news in brief for this out the death toll from israel's genocidal raise on the besieg gaza strip has surpassed 9,000 the united nations agency for palestinian refugees says four schools sheltering displaced people have been damaged as a result of israel's indiscriminate attacks. amas officials say israel is now involved in the quote massacre of the century as it has resorted to the internationally banned white phosphorus bombs against civilians. they say resistance fighters will nip the israeli ground invasion in the bud. iran's deputy ambassador to the

united nations office in geneva condemns israel's plan to forcibly displace the palestinian population in the besieged ghaza strip. mehdi ali ababadi says the regime's move amounts to a crime against humanity. israel settlers of attacked palestinians in the northern part of the occupied west bank setting fire to their vehicles and stores. the... palestinian health ministry has also reported the killing of three more people by israeli troops there, and the iran's president says the us is the root cause of the crimes being committed against civilians in gaza. ibrahim rasy has also blamed the west, including the us for breaking human rights. he says western countries claim to be advocates of human rights, but they are in fact the biggest rights violators.

welcome ladies and gents to the press tv's face to face interview with palestinian struggler and thinker mr. munir shafiq. mr. shafiq was born in occupied al-quds in 1936. he was leader in the jordan. communist party between 1952 and 1965 and then the general director of the planning center in the palestinian liberation organization between 1978 and 1992. mr. shafiq is also former member of the islamic national and islamic congress and member of the islamic scholar's union and as he prefers to be introduced he is an arab islamic writer and thinker. thank you very much for accepting our invitation mr. munir shafiq.