the headlines palestinian officials say the death toll from relentless israely bombings in the gaza strip is nearing. 24,800. mexico and chile refer israel's war on gaza to the icc over escalating violence against palestinian civilians. also, in our headlines, the emmy army says it is targeted an american ship in the gulf of veden with appropriate naval missiles in response to us set air strikes on the country.

hello and welcome everybody, it's 5:30 p.m. here in the iranian capital tehran, you're watching press tv's world news, our top story for this half hour, 105 days into the israeli war on the gauza strip, the regime continues with its carpet bombing campaign against the besiege palestinian territory, in the latest such attacks at least five people were killed in an israeli air strike on a residential building in hanjunes, southern gaza, another 12 lost their lives in a strike and apartment near el shifa hospital in gaza city. the latest casualties bring to more than 180 the number of palestinians killed in israeli raids across gaz over the past 24 hours, the raids were conducted under the cover of near total communications blackout. the overall death toll from the regime's war has passed 24, 760, meanwhile, a un rights expert has

said what israel is doing in gaza is violation of international law, and is highly illegal. south african politician and youth activist muhammad khalid said has talked us about the israeli genocide in gaza. he also explains why the regime is imposing a communications black out there. because this is a genocide, the pictures are here, the death toll speaks to it, but even within that context, the people of gaza, and the resistance and hamas in particular, have put up a brave fight and they continue to resist, and we want to commend them for that, without iran, this particular axis giving support to the suffering people of gaza, the resistance in gaza will not be possible, the aim of the... israeli regime in carrying out this

particular blackout is so that they can suppress the information coming out of gaza so that their crimes, their atrocities, their genocide cannot be sent out to the rest of the world, but still the information is at our disposal, so that's their objective, but also you know um crazy regimes like the israeli regime, especially the one led by benjamin netanya. does not always even think rationally, even in terms of their own interest, yes, the interest is to obliterate, to flatten gaza, to kill each and every palestinian living in gaza, but the blocking out of communication, they see it as part of that, but they do not understand that this is simply backfiring, it's making the israeli regime yet again look um like a regime that wants to close out each and every communication, israel confirms new military

losses and clashes with palestinian resistance fighters in the gaza strip, the military says an israely trooper died of wounds he sustained in battle in southern gaza on wednesday. three reservists were also wounded seriously in the north and center of the strip. according to the israeli military a total of 191 soldiers have been killed in the ground invasion of gaza. palestinian resistance groups however say that the death tool is much higher as israel. the real number of its military losses. in the meantime, the military wing of palestine's hamas resistance movement has said that their fighters targeted a markava tank with three soldiers aboard. the algason brigades also detonated the mouth of a tunnel in a gaza city neighborhood as a group of israeli infantries were there. mexico and chile have referred israel's war on gaza to the international criminal court. two countries

say the referral is because of escalating of violence against civilians in gaza, especially children. the palestinian foreign ministry has welcomed the move by mexico and chile. the ministry said the referral confirms the icc's need to. fulfill its mandate by detering and prosecuting the most serious crimes. last week, south africa also presented a case at the international court of justice over the gaza war. the case said israel is committing genocide in gaza demanded the icj order and emergency suspension of the regime's military campaign there. a large number of countries backed south africa's move. like many countries around the world, austrians have also held rallies to express solidarity with palestinian. in gaza, people took to the streets defying a ban on such demonstrations or correspondent in viena has asked some austrians about media bus and the lack of coverage of pro- palestine voices stick. since i am mainly influenced by austrian

television, i think it is very onesited. i read lot of international newspapers and their reporting there is entirely different than on austrian television, namely it is not as one-sided. in austria, there is much reporting from israel's perspective and the situation in a gaza strip is only featured in very few media outlets. above all, there is hardly any information about what the civilian population in gaza is doing. when you come in maybe austria, is is a bit uh bias, yeah, also the mensos where you can in nowadays where you can find the truth is through social media, because uh... now uh you have access to to information uh from there also and people uh see the truth and you can see uh the murder of the child uh the children in gaza what you cannot see in the major decision uh take in uh un also that uh

