the headlines the us israeli genocide in gaza continues for the 165th day with the death toll surpassing 31,800. france's unvoy says of gaza situation. is absolutely catastrophic, urging the international body to overcome this in action and declare immediate ceasefire, and the israeli occupation forces carry out night raids on several areas of the west bank, abducting at least two young palestinians.

"hello and welcome, you're watching world news on press tv, coming to you live from our headquarters in tehran. thank you for joining of us. my name is gisum shah ahmadi and these are top stories this hour. the gaza strip is reeling from endless israeli bombardment with its people remaining in a state of despair and agony. the regime has carried out fresh attacks across the territory, including in arafa, where at least 14..." there's no safe area, they're saying that this is safe area, but there are no safe areas, they're hitting in every direction, they don't care about people, they're hating everywhere. a number of others were also

injured in the air strikes on arafa and central gaza, israel's artillery shell, the vicinity of both nusiat and burej refugee camps, several neighborhoods in gaza city, were bombed as well. israel unleashed genocide in gaza early october, over 31,800 palestinians have been killed, so far, most of them women and children. the war rages on while galzens. observing the holy month of ramadan amist severe food shortages and other devastating impacts of the israeli bombardment and siege. the us secretary of state has expressed concern over the acute food shortage in the gaza strip and the dire humanitarian crisis there. again, according

to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity, that's the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see, again, according to, in this case the united nations, 100%, the totality of the population is in need of humanit. assistance, compare that to san. linan made the comments in the philippines before heading to egypt and saudi arabia, where he would make new push for sessfire in gaza. ironically enough, biden's co-called concern over the food shortage in gaza and his attempt to secure a peace deal comes while washington has time and again veto the un security council resolutions on the seasf. the white house also keeps

supplying arms and munitions to tel aviv, tel aviv regime, and moreover, the us has refused to help with efforts to open the rafa border crossing and allow aid to enter gaza. france's ambassador and permanent representative to the united nations has called on the security council to take action on the... dire situation in gaza. so far, the security council has only been able to adopt two humanitarian resolution, which, by the way, are not implemented. these councils need to do more to do it now, and take up its responsibility. it cannot wait any longer. so this is why france requested close consultation on the situation in gaza. and

today we want the members of this council to have a honest conversation on which measures can be taken by this council to stop this conflict? well uh... "we are supposed to take different steps, now the emergency is to do what i just said, immediate cease fire during ramadan, release of hostages and full humanitarian access, so this is what the security council should do now, not next week, i'm talking about the next 24 or 48 hours, there is no reason to procrastinate further, no reason, he also described the humanitarian situation. in the beseich palestinian territory is absolutely catastrophic, he argued that this is not a natural disaster, but a war that should stop now and that the security council cannot continue to procrastinate. france has been pushing for a ceasefire in israel's war on gaza. however, the 15 member un body has

failed to pass resolutions due to constant us vetos. since israel launched its genocidal war on gaza early october, washington has vetoed. three draft resolutions, two of them calling for immediate ceasefire. now in our news review program, we discussed with our guests a growing calls including from france for a coordinated international action to establish immediate cease fire. let's take a listen. assim is a palestinian scientist and author who joins us from bethlehem, we also have barry grossman, international lawyer who joins us from ball indonesia, gentlemen, welcome, let say, i'll first start with you,

uh, the french ambassador showing to the un showing his frustration, saying that something needs to be done, but the eu as a whole is partly also responsible for what is happening in the gaza strip uh, so that... claim somewhat falls on uh deaf ears so to speak, because they are the ones also partly responsible, but really uh it then comes to the us role in this whole genocidal conflict, um, isn't the us the one that also uh should be held responsible a large scale on this genocidal war that's taking place? uh, yes, indeed, thank you for having this discussion because it's very, very important, the world has failed. gaza has failed human rights, the un resolutions that have been made, israel is in violation of over 35 un security council resolutions, including 242 and 338 which call

