first headlines former palestinians die of starvation a gaza hospital as a death doll from israel's genocidal war near 32,800, mostly women and children. israel forces kill a palestinian man over. attack that left three settlers seriously injured in the southern part of the occupied territories. also in the headlines turkey's president consees local elections a setback calls poll results turning point for his ruling justice and development party.

8:30 am in iran's capital, tehran, this is press tv news. thanks for joining us. it is almost six months now since israel launched his genocidal war on gaza. the regime's warplanes on artillery keep pounding the besieg strip causing more deaths and destruction in the last 24 hours. four civilians, including journalists were killed, and 16 other people were injured after israeli war planes struck the vicinity of alaska marters hospital in the central gaza city of daral bala. several areas of gaza city were also shelled and bombed, leaving two people dead and 10 injured. meanwhile, four palestinians, including two children died due to starvation in kamaluon hospital, the northern strip. the number of deaths related to famon and malnutrition has gone up to 34, including 31 children. nearly 32,800 palestinians have lost their lives and some 75,00 injured in the israeli war in gaza that began early october. "israely forces still

attack hospitals in gaza under the pretext of finding members of the hamas resistance movement. a mother grieves the death of his nine-year-old son in kamal adwan hospital as she recounts the moments iof troops attacked the patients and their families there. suddenly they closed the doors and there was shooting. we said maybe there is a truth that we didn't know anything about yet. the doctors and nurses were screaming and saying that is really beseed. outside, they started shooting at the doors to get hamas out, but where is hamas? they're all sick children and there is no hamas, only the medical staff and these children is my dead son hamas. what did of of my son do to them? all the hospital sections were called to the reception. they took the displaced people out in groups of 40, the first day 40, the second, the third and the fourth as well. on the fifth day, they said that they want to evacuate the families of patients and leave the patients. they told me to leave. my son alone, i said i will not go

and leave him, some operations were delayed, there are no medical equipment or medicine in the al-shifa hospital, there's nothing. the seventh day the doctor came to me and told me that i should go out and that the israeli forces want to enter the hospital and that i was putting my life and the life of my son in danger. they told me to go out and take him with me. i went out and i put him in his chair and then they started shooting, so i carried him on my shoulders and there was people in. behind me, once we got out, they started shooting at us again, telling us that this is not a safe area and we should go right, then they started shooting again saying that this is not safe area as well, we were in the middle of the thing and we didn't know what to do, we then came to camal one hospital and they did what's necessary directly, he had a blockage in his intestines and today he died, his father knows nothing about him, he only knows that he's sick, he's not around, he didn't get the chance to say goodbye and now to the occupied west bank

where israeli forces have shot and killed a palestinian man over an alleged stabbing attack a settlement near the town of ashtad. israely sources say that at least three settlers have been seriously injured in this attack which occurred in a shopping mall. according to reports regime forces fatally shot the attacker who was later identified as a man from alkalil. the incident came hours after that brigades, the military wing of the hamas resistance movements. republished a message from his commander, calling on palestinians to use all of their resources to fight against the regime. hamas later hailed the attack as a natural response to the occupations massacres in gaza and the west bank. the group added that the operation also shows palestinians conviction toward resistance as the path to liberate palestine. well thousands of israelies have once again rallied in telaviv and alqrut to protest against prime minister benjamin netanyahu.

over his failure to secure the release of captives in gaza. they urged netanyo to resign, calling for early elections. they vowed to continue the rallies until all israeli captives are released. netanyahu has been. in hot water over his handling of the gaza war, israel has failed to release any of the captives by military means, it has also failed to achieve any of its estated goals of the war. israelies have held anti-netanyahu rallies for months, the premier is embroiled in series of scandals and charges, including fraud and the breach of trust. leban resistance movement and israely forces continue to exchange fire as tensions remain high over the war and... gaza: the latest of such attentions, the lebanese resistance has carried out several retaliatory operations against israely positions in southern lebanon. this after an assassination drone assault targeted vehicle on lebanon southern town of kun. our correspondent mariam sal has the details. the most dangerous uh aggression

today from the israeli side was that an israeli drone targeted vehicle in the southern town of kin and we're talking. talking about an assassination, it seems uh they we know from reports that there was one person in that vehicle and that has become part of the israeli uh policy of targeting individuals which could be members of either the hamas, as you know hamas is active in lebanon, it does have a branch here in lebanon and they are active in south lebanon, we also see that the israelies are targeting when they do have intelligence, they're targeting some vehicles that include members of hazbullah, but in times there's also uh targeting of civilians in their vehicles as well, hazbillah has made it of course clear that they will continue to retaliate for the continuous israeli aggressions and there were several operations today, the israelis targ excuse me, targeted uh the the post of jord, they targeted specifically they said the