hiding for people hide for people and you can see it uh uh truth social media yeah this is the this is my opinion there is some uh uh how can i say some major have a high agenda, yeah, some of them, not all of them, yeah, i missed the media coverage of the background to the conflict, the history, the connections, horrible images are shown enough, but not enough information is given to the people about what led to the war and the attacks, i can hardly manage to watch all the hardship and atrocities in the reports about the war, overall i am very skeptical about the media coverage. "i have the feeling that the reporting is very one-sided, only presenting israel's perspective. i do not want to defend violence, but there is a reason why this all happened. if you constantly maltreat someone, then of course you have to expect a backlash at some point. the way israel is reacting here with such

exaggeration is nothing other than genocide. i admire south africans who have the courage to call out israel. in austria, the media does not have the courage to do this. i have..." i feel like the news in the west is too pro israel. there is also a lot of fake news on next and twitter. to better understand the situation, people should see more of the gruesome images of violence and suffering in gaza. israel and hasulah resistance movement continue to exchange fire along lebanon's southern border. in the latest clashes israeli occupation forces have conducted new strikes on several lebanese towns in response as well as five a barrage of missiles at upper galilei in the northern occupied territories. israeli media say a drone was also launched from lebanon and reached haifa bay. the two sides have been engaged in intense fighting since israel launched its genocidal war on gaza early october. the leviese movement says attacks on

israel will stop only if the regime ends its onslot on palestinians. "this is my land and my country. it is not only the 1948 or 1967 borders from the sea to the river. i am not ready to let go of a centimeter. israel is here like any for by the support of the europe, by the support of the united states. that's why they separate, the land. i was at the babel shams protest last week and uh i myself had a my head banged against a bus by a soldier illegally on illegal stolen land

and they are arresting us the palestinians this is historical palestine. welcome back, the emmy army says that it is targeted an american ship in the gulf of aiden in response. to a us uk strikes on the arab country, the naval forces of the yemani armed forces carried out the targeting operation against an american ship came ranger in the gulf of eden with several appropriate naval missiles resulting in direct hits. sad he described as inevitable yemen's retaliation for the aggression by the us and uk. he added that any new strike on yemen won't go unanswered and unpunished. the us has confirmed the attack its ship. the pentagon

says it was the third attack by the yemenes this week on u.s. own vessels in and around the red sea. that's a crucial lane for international trade where attentions have been spiking over the last two months. yemen has been attacking israeli link ships in retaliation for the regime's genocide in gaza. the tensions in the red sea have escalated further in the past week after the us and uk began air strikes on yemen, setting what they called threats to international shipping. the united states has launched new wave of attacks in yemen. the french missile was fired from us navy ships, stationed in the red sea and targeted sites that were allegedly prepared to launch attacks. over dozen locations were set to up and hit in the strikes. the yemini saba news agency reported that the areal assaulted the provinces of veneda, taz, damar, albaida and sada. the aggression was accompanied by the presence of surveillance aircraft over the western part of yemen, this aggression will not change

anything in the sense of our people and his spiritual obligation in supporting the palestinian people and the residence of gaza as well as the continuous targeting of ships linked to israel, and this is clear in our continuous operations. germany armed forces have said that they will not hesitate to target all sources of threat in the arabian and red seats within the country's legitimate right of self-defense. they've also warned that any aggression against. yemen by the us or the uk will not go unanswered and unpunished for washington designated answer movement as a terrorist organization. the anteral of resistance movement has described the us move to redesignate the movements as a terrorist organization as quote a badge of honor designation of the united states does i mean here in yemen they don't care about that but they are honored uh to to have that realisting as a terrorist organization because we know and as said abdul malik have said united states. is just the face of the crime, united states is one of the country that have destroyed uh, mean the have

destruction wherever they go, so we are honored to be designated as terrorist, because as always they say one man terrorist is another man freedom fighter. and spokesman mohammed abdul salam added that the move also proves the impact of yemen's anti-israely operations in the red say. as part of their support for palestinians, the eminy armed forces and popular resistance movement have. over the past month, targeted several ships owned by the israeli regime or bound for ports and the occupied territories in the strategic red sea after multiple warnings earlier in january the us along with the uk attacked yemen and a theatrical show of support for the israeli regim. the issue that america and britain have joined the war directly and that we are now in direct confrontation with the americans, british and israelies does not scare us at all, the aggression towards... our country and our people will enhance the development of our military capabilities. this was a brutal

