destroyed and there was a israeli soldier that uh um i guess died as a result um if israel can't even uh go into the gaza strip and have any type of success there, what makes them think that they can take on hizbollah and the resistance fighters there? well actually this is seen by analysts from sources, we know that that is not the only instance. of when the israelis attempted to enter gaza and they were hit by hamas's fire and the resistance inside uh palestine and they were completely destroyed and many of the soldiers were killed. this is just one maybe of the stories that they probably let out, but there are other issues that they're enforcing a blackout on and not really disclosing to the media. that is in like you said in gaza, and if we have heard from analysts, from experts, let's not talk about lebanese experts or pro-resistance experts, we're talking about experts in the u.s. who

are stressing that the israelis cannot withstand any war with hizbullah because what if they've seen from from hamas is probably less than 50% of what they would probably see from hazballah hazballah a much more muscular, much more uh trained, much more of technological group that is much more capable of facing the israelies, and we saw this in one of their meuvers, we can clearly see how has looks like we lost mariam there. oh well uh that was my sal there talking to us from southern lebanon. with that we actually do come to an end for extended coverage uh of uh the uh gauza war uh do stay with pr, we'll be back with international news at half past the hour. just bye-bye for now.

hello and! welcome to press tv spotlight, i'm marsia hashimi, thanks so much for being with us. meetings are being held, resolutions are being proposed, but still there is no relief for 2.2 million palestinians in gaza. the bombs continue to explode, missiles continue to be fired and palestinians are continuing to be killed. it doesn't matter that half of the population is under 18, there is no safe place in gaza where over 4700 people. have

been killed by the israeli regime with 1800 of them being kids. how many dead palestinians are enough for the zionist regime in gaza as day 16 comes and goes. i'd like to welcome my guests to the program. out of london, sami ramadani, academic and writer. and out of tripoly uh libyaan academic and journalist mustapha faturi. thank you both for being with me. i'd like to start this off in london and sami. um, the zionist regime is completely acting like a mad dog out of control in gaza. what do you think its ultimate goal with this war on the people of gaza is? i think this uh genocidal war against the palestinian people. has to be

viewed within a historic sense, which is that the zionist regime has been trying to expel the palestinian people from their homeland for the past 75 years, they have already expelled millions of palestinians by force from their homeland over the many decades and they are trying to do the same in gaza, their objective is to drive out the palestinian people and in the... time, the only way they think they could achieve it is by killing as many people as possible, as you pointed out, over the half the population of gaza are actually children, over a thousand children have already died, in this vicious bombardment, using the latest weapons supplied by washington and other western allies, it's a it is truly genocidal war and the world has to act has to try and force

israel to stop this genocide. well mostafamy talked about the genocidal war taking place in gaza, but it's not just gaza, "if we look at what is happening on the west bank right now, we're looking at uh 90 people have been killed since october the 7th, um, the oppression is continuing, attacks are continuing, and on saturday alone 41 palestinians were injured, and today two others were killed, and so let's look at this side of things, because in gaza they talk about hamas and here on the west bank, i mean, what?" the regime trying to do there, well thank you for having me and thank you for coming, it's it's it's actually part of the same story, as my colleague sammi mentioned, it's the attempt of the israeli

regime to break down the palestinian resistance, the first of all, and second to panish any resistance movement inside palestine or outside. palestine from ever ever again thinking about resisting the occupation or attacking what they call israel, proper israel, the land that's occupied in 1948 when the israeli entity was created first and tear them most of all of course to kill as many palestinians as possible, and as you have mentioned, there is no hamas and the west bank, there is no music festival over there and there is no you know nobody actually is doing anything to the israelis and they they are they have free hand to go and come whenever they want and the rest people and demolish buildings and

just today they bombed two mosks i believe in the in the west bank especially in the jen refugee camp yes so the the idea is is is all this same, regardless if there is hamas here or there or islamic jihad here or there or any other group, it's the same policy, genicidal policy to kill as many palestinians as possible, and if we recall in the first day in the seventh of october when hamas successfully attacked inside israel itself, the spokesperson of the israeli. army specific when he asked about the possibility of mounting the billion casualties in gaza, he said it's not about the casualties, it's about, it's not about the precision, it's about the damage, how much damage we can do,

