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tv   News In Brief  PRESSTV  January 8, 2024 5:00am-5:03am IRST

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using brief for this hour, the gaza strip faces major health crisis as israel continues to pound the territories hospitals, taking the overall death zoll to nearly 23,000. health officials in say alaxamati's hospital is coming under heavy israel drone attacks, they say the regime wants to disable the hospital. at least two more journalists have been killed in israely air strikes in gaza, mustafa tharaya and hamza daldu died when a missile directly hit their vehicle west of hun unis in southern gaza. at least 109 journalists have been killed in gaza since october the 7th. the human rights group has detailed how the israely army and ship. bet
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treat palestinian prisoners as non-human animals. the euro-mediterranean human rights monitor said prisoners are regularly beaten, stripped naked, subjected to electric shocks and burned with cigarettes. at least 8600 palestinians are currently held in israeli jails. israeli forces killed three palestinians including a 4-year-old girl after shooting at two vehicles a checkpoint near the occupied city of alquits. the islamic jihad resistance movement says the killing proves that israel is waging a campaign on extermination, ethnic cleansing and displacement against palestinians and the islamic resistance in iraq says it has recently talked of the vital site in the city of haifa in the israeli occupied territories. the resistance group said it launched the attack with a long-range cruise missile. earlier the group said it has also targeted us bases in syria and iraq.
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