aggression, violation of our sovereignty. i mean after 10 years of war on the yemani people, a siige on land, air and sea, and to add to that they are targeting us with new aggression. this is new stage of the conflict. what does this reflect? it reflects violation of sovereignty, further injustice towards people. since mid november, yemeni armed forces have carried out operations against israeli link ships in the red sea, they say the operations are aimed at forcing the israeli regime to stop its war on gaza and allow medicine and food into the territory. the enemy armed forces have also made it clear the red sea operations will continue until those goals are achieved. washington and london have supplied money, weapons and diplomatic cover for the zinos out. occupation of palestine, they are actively promoting genocide, ethnic cleansing, racism, partide, pruel,

dehumanization and extreme barbarism in occupied palestine. it's obvious who is on the side of genicide, britain, france, canada, the netherlands and others and germany, especially, and on the side of right, on the side of morality, is world public opinion, yemy government, the western hijamonic powers and their zist alli have faced the disgraceful. and gaza in the face the resilience and steadfastness of hamas and other palestinian resistance groups. germany military has single-handedly posed the biggest threat to the economic functioning of the israeli occupation by forcing it out. the red sea and further promising to stop the movement of ships to the occupied territories if the aggression against gaza continues, response to the yemini military's actions, the u.s. formed so-called multinational coalition in the red sea under the guys of protecting international trade, which in reality was attempt to protect the status quo and regional waters that have traditionally been in the service of western interests,

yemy military's efforts have been noted for being highly sophisticated and precise, the yemani uh, attacks have been extraordinarily effective, first of all, shipping costs uh are rising, have risen, insurance for ships is going up uh, and this will this will only uh get worse, so israel is taking a a pretty significant economic hit, major shipping companies have had to halt operations in the red sea and to take new longer routes and the us has been scrambling. to pressure the saudis to avoid a peace deal with yemen. yemen's retaliatory strikes has also halted all commercial activities in the port of ilats in the occupied territories. yemen has in fact set a new equation with global consequences and has pushed the us from a position of dominance to one of defense, having to react and succumbed to the resistance demands.

a thousands of people have hit the streets of yemen northern city of sada to voice support for palestinians in the wake of israel's genocidal war on gaza. the demonstrators waved palestinian and yemeny flags. chanting, the us is the mother of terrorism, the slogan is a reminder of washington's unequivocal support for israel as well as its aggression against yemen, the protest is also slammed the us move to redesignate yemen's ansarla movement as a terrorist group for weeks yeminis have been holding nationwide rallies uh every friday in a show of support for the people of gaza. the united states has

relicted yemen's ansarla movement as a global terrorist group. over attacks against israeli linked ships in the red seany citizens have spoken about the us move as well as the ongoing strikes by washington and london against their country. they can hit as much as they want. we are ready to support the palestinian cuz until the last breath. we, along with the generations after us, will continue to confront them. their repeated attacks will never deter us. america has been striking us for a long time. "the aggression against us is veiled under the name of the saudi and emirati aggression, but america has been bombing us for a long time. this decision is a political move to cover up israel's crimes, claiming that we are a terrorist group is to justify the air strikes on yemen and palestine. this decision is not new, it's not an objective decision and is

not based any real evidence, because this decision was made before, this classification was approved. during the era of former us president trump then the hutis were removed from the terror list. this proves that it was decision that was not based on practical reality, rather, this indicates that the us makes these decisions to blackmail people and to use the decision like sword against anyone who stands against american and israeli interests. these classification on the list of terrorism is under our feet. we don't care about it. we have fought wars for none. years and from the first day we have been attacked by the us, israel and britain, and this is not counting their agents from the arab countries. we say to them, if anser allah are classified as a terrorist group, then what about israel, what about the us that kills innocent palestinian children and that destroys homes above their residence? what do we say about them? are they not our arab

