the headlines, the us israeli genocide in gaza continues for the 165th day with the death tolls for passing 31,700. yemen's army says it has once again targeted a us ship in the red sea and fired missiles at israeli positions in response to the genocidal war in gaza, 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. thanks for joining us, my name is gisum shah ahmedi, and these are top stories this hour. the gaza strip is a realing 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 rafa government, where at least... 14 palestinians lost their lives, there's no safe area, they're saying that this is safe area, but there are no safe of areas, they're hitting in every direction, they don't care about people, they're hitting everywhere. number of others were also

injured in the air strikes on arafa in central gaza, israel's artillery sheld the vicinity, both, alnasria and burej refugee camps, several neighborhoods in gaza city were bombed as well. israel unleashed its 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 gazans are observing the holy month of ramadan emids. severe food shortages and other devastating impacts of israeli bombardment and siege. the united nations has warned that israel could be using starvation as a weapon in its genicidal war against gaza by blocking the desperately needed aid into the war battered strip. the extent of israel's continued restrictions on the entry of aid into gaza. together with the manner in

which it continues to conduct hostilities may amount to the use of starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime. the clock is ticking, everyone, especially those with influence, must insist that israel acts to facilitate the unimpeded entry and distribution of needed humanitarian assistance to end starvation and avert all risk of famin. the un rights chief also decry the rampant hunger and looming femin in gaza. he further lamented the world's in action in the face of what he described as a man-made catastrophe, despite the un's repeated alerts in the past month. the warning comes a day after a un-backed report said malnutrition and food in security have probably exceeded femine levels in gaza's north and hunger linked deaths. likely to do so soon. the us

of 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. um, we also see, again, according to, in this case the united nations, 100%, the totality of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance.com made the comments in the philippines before heading to egypt and saudi arabia, where he would be... new push for sessfire in gaza.

ironically enough, blinton's co-called concern over the food shortage in gaza and his attempts to secure a peace deal come as washington has time and again. note un security council resolutions on the ceasefire. the white house also keeps supplying arms and munitions to tel aviv. moreover, the u.s. has refused to help with efforts to open the rafa border crossing to allow aid into gaza. and 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. gaza 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, we are supposed to take different steps, now the emergency is to do what i just said, immediate cice 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. rivier also described the humanitarian situation in the besicht palestinian territory as 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 seasfire 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. and in our news review program, we discuss with our guests the growing calls including from france for a coordinate. international action to establish immediate ceasefire in gaza. let's take a listen. scientist and author who joins us from bethlehem. we also have barry

grosman, international lawyer who joins from ball indonesia. gentlemen, welcome back say, i'll first start with you, 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 somewat 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, it has failed human rights, the un resolutions that have been made, israel is in violation of over 35 un security council

resolutions um, including 242 and 338 which call acquisition of territory by force illegal and is is occupying gaza and the west bank since 1967 and also the gullen heights, 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 veit at least three resolutions and the use threat of... 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 it at the un and in numerous occasions, so they cannot claim now suddenly that... they saw the light on 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 um 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 within the next 24 to 48 hours who is he addressing that part of a statement too? absolutely, i agree with what our colleague said, and i think it

doesn't take much imagination to appreciate just how hypocritical 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, 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, ethnic cleansing and genocide and all the rest is... really astounding, anybody who's still breathing only needs to 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 se fire uh without simply talking about you ask you it's not good enough to say that hamas would 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 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 and 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. now qatar has warned that any israeli attack on gaza's southern

city of raffa would result in atrocities much worse than the crimes already carried out in the beast strip during the past six months. we have cotioned and we will still caution that any attack on on rafah will make the humanitarian situation considerably uh worse and will result in atrocities that have not been. seen before in this terrible uh crisis with the number of unbelievable atrocities that have taken place. the katari foreign ministry spokesperson whose country mediates between hamas and israel said attack on rafa could derave the negotiation process. al-ansari says doha is cautiously optimistic about the cease fire talks that have now resumed, adding that it too early, it is too. early to talk about any results, last week hamas resistance movement proposed a six-week

truce which israel rejected. qatar said a counter proposal from israel could soon be presented to hamas. and the former israeli prime minister ehud olmet has hailed the us senate majority leader for urging early israeli elections to replace the regime's current prime minister benjamin netanyahu. olmart sent a letter to chuck schumer several days after the democratic senator called netanyahu major obstacle to peace in gaza. the former israeli prime minister laudded schum 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 called for the replacement of netanyahu that was also praised by the israeli opposition leader layer lapid. he said netanyahu is losing israel's biggest supporters. schumer's remarks have signaled a

