news every half hour on press tv: your headlines for this hour, the leader of iran's islamic revolution says the evil israeli regime will be: for its deadly air strikes on the iranian embassy in the syrian capital, damascus. dozens of palestinians are killed in fresh israel strikes on the besieg gaza strip with the overall death toll of the aggression approaching 33, and the un agency for palestinian refugees onrua says 176 of his staff have been killed since the start of the israely onslot on gaza, several in line of duty. hello everyone, you're

watching press tv live from the studios in tehran, thank you for joining us. now the leader of iran's islamic revolution has vowed tehwan will make the occupying zinast regime regret is deadly air strikes on the iranian embassy in the syrian capital, damascus. ayatollah said made the remark in message of condolence on the martydom of a group of iranian military advisors in monday's israeli ariel raid on syria. the leader described israel as hated occupying regime. he vowed that the evil regime will be punished. khamanii also saluted the marters of the attack, including two senior irgc commanders, major general muhammad riza zahidi and general muhammad hadi haj rahimi. an israeli

attack has struck the consult section of iran's embassy in the syrian capital damascus resulting in the martidom of brigadier general muhammad riza zahidi and six other iranian military advisers. here's a profile of the general. brigadier general muhammad zahedi, a senior commander of the islamic revolution guards cores force was killed in an unprecedented israeli attack. getting the five-story consular building of the iranian embassy in damascus, born in 1960 in the central iranian city of esvahan. zahidi joined the irgc in 1980 and fought in various battles during the iran-iraq war. zahidi quickly rose through the ranks and from 1983 to 1986 took command of an important brigade of irgc ground forces that was used to break enemy lines in multiple major operations.

later he was promoted to commander of the irgc's 14th imam hussein division, a position he held until 1991, several years after the war had ended. in the 2000s, zahidi served in more senior positions, including commanding the irgc's air force and also grand force. of during his tenor as the irgc's ground force commander, he also spent year at the helm of the thara law head. orders which is responsible for protecting security in the capital, tehran. zahi joined the quotz force in 2008, there he led operations in syria and of lebanon and played a key role in iran's advisory support for syria's war on terror. from 2016 to 2019, the brigadier general returned to tehran to serve as the irgc's deputy for operations. he rejoined the irgc's quts force in 2019. and serve the force until

his martur them. the military wing of the palestinian resistance movement hamas has offered is condolences on the martydom of iranian general zahidi and his fellow advisors in syria. in a statement, the algasan burgas denounced what it called the cowardly assassination of the iranian advisers who died for the cause of al-qods in the treasurous israel. it praised the great role of general zahid in bolstering the resistance front against the zanist occupation. over the past years, the syrian prime minister muhammad hussein arnous has denounced israel's recent attack on the consular section of the iranian embassy in damascus, this is an unlawful attack, we are doing everything we can to retrieve the bodies from under this building, we have been working nonstop since the moment of the attack until now, what happened is a

acceptable to common sense, as you notice, as journalist, this is a crowded highway, but this enemy knows nothing except violating laws, made the comments while visiting the site of the incident, earlier syria's foreign minister faisal meqdad also condemned the terrorist attack in the strongest terms, adding that israel will not be able to undermine the relations between iran and syria. meanwhile, the united nations security council has held emergency meeting on the latest israeli attack on the consular section of iran's embassy in syria which killed a top iranian commander and other military advisers. the session has been held at the request of russia. iran's mission to the un called on the world body to categorically denounce israel's violation of the international regulations. iran's deputy representative to the un, zahra irshadi said israel is seeking escalate tensions in the

region while avoiding full responsibility for its actions. she said iran has exercised considerable restraint so far in the ongoing regional tensions, but there are limits to his patience. earlier we were joined by a political analyst sayid muhammad marandi from tehran to discuss the israely strike on the consular section of iran's embassy in syria. he says israel continues its atrocities in the region because of the us political and military support. israeli regime is allowed to carry out any atrocity uh because of western support, we've seen for decades how they've imposed apartide, how they've carried out ethnic cleansing, how they regularly carry out massacres in gaza, in the west bank, and now we have a genocide, so when the

west allows the israeli regime to conduct itself this way, there's really no surprise when it carries out attack. on sovereign countries, the iranian embassy is a part of iran's sovereignty, and the murder of iranian officials in that building is is attack on the iranian people and the iranian state. what i find extraordinary though is that even now western regimes do not condemn the regime even in in a way... which makes it look as if they're serious. the us is definitely complicit. it's more than complicit. the united states is the senior partner in the holocaust in gaza. everything that the israeli regime does can only be done with uh direct us support. iranians in several cities

across the country, including the capital tehran have held anti-israely, anti-us protests after several iranian general. and officers were killed in an israeli attack in syria. the protesters demanded decisive response and revenge for the deadly strike on iran's embassy in damascus. fatima massumi reports. iranians took to the streets of the capital, tehran and gathered iconic palestine square at midnight after the deadly israeli attack on iran's embassy in syria. they chanted death to the israeli regime and death to america as they waved palestine flags, the protesters expressed their support for palestinian people in gaza as israel's genocidal war continues unabated. when we heard what has happened, we couldn't tolerate