acquisition of territory by force illegal, and israel is occupying gaza and the west bank since 1967 and also the gin so israel violates un security council resolutions that are already adopted and that's not counting the dozens and dozens of un security council resolutions that the us vetos as your report indicated the us veto at least three resolutions and they use threat of vedo on several others just in the past few months since this genocide latest round of genocide started, so i think france is hypocritical in many ways, you know, they support israel, they supported financially, they supported with military equipment and weapons, they supported is that the un in numerous

occasions, so they cannot claim now suddenly that they saw the light or they are calling for sess fire, if they are calling for sess fire they need to stand up to who prevents the cease fire and that is their pattern in the united states and they are not willing to stand up to the united states and instead what we see is more of the same and more genocide going on every day uh every minute and the world is silent do you agree with what our guest there says especially uh i like to ask you about what the french un ambassador said where he said something needs to be done now with next 24 to 48 hours, who is he addressing that part of a statement too? absolutely, i agree with what our colleagues said, and i think it doesn't take much imagination to appreciate just how

hypocritical uh france has been, i mean we can give credit what credits do, but basically passing the back back to the security council or even the the icc. without the icj, without without taking a firm position in opposition to the players that are making all this happening, rings rather hollow. and frankly speaking, the level of political and institutional inertia in the face of this massive crime against humanity, which includes all manner of war crimes and of course, um, ethnic cleansing and genocide and all the rest is truly astonding, anybody who's still breathing only needs to uh make themselves aware of what's taking place in gaza a daily basis and in no small part in the west bank too, to appreciate just how

outrageously unlawful the occupation is conducting itself situation, and really everybody should be standing up, every nation should be standing up and demanding seas fire, without simply talking about you asking. "you know, it's it's not good enough to say that hamas should release its prisons of war, when when the occupation has something in the order of 10,000 prisoners taken unlawfully very often without any charges or trial or right of appeal, women and children and everything else, and i think somewhere in there there has to be a way to to reach a resolution, but if there's not is high time that nations started." calling out the big players, namely the united kingdom, the united states and even france itself, and

of course the the court, as for the un, the fact that we still have security council with five permanent members that enjoy an absolute power of veto is outrageous, certainly that veto power should never be allowed to be invoked in order to stop a program to resolve. what ultimately is a crime against humanity? very well, thank you so much for that, we do appreciate your comments there, uh, that's palestinian scientist and author, and thank you very grossman, international lawyer from balley indonesia, with that we come to an end for this news review, the former israeli prime minister ihut almart has hailed the us senate majority. party leader for urging early israeli elections to replace the regime's current prime minister benjamin

netanyahu. holmer set in letter to chuck schumer several days after the democratic senator call netanyahu major obstacle to peace in gaza. the former israeli prime minister lodd schumer for his courage to express how traditional supporters of israel feel today. almart added that netanyahu is unable to fulfill the responsibilities. assigned to him, schumer's call for the replacement of netanyahu was also praised by the israeli opposition leader, yail lapid. he said that netanyahu is losing israel's biggest supporters. shumer's remarks have signaled a widening rift between the israeli regime and the us, a country that has been complicited in the gaza genocide. the call for a snap election has angered netanyahu who responded by. saying that israel is not a banana republic. meanwile, the israeli

occupation forces have confirmed the death of yet another of its troopers in gaza, and the clashes with palestinian resistance fighters. israely media say the soldier was killed near alishifa hospital, gaza's largest medical facility that was stormed again on sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries. israel has so far confirmed the death of 251 military personnel since launching a ground invasion of gaza in late october. palestinian groups however say the regime is intentionally hiding the real number of casualties among his forces in order to avoid public anger.