espionage devices uh in that post, they also targeted the zibdim post and which has become a routine operation for hazballah targeting the occupied lebanese shabal farms, we also saw today targeting of a recent post which is called the barhta launching site where the israelis keep their tanks and their artillery and they launch their aggressions from that area and hazballah mentioned in their statement that this is a recent post and this show shows that hazball that uh the israelies uh are attempting to move away from their original post perhaps trying to stave off any hasbulah operations but has seems to have the intelligence to be able to know about these recent posts and target them. as well has israely forces have carried out fresh strikes on syria targeting the vicinity of the capital damascus. the syrian military says the rockets were launched from the direction the occupied golden heights added that the aggression resulted in the injury of two civilians causing some material losses. the

attack comes two days after the regime's fatal air strikes on serus aleppo killed a number of civilians and military personal. the syrian government has on numerous occasions called on the un to force the israeli regime to stop it. acts of aggression. damascus says the assaults are in violation of international law, aimed at propping up terrorists. the islamic resistance in iraq says it has carried out fresh attacks on israeli positions, response to the regime's ongoing genocide in gaza. the resistance group said that it struck vital target and occupied palestine using appropriate weapons. it said the attack was in response to the massacers committed by israel against palestinian civilians including women. children and the elderly, group said that it will continue its operations against israely strongholds. in recent months, the islamic resistance in iraq has carried out series of attacks against israeli positions. it has also hit us military bases in iraq and neighboring syria, metaliation for washington's support for the

israely genocide in gaza. it's a good way to see how poor people uh in poor countries or even in our own countries live, fasting basically high. your awareness of your surroundings and everything, and it brings back the reasons for doing dua, for reading quran. when the sun sets, uh, it's a fantastic feeling of achievement.

welcome back to the news here on press tv. turkey's president recepan has acknowledged his party's poor performance in sunday's local elections, calling the outcome a turning point for the justice. we will open-heartedly analyze the results of the march 31st elections within our party and make our self criticism boldly. although not finalized yet, the election results show us that we are experiencing a loss of ground in local administrations across the country. of course, we will discuss the reasons for this decline we see on the local basis. the statement after early results squashed his

party's hopes of winning municipality and mayoral seats in istanbul and ankara and some other traditional strongholds. the opposition republican people's party has already declared victory for ekremlu, the incumbant mayor of istanbul, after 96% of the ballots boxes were counted. partial official tallies also showed that cb was leading in other big cities. sunday's local elections appeared to represent a fresh. blow to the president, what said his sites on retaking control of urban areas. turkish people in 81 provinces took to the poles to choose mayors and provincial council members in local elections. the vote is seen by many as a test of popularity of president rajap tayyib erdogan. erdogan who started his political life as the mayor of istanbul, campaigned for the past few weeks to promote his party's candidates. the ruling... justice and development party is seeking to win back both, the economic hub of the country, istanbul and capital ankara, after receiving

a blow from republican people's party chp in 2019. for his turn, the chp is a scrambling to maintain both cities and win more. all eyes are now on istanbul as the competition between the two main candidates in the city is a crucial. the participation wasn't expected to be same as the previous election, however it's not less important than the 2023 one. ardon wants to end his presidental term with the victory for his party and opposition candidate who wants to participate in the 2028 presidental run once this local election to pay the way for his next win. 61 million voters were eligible to vote with more than one million new voters. i cast my vote for the very first time. i am happy i was able to practice my democratic cride. it does not matter who wins as long as he works for the city and for our district. "i want the best for my city, aside from political ideologies. mayor of istanbul, akram imamo and the akp's

candidate murad kurum were campaigning for improving services for the city's 60 million residents at the time of wide spread economic hardship and double digit inflation. imam olu has been criticized during his term for heavily focusing on presidential election and his party's leadership rather than solving issues in the city, such as the transportation and the traffic problem." and multitude of other issues when heavy snowfall crippled life in istanbul, for the past 10 years i have been living in istanbul and i found that the previous mayor he didn't give the promise he planned to do inside istanbul, according to the service, the management of the city, we didn't find, we didn't find any change in this in this situation. for that i preferred to give the party again because i

think they lost the election last time uh it was like kind of punishment from the people uh and i think they learned a good uh from this from this lesson. opposition party supporters consider this election as another chance to topple the justice and development party and winback power in the country. supported chp and will vote for them every time, for this could be our last exit from this nightmare. erdogan, who was the mayor of istanbul in 1994 said during rally that istanbul is the jewel, the treasure and the apple of our country's eye. analys say the person that rules istanbul is able to establish himself a political base which then translates into power at the national scale. who wins istanbul wins turkey? that's what erdogan, mayor of the... city in the 1990s was quoted by a polster as saying against that backdrop istanbul today could be

choosing turkey's future president press tv istanbul. the us has in recent days quietly authorized to transfer of billions of dollars worth of bombs and fighter jets to israel. last week the state department also authorized authorized the transfer of 25 f-35 fighter jets and engines to israel. in our explainers. we have taken a closer look at the issue. the us government has approved new batch of military. equipment to the israeli regime, the most recent aid will include bombs and fighter jets, the immediate question, what happened to the rhetoric of concern for civilian casualties? for example, the us secretary of defense lloyd austin has said that the civilian death tool in the gaza strip is far too high, the too many palestinian civilians continue to die, adding that the gaza strip continues to suffer

