fire. it is very clear that we are witnessing a birth of new age. new movement of justice seaking people from all over the world is emerging and that is why while the south african government files a complaint, we see a grassroot movement also taking shape, very unique. that has brought together lawyers who are seeking justice in the battle between good and evil, and in the words of these legal experts, this goal is not far from reach. these lawyers believe that we live in a new era in which this new global initiative will eventually lead to justice for palestinians. gisum press tv, tehran. during the holy month of ramadan, muslims and afghanistan not only observed the fasting month, but also practiced spiritual act of helping others, particularly by distributing food to the less fortunate. press tvs abdullah amizada reports out of kabul. the
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holy month of ramadan, revered as the most sacred month in the islamic calendar, is a period during which muslims observe a daily fast from dawn to dusk. this fast is not merely about abstaining from food and drink, it is also a time for spiritual reflection, prayer and doing good deeds. says it is a time to do business with god. the holy month of ramadan is the best of the months, it is said in the quran that this month is better than one thousand months. this is a month to do business with god by giving charity, doing good deeds, praying and reciting quran. we muslims should seize the opportunity of this holy month.
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here, as you can see, we prepare and distribute food to needy people. this is a tradition carried out every ramadan in this mosk, because ramadan is the month of the feast of the lord. it is a month to take care the poor. generous people raise funds for this purpose. it goes on throughout the month with approximately 900 people being fed every iftar. the act of providing food to the poor and needy is seen as a way to purify one's wealth and is an important part of a spiritual. practice of the holy month of ramadan. during ramadan, muslims unite in a journey of a spiritual growth. this holy month, marked by charity and communal meals,
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illuminates the essence of humanity and brotherhood. press tv, cobble. and that's it for your latest here on press tv, everyone. thank you for tuning in and goodbye for now. in late 2023, south africa filed case at the international court of justice icj over the israeli apath regime's unidal war against palestinians in the besieg gaza strip. south africa stated that the televive regime. has failed to uphold its commitments under the 1948 genocide convention. south africa filed the lossit against the israeli regime at the end of december, noting that israel's actions
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in gaza that cited last october are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of our substantial part of the palestinian national, racial and ethnic group. we have a special guest to discuss the topic today. he's none other than south african ambassador to iran, his excellency dr. francis molloy. thank you. mr. ambassador for your time today, thank you very much for inviting me, it's a pleasure to be here.
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