it, and we came here for the sake of our marters, our muslim brothers and sisters, palestinians, syrians, are all a part of our own nation, and there's no difference between us. so we have gathered here to show our readiness for retaliation. we are asking the islamic republic of iran to take serious action against these atrocities and the disrespect towards our nation and also the innocent palestinians. on monday, iran's ambassador to damaskus hussein akbari confirmed that brigadier, general mohammad reza zahedi and his deputy muhammad hadi haji rahimi we killed in the israeli attack. is our duty to come out because we felt that even though the resistance movement is showing patience towards the israeli regime, we are still witnessing that the regime is pressing ahead with its atrocities with the recent incident of the attack on the iranian council. we have gathered here at this hour to show that the innocent marters in syria

were killed injustice and impunity by the bloody hands of the zionist regime. the regime has been killing innocent people, especially children for many years. the attack came as almost six months into the gaza hostilities, the regime has failed to achieve its objectives of destroying hamas, despite killing tens of th. thousands of palestinians, mostly women and children. the two slain iranian generals had been comrads of top iranian anti-terror commander, general qasim soleymani, who was also assassinated in attack in january 3rd, 2020. general sulaymani played a key role in fighting and decimating the daesh takfiri terrorist group in the region, particularly in iraq and syria. a large number of people. have gathered here in palestine square to strongly condemn the recent israeli attack on the

iranian consular in the capital of syria damascus. reporting for press tv, tehran. for muslims across the world, aid alfiter, which marks one month of obedience to god in the holy fast. month of ramadan is a special feast. muslims feel festive and proud for their servitude to god. ramadan is called the month of blessings. out of respect for the holy month, muslims put aside their differences and hostilities and forge a stronger unity. different cities and villages in iran have their own traditions for ramadan which date back to centuries. get a glimpse

of it in this documentary on press tv. welcome back, israel, deliberately terrorizing aid worker. and disrupting humanitarian activities in gaza. the un agency for palestinian refugees, anrua says nearly 180 of the staff have been killed in israeli onslaught on the wall ridden territory, several in line of duty. the un body added that the war on gaza has witnessed the highest number of aid workers, deaths ever recorded in any conflict, emphasizing that the humanitarian personnel must be protected at all times. the statement comes as an israeli air strike in the central city of deira. balah has claimed the lives of seven international aid workers associated with a us-based charity. the wck team was

travelling in a deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the wck logo and soft skin vehicle. despite coordinating movements with the idf, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the day. real balah warehouse where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to gaza on the maritime route. israeli premier benjamin netanyahu has admitted that the attack was carried out by regime forces but claimed that the raid was unintentional. the head of the world central kitchen however has called the incident a targeted attack saying the strike. indeed targeted humanitarian organizations showing up in the direst of

situation situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. meantime, international condemnations have been pouring in following the attack with the us, which is the regime staunchest ally expressing deep concern over the strike. australia has also slammed the attack as completely unacceptable. the uk meanwhile has ageged israel to provide an explanation. our correspondent mouti abu musab joined us earlier from the central gaza city of deirabala to give us an update on the situation in the war ravish strip. he says israel has continued the strikes against residential buildings across the besieg territory. the israeli forces committed at least seven opponic massacers the claiming the lives of 71 palestinian civilians in addition to injuring roughly 130. others uh these numbers actually uh talk the whole number of the palestinian uh civilians who

have been killed since the beginning of this unsela on gaza strip to roughly 32,920 palestinian civilians over the last couple of hours the israely war planes destroyed a residental building in the eastern part of their balah city particularly in abujin town which is located in the eastern part of their balah city but while when it comes to khanyunis city the western part of khan city particularly the vicinity and the surrounding areas of the nasa medical complex witnessed uh uh more destruction as more residental buildings were blown up by the israeli occubation forces in that area. while the eastern bs of kanunist witnessed also another israeli air strikes and attacks against the residental buildings there uh when it comes to rafa city the number of the palestina civilians who uh were uh killed over the last attack that tokky place and during the last night amounted to 10 palestinian civilians including five five palestinian its children

after they were attacked while they were sleeping inside their house the israel incubation forces destroy their house over their heads. the islamic resistance in iraq has carried out fresh attacks on israeli positions in response to the regime's ongoing genocide in gaza. the umbrella resistance group says the attacks reaffirm is determination to continue striking israely strongholds. our correspondent muslim salim reports from baghdad. the islamic resistance in iraq has been. standing in solidarity with palestinians in gaza by carrying out retaliatory operations in the region. resistance forces in iraq has started their operations by striking number of us military bases in iraq and syria in response to washington's support for israel. the operations have now entered new phase as israeli positions have been directly targeted