humanitarian catastrophe, one and which can be avoided, and that the situation is getting even worse, echoing the same view, as other us officials, including us president joe biden, now it was within one week that the white house authorized transfer of war planes and bombs, the sale amount $2.5 billion. here's a shot list, more than 1800 mk84 2000 pound bombs and 500 mk82 500 pound bombs. this sale also included 25 f35 fighter. gets: now what can these two thous pound bombs do? for starters, the immense firepower can inflict damage to people over a long distance up to a thous feet or 300 away. this can create civilian casualties a massive scale something israel has done on more than one occasion. well here's a map which shows craters created by these heavy us bombs, more

than 500 craters which are consistent with 2,00 lb bombs. note: that the average destruction is 39.3 ft or 12 meters in diameter. two flashbacks are in order here: first, from october the 7th to november the 1st, euromed monitor reported that israel struck at least 12,00 targets, that it had dropped more than 25,000 tons of explosives on the gaza strip, and it said this was equivalent to two nuclear bombs like the ones us dropped on her. and nagasaki, the second flashback, massive us arms deliveries, 244 transport planes, from october the 7th to december the 25th, more than 10,00 tons of bombs and munitions delivered to occupied palestine, and that's over a three-month period only. we're now in the sixth month of the genocide. let's not forget, the us has

virtually removed all the meaningful restrictions on the stock pile and the... transfer of its arms to israel, this includes surplus weapons limitations, annual spending cap on replenishing the stock pile and curtailing congressional oversight. to add insult to injury, the us says that israel is using weapons in line with international and humanitarian law, and that israel is not blocking gaza aid, saying israel's use of american weapons meets requirements of new national security memorandum, despite over... evidence that proves otherwise, the us provides israel with nearly $4 billion a year in military assistance. if it wanted to stop the israeli genocide, it could do so by using that as leverage to condition usaid for israel, but it continues to provide israel with bombs, which may be why joe biden has

new nickname. gaza by holding protests and setting up roadsides in ramadan. they've condemned israel's brutalities, calling for immediate ceasefire in the besieg territory, particular in the holy month. kasme reports from islamabad. this year, the holy month of ramadan in pakistan has been dedicated to the oppressed people of gaza with pakistanis asserting that they will never forget the plight of palestinians in war. gaza. throughout ramadan, they have continued to raise their voices against israel's brutalities and the genocidal war on gaza. this week, activists from save gaza campaign organized protest demonstrations in all major cities of the country. they also staged protestains to condemn what they perceive as

israel's barbarism in kaza. pakistan should move on international fora, united nation. and other international fora for seasfire to save ghazza, to save palestinian to stop this genocide. number one, number two, establish humanitarian assistance corridor, number three, start proceeding against israel, an international court of justice and international criminal court and also on the platform of the oic for their war crimes, for their crime against immunity in gaza, while leaving the comfort of their house. is behind individuals from different faiths and backgrounds gather on the streets, setting up makeshift iftar meals to break their fast during ramadan. these gatherings were not just about sharing food, they were about sharing solidarity, empathy and hope for the people of gaza. this is message from deach islamabad pakistan that we are with you, our

hearts are beating in gaza and for the regimes across the globe, the our message is that you have been exposed, your so-called democracy, your so-called freedom of speech, your so-called international humanitarian law are badly exposed, images of destruction and suffering from the israeli wars. sparked wave of empathy among people from various works of life in pakistan, prompting them to increase their advocacy campaign within their communities for the plight of oppressed people in kaza. the gesture of pakistanis holding protest demonstrations and breaking their fasts on the streets to show solidarity with the oppressed people of gaza underscores their steadfast commitment implifying vices against israel's ongoing genocide and advocating for sease fire. islamabad: iranians get together in masks and other religious places in the month of ramadan to

observe or the night of destiny. our correspond to is in the holy city of mashad tells us more about kathranites which are considered the most virtuous before god. tonight i am in the holy shrine of imam. peace be upon him, the eighth imam of shia muslims in northeastern c city of mashad and uh where actually thousand hundreds of thousands of people have gathered here to hold special vigils and pray uh for forgiveness for blessing and muslims actually believe that on this night the holy quran was revealed to the prophet muhammad peace be upon him and accord to the holy quran, praying at this night is actually better than a thousand months of prayers, this night, which is the night before the 21st date of

the holy ramadan is also the date of the marturdom of imam ali, please be upon him, the first imam of shia muslims and another important uh actually uh point that wanted to mention is that i was talking to people here about with different people from all walks of life, from actually children, different ages, and uh, palestine as the most important issue the muslim uh, world has not been forgotten here, and i was talking to them, and they said that they have not forgotten about them and they are praying for them in this very significant night for the muslims all around the world. that is with this additional world news. thanks for being with us, it's bye-bye for now.

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