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welcome to spotlight. the israeli ensaut on gazas entered to day 77 with more than 20,000 palestinians, most of them women and children killed in the relentless strikes on the besieg territory. so far the israeli regime has failed to achieve its uh initial war objectives including releasing captives held in gaza and the annihilation of the palestinian resistance. now, new analysis by number of us intelligence agencies reveals that the popularity and influence of hamas has dramatically increased since october the 7th, hamas is now increasingly viewed as the only group actually doing something to counter the israeli occupation. at the same time, israel is facing more retaliatory attacks from resistance groups in other countries. including iraq, yemen, and

lebanon. joining us on tonight spotlight, we have elijah magne, journalist and political of analyst who's joining us from brussels and also we have human rights activist mr. mson who's joining us from houston, texas. well, gentlemen, welcome to the program. let's start off with mr. magnia in brussels. resolution 27-20 was adopted at the un uh security council following multiple delays and other shenanigans by uh the us which vetoed the draft. they were allegging objections to the wording suspension of hostilities. us also as uh you saw earlier vetoed the russian bid to add the word ceasefire to the text. what do you make of the insistance of the u.s. on the wording used in this resolution which was strongly criticized by russia and overall do you see the... adoption of this resolution is being

too little, too late. thank you for having me. there are many points to highlight here. first of all, israel is not yet ready for the seasfire and hasn't achieved is objective, which is to destroy gaza and ideally force an exodus, not only to the south of gaza, but also to egypt and outside the gaza. strip, this plan is still on the table, and the our negotiation with egypt that haven't stopped so far, and this is the biggest fear of the palestinian population to see the another exodus, secondly, the americans are protecting israel, regardless the humanitarian aspect, rejecting sea fire for the second time, and being completely isolated. the rest of the world that is

calling for sease fire, this is indicate an indication that this system at the united nation and the world system. that many countries and nations put in place is no longer functioning, because one single country is opposing humanitarian support and the sensation of hostility and the killing of children and women in gaza. this is unacceptable and it's further contributing to the double standard of the united nations and showing that it is not the word leader that is... have to be and it is power that needs to step down and no longer be recognized, this cannot continue because that means the americans are fully comple with what the israel are doing in regard to crime against

humanity, war crimes and genocide. mos in houston, new analysis that we just read, by us intelligence agencies is shown that hamasa's credibility and influence has grown dramatically uh in the two months since the october 7th operations and the onset of israel's uh war on gaza, is this another aspect of this war that the israelis have failed in? absolutely, um, we've seen the popularity of of all resistance factions in palestine increase ever since this war started. "they've been, they're being seen as a palestinian resistance force rather than an individual group, now they have become more less heroes and the main reason for this has been the prisoner exchange, hamas is a popular movement, a popular government in

gaza, whereas in west bank even if they were voices or narratives that were against the resistance factions, now they don't exist, they have definitely." because people are meeting their loved ones after years and years now, so initially after the first cease fire, the predicament that the the zience regime was in was that if they if they if they do do sease fire and there is a prisoner exchange, they are rectifying one of the major objectives that they had from this war and that was to finish and obliterate hamas or other palestine resistances but now with the results that the palestinians are seeing, we see increasing rise in in the support of islamic jihad, hamas and other resistance faction because they are seeing results. sure, mr. magnus, since the beginning of the israeli onslot on palestinians in gaza, the

israeli regime has sought to dismantle that those were the initial objectives that they had presented, that they sought to dismantle resistance groups in gaza. however, after 77 days of lethal and deadly attacks by the israeli war machine, palestinian resistance groups are fighting back strong both inside and outside of gaza, so that means that the israelis have not achieved their military objectives, so the question is, other than systematically murdering children, systematically targeting the health sector, what have the israelies achieved? the israely announced and unachievable objectives from the first beginning to defeat hamas and release all the prisoners. many israeli officials among these former prime minister of israel said hamas is an ideology and

cannot be defeated. also we heard the another israeli former prime minister, it was almost saying exactly. is the same thing, so this is not an objective that the israeli government can achieve. secondly, we have seen how the israelis fail to release any prisoner, on the contrary, they are firing at on their people, and they have killed so far 23, 22 or 23 of the prisoners, and it is shown that it is impossible to release any of these prisoners, but military force, this is what take us to another point that israel real objective is not to defeat hamas, because netanyahu is not that stupid and certainly not to release the prisoners, because he prefers to have dead prisoners rather than alive, so he doesn't