in various locations such as haifa, ilat and elsewhere. we have always been firm in our stance to support the people of palestine. the palestinian cause is central to the access of resistance that has supported the people of gaza by striking israeli positions. the regime's positions, whether it force in the mediterranean or elsewhere, are targeted using ballistic missiles, drones and all other weapons by our brothers in yemen, lebanon, and here in iraq. the operations are clear evidence that the axis of resistance works in harmony and has the strategic potential. and the means to pressure israel and those states that support the systematic killing of innocent civilians. the intensification of the attacks on israeli positions shows that the massacers being committed by the regime in gaza will not remain unanswered. the second phase of the operations, which directly targeted israeli positions, proves that regional resistance

groups are able to inflict serious damage to israel's maritime and air space interests. resistance groups in iraq and across the region have approved their ability to respond to the israeli crimes against innocent civilians. they vow that their operations will intensify even more as long as the genocidal war on gaza continues. press tv, baghdad. the syrian capital, damascus has hosted a political symposium to commemorate the international quots day. the event revolved around the significance of a flood operation and its repercussion. in the region, iran's ambassador said at the meeting that the country will make proportional response to israel's attack on iran's embassy in damascus, our correspondent ibrahim wadi reports from damascus. under the title flood the free, and as part of the activities scheduled to commemorate al-quds

international day. the permanent committee of alqads international day organized a political forum this tuesday. at the assad library in damascus. the iranian ambassador said that defending palestinians is the duty the free world. we will continue to defend palestine because it is a fundamental principle, not a time-bound interest. all free people in the world must support the palestinian people as today we witnessed the zionist entity committing various crimes from killing innocent people to the recent attack on the embassy building. the response of islamic republic of iran will be proportional to the zionist assassination crime. during the ceremony, syrian and palestinian researchers and specialists focused on the need to preserve the achievements made in operation. they condemned the israeli criminal aggression against the iranian embassy. we offer our condolences to the islamic republic of iran on the marterdom of brigadier general mohammed raza zahidi and

his comrades who are martered in the zionist attack on the iranian embassy building in damascus. we afirm serious solidarity with which is facing these attacks due to the hysteria of the defeated entity in its war against the palestinian people in gaza. the researchers considered that al-quds international day should be an opportunity to increase public pressure on the international community to force the israeli regime to stop its war on gaza. the zionist enemy is trying to send message that resistance comes a high cost through the destruction of gaza, killing and gen. unaware that our peoples cannot be intimidated, flood operation overthrew and buried all the sectarian projects sewn by western colonialism and the zionist entity. what makes al-quds international day this year special is the steadfastness of the resistance and the people of gaza who thoughted the goals of the israeli enemy. the

symposium concluded that al-qod's international day has consolidated the concept of resistance, while alsaflot operation proved that with strong faith the oppressed palestinian people can achieve victory over design occupation. ibrahim washiv damascus. turkey's main opposition. party has won the local elections in the two key cities of istanbul and ankara. analys say recep typ erdogan's defeat is due to two main reasons, one is the economy and the second is his weak stance towards gaza. rashan saglam reports from istanbul. president rejap tayyib erdogan has accepted his party's defeat in the local elections from the headquarters of his justice and development party, also known as the ak ruling party in ankara. erdogan appeared with his wife, thanking his supporters for participating in the elections and admitting his loss. erdogan assured that the results were a turning point for his

party and vowed to respect the nation's decision. for his turn, the akp candidate murat kurum exepress his gratitude to his supporters and the promised to continue working for istanbul. kurum, who was a former environment minister, lost the istanbul mayoral election for his opponent akram imam molu with a 12% difference. i will. in my endeavors for this city, we will be present among the people in the streets following president erdon's guidance. our nation's message are of most important and we are committed to interpreting and acting on these insights for better future for our country. turkey's opposition, republican people's party delt a severe blow to president erdogan and his party by winning major cities and several provinces in the country. analys say this is the result of neglect from the ruling party to the voters's demands in previous elections. among several issues. economic crisis and erdogan's inability to control the leira drop was the main issue for voters. another one was his double standards on gaza, which forced many of his supporters to vote

for other islamist parties. what happened in local elections is punitive voting from the people we expected the ruling justice and development party to lose in both istanbul and ankara. once again, but this surprising results shows that there is major setback and that their supporters are trying to send the message economy. the opposition party did not only win istanbul but also sease several districts from akp that were considered a stronghold of the ruling party. turkish people believe that a change is needed and that both the ruling party and opposition need to work for the sake of the country and its people. i think that.

1 million were eligible to vote, voters turnout was registered at 76% across 81 provinces. the local election's results are alarming for the ruling party. many are considering it a chance for opposition parties to unite and started preparing for the 2028 presidential run if they want to ask erdogan and his party. rashan saglam, press tv, istanbul. there you have, those with the top stories on press tv. thank you for being with us, take care. and bye bye.

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