now the israeli military. carried out fresh raids across the occupied west bank castle regime presses ahead with its offensive against palestinians and the latest such attacks israeli forces raided the town of yamon west of the city of genene. as well as a palestinian refugee camp east of the city of nables. the regime forces abducted several people after storming palestinian homes. clashes also erupted between israeli troops and resistance forces which targeted soldiers and bulldozers with explosive devices. the israeli military has intensified its violent

raids across the west bank since october 7th, the day when the regime launched its genocidal war on gaza. hundreds of palestinians have been killed and thousands abducted during the israeli incursions into the occupied towns and cities ever since. our correspondent in rama lahmona kandal says the israeli troops have conducted new raids on several towns, villages and refugee camps across the occupied west bank. this morning the israeli forces raided several areas across the occupied west bank, speaking from the south to the north of the occupied westbank, raiding villages, towns and refugee camps, the soldiers stoned a number of palestinian homes and the caused destruction inside the homes and the properties and the

clashes, exchange of fire have taken place between the israeli forces and the members of the resistance. groups, the israeli forces rated al jalazon refugee camp near ramalah and arrested a palestinian female journalist rola hasanain, she is mother and a wife and she was arrested by the forces, it's not clear why she had been detained, but today we are speaking about 70 palestinians were detained, 70 palestinian journalists were detained by the israeli forces since the 7th of october, at least over 35 of them are still being by the israeli forces, the israeli troops also stormed polilia and arrested at least three palestinians there, the israeli military had also carried out an operation napolis mainly in the valot refugee camp, and according to the palestinian resistance, exchange of fire had taken place

for several hours between the israeli troops and the palestinian fighters. the emini foreign ministry has sensured the un security council statement against the country's anti-israel operations in the red sea. the ministry said the unsc move reflects the body submission to america's interests and its support for the israeli genocide in gaza. sana also blasted the council for its inaction towards the daily massacre of palestinians. the yeemini ministry pledged that the forces would continue their operations. in the red sea until israel ends its onslaught on gaza. reactions came after the 15 member council condemned the attacks on commercial vessels in the red sea while urging restraint to avoid further escalation. this despite to the yemeni armed forces have repeatedly announced that all ships, except those heading to israeli ports are free and

safe sail through the strategic waterway. however, recently, they have also targeted american and british ships in relation for the in retaliation, that is for two countries aggressions against yemen. and in south korea, the third summit for democracy has begun. the us secretary of state and south korean president spoke of efforts to ensure democracy for future generations. nearby, however, pro palestine protesters slam the us and israel for the ongoing genocide. frank smith reports. south korea this week hosts the third us initiative of the summit for democracy. u.s. secretary of state anthony blincon suggested america could lead the world toward democratic ideals, lacking

elsewhere. vitilizing democracy will also requires to shape a technological future that's inclusive that's right respect. came into power, our democracy index has fallen by 19 points and we're turning into a very backward country in terms of democracy. united states, the enabler of the massacre, israel, the perpetrator of the massacre, and south korea, are causing the endless decline of democracy. activists say the us and south

korea have the blood of tens of thousands of innocents on their hands through the provision of weapons to israel and failure to pressure tel aviv to end its genocide. it's not the time for the south korean government or the us government who are complicit in israel's genocide to discuss democracy. instead, the korean government. should urge the us and israel to immediately stop the genocide, lift the blockade of the gaza strip and end israel's colonial military occupation of palestine. while rift has appeared in us support of israel, concern is mounting that the israeli military will increase attacks on the already besaged rafa where palestinians await humanitarian aid amid reports of starvation. like here, around the world can be found supporters of a free palestine protesting again. against israel's genocide in gaza week after week and here at this summit titled democracy for future generations. a glaring question clouds

proceedings, what will happen to the next generation of palestinians. frank smith, press tv. soul. and leader of the democratic people's republic of korea has overseen drills involving. rocket launchers, footage showed kim jongun visiting the launch site and giving directions to military officials, the country's media said live rocket fire drills were aimed at testing pyongyang's real war capabilities, it said the exercise also involves stimulating aerial explosion of a shell a predetermined altitude above the target. kim has called for. modernizing its scaling up of the country's artillery forces, the missile drills came day after south korea and japan reported that puong yang launched several short-range ballistic missiles. the