negotiate with hamas and he doesn't pay the price very high at the end of the war, so his objective is to destroy gaza, he has... to destroy two third of the north and a third of the south. on television, the israeli army is showing us how they are completely destroying neighborhood of 50 buildings and then they go with bulldozers and they change the geography of gaza totally, so that is one of the objective. the second objective is something that the israelis have always said overtly that the children, the palestinian children represent a demographic danger for the existence of israel, therefore they should be killed. "and they should be eliminated, this is what many extremist israelis are coming

out on television saying that we need to kill their children, women, and this is what benyamin netanyahu evoked when he called upon amalek, which is historically calling for the killing of children and women of all those who are persecuting the jews. therefore, these are the main object." of israel in this war and the with the support of the americans, the israelis are receiving enough ammunition to continue bombing gaza and to try and achieve the undeclared objectives. mr. narvi, along the lines of what mr. magnia was just talking about, the destruction that the israelies have brought upon gaza, the political bureau chief of hamas, ismael han he... has rejected the israeli claim that post-w gaza will not be governed by the

resistance group or by any palestinian group for that matter. what do you think will happen when this massacre ends? just like the expert data that mr. magneo was uh was talking about, the relentless air strikes and shelling have destroyed two-thirds of all structures in northern gaza and a quarter in the south. are the israelis ensuring that there's nothing left of gaza? to govern at all, destruction of we've history shows us that destruction of infrastructure does not dictate the victory of of either party, the destruction of infrastructure, the loss of life on ground does not dictate or or doesn't really show us that israel will be able to fully capture gaza, the only way that gaza can fully be captured by israel is if the

resistance there ends if the resistance faction resistance factions in gaza are unable to attack now we've seen a few days back that the gulani the one of the most elite brigades of the zinist regime the gulani brigade they had to flee for their lives because they are being obliterated by by hamas this the warfare that we are seeing now it's unprecedented, it hasn't been seen before, the israeli regime is surrounded from different size, they have entered gaza, they have entered gaza, but they had underestimated the palestinian resistance, the abilities and the capabilities of the palestinian resistance forces, they are in their terrain, and we've seen that over 140 israeli soldiers have been killed in gaza, in gaza they've been killed, so we and mainstream media is... not reporting the loss of life of id of soldiers that are happening in gaza at this point, the resistance in

terms of engagement with the zin regime is winning. if one was to ask what what damage has israel um imposed upon the resistance forces in palestine? we will say none. the only thing that has happened is that the abilities, the capabilities and the popularity of the resistance has increased and is becoming... spread all over palestine now, so this this this genocide that the zionist regime has committed on on gaza, the only thing that has that that has happened from this is that the will of the palestinians has increased, when you leave people with no choice, they fight till their death, and we will only see the resistance forces st. in the future after this on and we will see the zinis regime further weaken in

the region. helijagnia uh talking about the resistance uh in the region, how important has the unified response been from the resistance in the region? there's lebanon's hezbullah, there's yemen's ansar resistance movement and the armed forces of the country. resistance groups in syria have also carried out operations against israel and the united states positions. and of course in iraq, an islamic resistance group carried out attack a major israeli port in retaliation for the war on gaza, that was the first time that an iraq-based group targeted is. position since this war started, when there's talk of warnings and of a wider war in the region, are the israelis and washington not considering the repercussions of a coordinated and unified response from all resistance fronts in the region? this is a very important questions and need to be clarified. from the first beginning, all the

friends of the palestinian resistance in gaza tried their best, to support the palestinian children and women and to support the palestinian cause. hazballah has attracted a third of the israeli army on the borders and has lost over 100 men with the destruction of between 1 500 to 200 houses. now there is war going on on the borders with lebanon and is not stopping. however, the israel is... did not turn toward lebanon and forgot about gaza, therefore whatever hezbull is doing it is not diverting the attention of the israelis from gaza, but is doing something very important that is not diverting the world attention from the palestinian cause,

