news in brief for this hour, israeli warplanes pound the gaza striff for the ninth day in a row, the regime continues to block entry of water, electricity, fuel and medicine. into the palestinian territory, the un says the blockaded territory is witnessing an unprecedented human catastrophe. palestinian resistance groups have launched more attacks against israel, the military wing of hamas resistance movement, theen al-qassam brigades, launched missiles at the cities of tel aviv, sterot and shalome, alambs also his gathering of israeli soldiers in raim region with missiles. the lebanese

resistance movement hezbollah says it has targeted several israeli military bases in the border village of schula killing one israeli soldier and injuring several others. hezbollah says the attack was in response to israeli strikes that killed and injured number of journalists and lebanese civilians. iran's foreign minister strongly condemns israel's brutal attacks on the gaza strip saying the regime's measures amount to war crimes. saint amir abdullah yan says is. israel is using band munitions, including phosphorus bombs against garsans while cutting the access to water, electricity and fuel. her rallies have been held in various parts of the world in solidarity with palestinians as the israel regime continues its brutal aggression against the beseeged gaza srif. massive protests were held in turkey's istanbul, tunisia and other cities. european, australians and japanese demonstrators also showed their support for the shamsaddin muhammad, known better by his

pen name hafis of shiraz, is one of the most beloved of iranian poets. if a book of poetry is to be found an iranian home, it is likely to be the divon of hafis or hafis's collected poems. by tradition, iranian people read hoffis in private, in public and on different national occasions, such as nourus, the iranian new year, or yalda night, an asian festival in iran. celebrated