and since the war has been declared in gaza, if we notice there has been no specific goal or objective of this war other than wiping out hamas. but practically in in in terms of military practices and terms of military operations, what does wiping out a ghost army? hamas does not have military installation, does not have baracks, does not have radar stations, does not have surveillance, electronic surveillance equipments to be hacked, does not have tank battalions, does not have control rooms where top leaders can control and direct the army or the fighters in in the metal doesn't have any naval installation does not have any air bases so what does exactly mean wiping out hamas ie, it's actually means wiping out as

many palestinians as possible and pushing them if possible out of gaza all together, well sam you heard the point that mostafa just may wiping out as it's possible because when you're talking about uh resistance, they're trying to, as they say, um, wipe out hamas, but when you're talking about uh, an occupied or in this situation that genocide is being uh, against these people in gaza, of course they have the right to resist, and can you ever wipe out a resistance, when resistance comes from the people as a natural response to the oppression that they're enduring. i think you make a good point. this is the lesson of history, not just in palestine, but across the world, wherever there were occupations, extreme forms of oppression, wars of genocide, they have

always ended in the occupied people, in the people are the subject of extreme oppression of rising up. and the aggressors, the occupiers being defeated eventually, and israel hopes by displacing the palestinian people, they can't change this historical. trend and achieve what they want, but i assure you, there is no way on earth that israel can this israeli regime, this fascist regime can actually defeat the palestinian people, the palestinian people in themselves are extremely strong, determined to stay in their land, those who have been forced out in the past in 1948 and 1967 are determined to go back, and something. also historically quite important that has happened in recent years is that the palestinian people are no

longer alone, the palestinian people despite the betray of some arab regimes have acquired very powerful friends, they have powerful alliances now amongst resistanm forces across the region, whether you're talking about the aggression against the yemeni people and how the yemeni resistance became so powerful, they are not. strong allies of the palestinian people, same in iraq which was the subject of of vicious american occupation, over million irakis were killed, there is also, there was also a resistance movement against the us occupation, and some these resistant forces in iraq are have also declared a strong alliance with the palestinians, move to lebanon, powerful lebanese. resistance movement is very strong ally of the palestinian people, so the the

palestinian people are not alone, they have a strategic depth, and these powerful resistance forces also have strong allies, whether it's in iran or syria or even across the world, you're talking about countries from venezuela to china, so really the israel is acting against a historic trend and they will eventually this israeli regime will eventually be be defeated. washington, london, paris, these western powers that supply the weapons of death to to to israel will also be be defeated in the region. they use israel as powerful base against the peoples of the region, they think by by planting so much weapons on of... destruction inside inside occupied palestine, they could threaten and intimidate the peoples of the

region, divide the area, act as as sabotes, supporters of terrorist organizations, israel and the united states have supported terrorist groups whether in iraq or or syria or lebanon even, so you've got a problem here, which is that the the the united states hopes to... to dominate the region through its proxy forces and israel is their biggest proxy force, but the people of the region are the hundred times stronger today, and i think looking at the balance of forces, these resistance forces will eventually win. okay, well mustapha, what is it about this particular war on gaza, that the israeli regime's western backers are not... even mentioning the necessity for immediate cease fire. the us has a draft resolution right now

in the un, requiring essentials to be allowed into gaza, but doesn't call for seasfire nor a humanitarian pause. your take? no, we we also have seen yesterday or the day before two uh draft resolutions, one submitted by brazil and the other one by russia and they were vitted be. because the western i mean the americans specifically insisted on condemning the resistance, the palestinian resistance without actually calling for seas fire. i think what the what what drove the west so mad actually is especially the united states they are acting very histerrically is the fact that this is the this is the first time and 75 years of occubation that b group manages at this scale with such planning and sophisticated training apparently to

penestrate inside israel, this is this has never been, this has never happened before since 48, mean despite the six or seven wars between israel and the arab countries, nobody managed to enter what they call brother israel, except for this time in the 7th of october, so the the idea as as i said before after driving as many palestinians as as possible off the face the face of the earth completely, the the second idea is to give a lesson that... any resistance movement contemplating or thinking about going inside israel, which is legitimate of course, because they are defending themselves, the palestinians in this case, they they should they should think it twice for three times about it, because it's for the first time we see israeli citizens who are mostly illegal

immigrants, in my opinion, living in in shelters outside their home homes and living in tents, we are seeing refugees, israeli refugees inside the brother itself, especially the area around around gaza, and there is regime, especially the terrorist mr. netanhaw, they want to teach us a lesson, whether the palestinians or their supporters across the world, as mentioned by by my colleague, sammy, they want to teach us a lesson, never. think about this again, but but but the the the what they are forgetting is that we discovered just for starting this 7th of october we discovered that most of the israeli bowers actually does not exist, it it doesn't make any sense at all, and they have failed in terms of the intelligence, they