and also all the other members of the axis of the resistance or the friend of the palestinian resistance. in gaza are also contributing effectively, mainly ansarullah in yemen, by escalating gradually and sending first drones and then with missiles, but having all the americans, the french, the british and the germans on the way in the red sea downing these missiles and drones forced ansarullah to look for another alternative which is to stop. any shipment that going to israel or israeli ships, that was an excellent move that forced all the commercial maritime companies to go toward africa and impose a long tour that is affected the israeli economy, however it is not stopping

israel's war and israel continue on the same pace, today we have seen something completely different, which indicates the escalation, the gradual escalation of the axis of the resistance and the friend of the palestinian resistance in gaza, when the iraqies announced that they've sent the drone against an energy platform of the israels in the mediterranean, so we understand that the all the resistance group need to think about the second. step to continue imposing gradually pressure not only on israel but and above all on the americans, so they understand that this war is going to cost everybody a lot, not only the palestinians and it can enlarge to a proportion where it will be difficult to be contained. so far, all these steps did not

convince the israelis to stop the attack and the indiscriminate bombing of. therefore, i expect to see even further, more harsher steps from the from the resistance in iraq, in syria, in lebanon, and in yemen to support gaza. a very important development in the region was the emmy armed forces, which were targeting israeli linked ships and vessels bound for the occupied territories, the m army has vowed to continue its operations despite the formation of the sled naval coalition in the red sea and they've said that those attacks will persist until israel ends its crimes against gazans. tell us more about the defiant message that the yemenes are sending to the us and its allies. the reason why yamen's actions are so significant is because it's not just the ansarulah who are who are taking these preemptive measures,

but it is rather the yemani nation that is taking. these measures also mentioned that the reason why yeman is so important is because unlike hizbullah the entire intelligentia, the equipment, the the military arsenal of a country is at the hands of ansarulah, so we the reason why this is so important is because yemen has proven to support the the palestinians and to fight against the zionist forces, no matter what the circumstances are, they have, they have chosen, they have independently chosen to go on head for. first with the with with the us, with these so callalled european powers, so this escalation of war or this pressure that

the yeminies are creating on the red sea, may that be a military pressure, or may that be economic pressure, is something unprecedented that we have never seen before, so this the message that it is giving to the us is that so us supported saudi back army try to conquer yaman and they failed, they were bombarded just like the gazons are being bombarded right now, but their sense of resistance and the dedication to their resistance won that war. similarly, no matter what happens, just like the for the saudis, they have announced that they will fight all powers in the region or outside the region who will support israel. in this in this genocide that they are committing in gaza, so they their stance is very clear, there is no diplomacy on part of the yeminies, they are

fully, they've taken the the bull by the horns and they are fully engaged in this war with everything that they have, the message that they are giving is that no matter what, they will not back down from supporting palestinian resistance and fight against design. with whatever they have regarding the issue of accountability or any form of action to stop this bloodshed, the likes of the icc and the icj, they can't do anything, the united nations security council, as we've seen has proven to be insufficient, and it won't do anything, does this expose the lack of a proper mechanism to deal with situations like this, and after this... stating massacre ends, how can the issue of accountability begin to take shape? there's no accountability for israel, that has been

going on for the last 75 years, the israelis have not committed for the first time crimes against humanity and war crimes and genocide and imposed ethnic cleansing on the palestinians, it has been going on for decades and is not accountable for many reasons, the first and above all is the support of the united states on all international theatre, therefore we should not expect any reaction from the international community that is extremely shy in condemning israel for its ongoing actions today, killing 1200 children and women and nobody is moving and nobody is taking serious step to say to israel, stop this slaughtering the civilian, also israel is no member of the icc, and every time there are warnings or a

question of justice system in europe asking to interrogate one of the israeli officials, as soon as they land in any european country, they are asked to return, but they never, they are never arrested. i don't think we need to count on the international community to render israel accountable, because israel is not accountable. all right, thanks lot, gentlemen, that's all the time we have for tonight's show, journalist and political and elijah magnia joining us from brussels and mr. mson, human rights activist joining us from houston, texas. thank you for contributing uh to the program, and also thanks to you, our viewers for staying with us on tonight spotlight. it's good night for now and see you next time.

وغاتشعل غاتشعل الحوارر وسن الحوار.

the israelis have a plan to destroy the palestinian economy in the gazo strip and keep it attached to the israeli side. this is an israeli occupation systematic program to destroy the structure of the economy to achieve political goals.