widening rift between israel, the israeli regime and the us and a country that has been complicit. in the gaza genocide. the call for a snab election has angered netanyahu who responded by saying that israel is not a banana republic. and the israeli occupation forces have confirmed the death of yet another of its troopers in gaza and clashes with palestinian resistance fighters. israeli media say the soldier was killed near altrafa hospital. 's largest medical facility that was stormed again on sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries. israel has so far confirmed the deaths 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

its forces in order to avoid public anger. well, i think a lack of tech workers is the least of israel's problems right now. "look, we're committed to win the war, we're going to win the war regardless of anything uh, and i think that the when people look at economics of israel, they want to make sure first of all we're secure city and country, so our security is economic element, if hamas

thinks that uh, we're going to end this with them uh returning to power, they're wrong, the far..." your problem it faces is first of all it's military challenge from the resistance on every front. moving on, yemen's army says it has targeted an american ship in the red sea and fired missiles at israeli positions as it keeps up. manitory operations against the us and israel. yahya sari, the spokesman for yemen's armed forces, said in a video statement that the american vessel, mado was hit in the red sea with some naval missiles. he said they also fired several missiles at the um al rashada in south of the occupied palestinian territory. sari also said that the missile

successfully hit the targets, the statement vowed yemen will continue operations until. genocidal onslot on gaza stops. the yemani armed forces have repeatedly attacked israeli linked ships in waters around the country. recently, they have also targeted american and british ships in retaliation for the two countries aggression against yemen. and the israeli military has carried out fresh rates across the occupied west bank as regime presses with its offensive. against palestinians and the latest such attacks, israeli forces raided the town of yamoon west the city of jane as well as palestinian refugee camps east of the city of nopolis. the regime's 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 rais. 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 israeli incursions into the occupied towns and cities ever since. our correspondent in ramolah mondal says that 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... to the occupied west bank, raiding villages, towns and refugee camps, the soldiers stooned a number of palestinian homes and the caused destruction

inside the homes and the properties and clashes, exchange of fire have taken place between the israeli forces and members of the resistance groups, the israeli forces raided al-gelazon refugee camp near ramallah and arrested a palestinian female journalist rola hasan. "she is mother and a wife and she was arrested by the israeli 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 held by the israeli forces, the israeli tropps also stormed falqilia and arrested at least three palestinians there. uh, the israeli military had also carried out an operation napolis mainly in the b 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, and 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, near, that is, however, while palestinian protesters slam the us and israel for the ongoing genocide in gaza. frank smith reports. south korea this week hosts the third us initiative the summit for democracy. u.s. secretary of state anthony blincon suggested america could lead the world toward democratic ideals, lacking else. where vitilizing democracy will also requires to shape a technological future that's inclusive, that's right respecting, directed at driving progress in people's

lives. as authoritarian and repressive regimes deploy technologies to undermine democracy and human rights, we need to ensure that technology sustains and supports democratic values and norms. caraled away from the venue, activists were joined by a south korean law maker to question washington's and soul's credibility, particularly in light of us support of israel's ongoing genocide of palestinians in gaza. since yun souk yule came into power, our democracy index has fallen by 19 points and we're turning into a very backward country in terms of democracy. the 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. well rift has appeared. us support of israel, concern is mounting that the israeli military will increase attacks on the already besaged rafa, where palestinians away humanitarian aid amid reports of starvation. like here, around the world can be found supporters of a free palestine protesting 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.

the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea has overseen drills involving super large rocket launchers, footage show kim chong on visiting the launch site and giving directions to military officials, the country's media said the live rocket fire. drills were aimed at testing pyongyang's real war capabilities, it said the exercises also involved stimulating an areal explosion of a shell a predetermined altitude above the target. kim has called for modernizing and scaling up the country's artillery forces. the missile drills came day after south korea and japan reported that pyongyang launched several short-range ballistic missiles. the us secretary of state is also in south korea. for talks. washington and saul wrapped up their latest joint war games last week. pyongyang considers such drills rehearsals for invasion. and violence

in haiti seems far from over as at least dozen more people are dead in attack on the capital's upscale neighborhood. the victims were all fatally shot in pitonville, suburb of porte prince, 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 a criminal gang. witnesses say that armed men als also attacked a bank, a gas station and looted several homes, prompting residents to flee the neighborhood. some called radio stations asking for help from police, meanwhile hasian prime minister ariel henry has accepted to render his resignation if the transitional council is formed. violence grip the island in the caribbean nation. in recent weeks, armed gangs have taken control of much of the

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when israel began its aggression against the palestinians in the gaza strip, it didn't anticipate the resistance fighters of hamas to put up such a fight. now after five months of this onslot, his economy is doing so poorly that he needs to pull his reservis from the battlefield to help it with this economy while going after more money to continue the genocidal war. hi, i'm kaviy, welcome. economic divide, coming up in this program, we're going to take a look at the israeli economy, the key sectors that have been affected, also the large gdp trop uh that was 19.4% and the lack of investments uh which uh has affected uh