have failed in terms of the military, and they have failed actually in dividing any specific. clear objective of this war as i mentioned before, and of course they are capable of killing thousands of palestinians as we have seen so far, but that that will not be victory perse. right, well, simon, what about that, mustafa talked about what happened on october 7th and what the palestinians were able to do, and many islands are saying that the whole situation. has changed, parameters have changed now since october 7th and will never return to the way it was uh mostafa mentioned about the uh zinis now actually also uh being uprooted whether we're talking about the northern um occupied territories, the southern occupied territories right now, so uh i'd like to hear

your perspective on that? yes, i think there is there is definite change in the ball. of forces after 7th of october, the palestinian resistance for the first time have shown themselves to be quite a powerful force, a force which is not only sophisticated in terms of its own planning, military planning, political planning, also i think one one important point that the israeli regime and western powers underestimate is that the palestinian resistance is just not just few hundred or few thousand fighters, it's really the overwhelming majority of the palestinian people, even those families today that are losing their babies, their children, their loved ones, they come out and say israel is not going to drive us out, we want freedom,

we will resist this genocidal war, so there is incredible determination amongst the palestinian people, whether in gaza, whether in the west bank, whether in their refugee camps in the in the region across the world, palestinian refugees have spread across the world, millions of them, their determination, their love of palestine, their love of their homeland, the the the incredible loss they experienced over so many decades has not bent their determination, they are truly incredible people in terms of their their love of freedom, love of their homeland, their their determination to achieve victory, and this is the secret weapon that the palestinian people have, and this is the secret weapon that neither washington nor aviv, the israeli regime fully comprehend and

understand, there is definite shift now in the balance of forces, because the palestinian people. have been able to show this determination in action and that is a quite a historic achievement and also they have shown that this so-called powerful israeli army, the fourth strongest in the world, the only nuclear power in the middle east and so on, is ultimately an extremely vulnerable force, to rely on the eliminating people and waging wars of genocide will not save this. fascist regime in telaviv so so they they have some lot of actually jewish people are also standing against israeli regime today that's important to point out, ordinary jewish people across the world have joined in these mass demonstrations across the pole in support of the palestinian people and in opposition to zionism. okay, well let

me get mostafa in here, the last question, mostafa, uh, we talked early a little bit about the resistance, i want to talk about the expansion, likeelihood of the expansion of this war with other forces getting involved, um, we know, as sammy had pointed out about uh the yemeny forces and what happened and also we know about hezbollah and the overall situation in region, i mean your take about that possibility, well that's a very serious possibility and it could be threat to the entire region, we heard yesterday and today as well, the the foreign minister of the islamic republic of iran explaining the fact, reirating what he has said about few days ago that the the whole. region is like like it's a volcano, it could explode that any time if there is the the the science designs go on killing the palestinian

in gaza, of course we have to remember that israel not not only palestine but it also occupies parts of the lands of syria as well as in lebanon and that's the reason why hasball is fighting over there and we have seen a launching small operations here and there depending in the situation and how the develops inside palestine, especially inside gaza over the next couple of days, the whole the whole region could explode, plus there's another very strong sentiment, bro palestinian sentiment around around the the the countries around the occupied palestine. and be it in jordan, be it in egypt, be it in syria, be it as far away as morocco and libya and everywhere and iraq, almost everywhere,

and that public opinion, that public anger has to be you know kind of a channel towards the the the occupied palestinian land somehow, and if there is no seasfire soon. or lifting of the embargo and ghaza all together, i think the whole barameters, not only if the conflict will change, but also the political situation around the around the israeli entity will change, and i think the the the the the the idea of normalizing tires with israel, as we have seen over the last two years or so, i think that will that will stop for now, at least. for for at this point, okay, and on that note, thank you both for being with me, sami ramadani, academic and writer out of london, mustapha fatori, libyan academic and journalist out of tripla,

thank you, thank you, and thank you viewers for being with us on another spotlight, i'm marsiaa hashimy, signing out for myself and all the crew right here in tehran, see you next time. i believe that working together we can make history.

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preventing people from and traveling. palestinian women played a significant role in highlighting these issues in media. we as journalists are capable of delivering our message to the world through the culture and the mind energy we have. i haven't faced any difficulties. i mean, the palestinian society accepts the woman as part of it, so they even supporters. for mindjob right now. you breve that you are strong to be here in this position.

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