us secretary of state is also in south korea for talks. washington and sol wrapped up their latest joint war games last week. pyongyang considers such drills rehearsals for invasion. and iran is marking the 73rd anniversary of the nationalization of its oil industry, that was a turning point in the political and economic history of the iranian nation to save the national treasure from foreigners. fotem masumi reports. on march 20th, 1951, members of the iranian parliament passed the bill introduced by the country's democratically elected prime minister muhammad. musaddiq to nationalize iran's oil industry, the groundbreaking initiative put an end to britain's for decade dominion over iran's oil industry. the britain-owned

anglo-iranian oil company enjoyed a monopolistic control over the industry and paid only meger portion of the revenues to the iranian government. nationalization was call for independence. if you go back then the iranians, the entire public realized that this was not about economy, it was about independence and go the the musaddiq movement was very popular within, the entire world realized that it was about gaining independence from a colonial power that controlled the economy and from, mean based on the economy, control the political spectrum within iran. when the then government of musadq put the nationalizing of iran's oil its agenda in april 1951, acts of sabot. conspiracy against the country were enhanced, the american british coup in august 1953 against musad's government was part of the plot, basically the british were

plundering iranian natural resources and oil was at the top of the list, iranians began to protest and there was a growing social movement in the country to nationalized iranian oil, when that ultimately happened, the british imposed on the country similar to what happened after the revolution in iran. after the victory of the islamic revolution, iran achieved significant milestones in the petroleum industry. these include the discovery of numerous oil and gas fields, an expansion and extractable oil and condensate reserves, a rise in oil production and extractable gas, and the discovery of new oil and gas fields. iran was the first country in the west asia to reclaim its oil industry, the iranian. move proved to be of great importance in giving rise to the anti-olonialist tendencies all over the region and set a trend for other countries. fatam massumi, press tv, tehran. "and

violence in haiti seems far from over, as at least dozen more people are dead in a gun attack on the capital's upscale neighborhood. the victims were all fatally shot in pitonville, suburb of part of france, ambulance services have recovered 10 bodies. locals say that they did not know the circumstances of the deaths, but the area came under attack by criminal gang. witnesses say that armed..." men also attacked a bank, a gas station and a looted several homes prompting residents to flee the neighborhoods. some also called for radio stations asking for help. meanwhile, the heitian prime minister ariel henry has accepted to lender his resignation and transitional council is formed. violence is

has crippled the island. of caribbean in the recent weeks, armed gangs have taken control the capital and calling on henry to quit. that brings us to the end of this edition of world news on press tv, but don't go away. i'll be back with more news in just half an hour. writer, screenwriter, translator, theater director, university professor, television and cinema actor, and member of iran's academy of persian language and literature.

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well uh, we will be listening into yahya sari, the military spokesman for yemen's huti movement. let's take listen. fortue, god is the most truthful in order to give support to the palestinian people, the oppressed palestinian people, and also in retaliation the us and uk aggression against our country, the yemeny armed forces, the naval forces, the yemani armed forces have. target the ship, the us ship meadow in the red sea with number of sea missiles and that were appropriate missiles and also the yemini armed forces launched several rockets on

israeli targets in uma rashrash and the southern parts of the occupied palestinian territory and we have succeeded in these operations the yemini armed forces with god's support. will continue to fulfill its religious and ethical duty towards the oppressed people of palestine and that its military operations will not stop until the aggression is ends and the siege is lifted on the people of gaza. god is our supporter, god is our victory, may yemen live free and independent, and victory is to... yemen and all the free people of the muslim nation ninth of ramadan 1445 of hijrah on the 19th of march 2024 statement issued by the now that was yahya sorry.