brothers and his palestine not arab like us? isn't it our right to stand up and defend our palestinian people? with all we've got. palestinians are our brothers and we will not be silent about them and we will not let them down. the iranian military has launched uh day two of air defense drows marked by a variety of exercises. the maneuvers featured operations using air defense systems to counter electronic and cyber attacks. the units involved in the drills also use drones to electronically disrupt. radars as well as air reconnaissance systems, participating troops practice shooting down targets at low altitude using uh for the first time domestically developed

short-range air defense system called the 9th of day. we are using nohedai system in bulk that is new anti-cruise missile system. of course it has passed its operational tests for more than year. the maneuvers also involved intelligence satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles and air defense radars, intelligence gathering systems were used as well to spot and take out mock enemy targets. the drills are carried out jointly by the iranian army and iran's islamic revolution guard score, the irgc. and iran has criticized the arab league for condemning a strike earlier this week by the isamic revolution guards court in iraq's. kurdistan region foreign ministry spokesman a expressed regret over the statement issued by arab league foreign ministers. he said the statements uh provisions are rejected. canon

he said the strike was carried out based on iran's legitimate right to confront terrorists affiliated to the israeli regime in the iraki city of arabiu. he added that those terrorists had posed threats against iran's national security and its citizens. the spokesman said respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of iraq is fixed principle of. policy toward baghdad. however, noted that the islamic republic won't hesitate to deter sources of threats and punish those who commit crimes against the country. on wednesday, the 22 member arab league called the irgc's operation of flagrant violation of iraq's sovereignty. in the united states, the election season is already here, but with far more dread than hope. many believe there will be even more term. this november than in 2020, with widespread concerns about election related violence. has more on the story. the united

states election campaign has just officially begun 10 months before going to the voting booth. in iowa, ex-president donald trump easily won the republican party's kickoff to primary season, but he's still as controversial as ever. many openly claim that his return... to the white house would produce civil war, retribution tribunals, dictatorship, and even worse. in new hampshire, a revolt against the democratic national committee means local democrats will soon hold a primary, which has been stripped of its delegates. that helps reflect the deep dissatisfaction within the party towards president joe biden. many wonder if the previous elections unprecedented political activism... and months of chaos will return, yeah, 2020 was crazy, hope it's not as intense as that, i think 2024 is going to look like 1968, the parallels are uncanning,

chicago convention etc. etc., i think very good chance biden will pull out in the first quarter of this year and not be the nominee, so think anything, anything and everything will happen. with both candidates having such high disapproval. ratings and amid such economic, political and military disaster, it's widely expected that both candidates will run extremely negative campaigns. i'm expecting a brutal campaign, they they're all garbage in in some way or another and uh hope for the best uh for the country. mean, how i end up voting, guess is my own particular decision when the time comes, but uh, certainly don't like where the country's at today. biden. for israel's latest war on gaza has deeply angered his critical base of young voters, many muslim and arab americans have vowed to not cast vote for biden. either

group could dip the balance in what poles expect to be the fourth consecutive presidential election to be decided by less than four and a half points. i think that's that's the crypt tonight for joe biden, he's he's screwed up that that uh situation so badly that. younger generations turn against him, and i don't see, if he continues with his stance on on gaza, i don't see like the younger generation uh coming back for his his support. the war against gaza will also drastically shape congressional elections. a recent nationwide poll found that voters prefer candidates who support a ceasefire in gaza to those who don't, by a whopping two to one margin. ramin mazahari, press tv, chicago. for now, but sticker on, i'll be back on the top of the news and brief.

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we..." are the voice of the voiceless, we are press tv. press tv's news in brief. 17 palestinians have been killed in the latest des rating air strikes on gaza, five lost their lives in a strike on a residential building in klan unis. the other 12 were killed in an. air raid near shifa hospital in gaza city, the overall death tool in gaza tops 24,760. israel confirms new military losses in clashes with palestinian resistance fighters in the gaza strip. the military says a trooper died of wounds he sustained in battle in southern gaza on wednesday. it says 191 soldiers have so far been killed in the ground invasion of gaza.