date with world news every half hour on press tv: your headlines on press tv, palestinian officials say the death chill from the relentless israeli bombings in the gaza strip is nearing 24th. the united nations says thousands of palestinians have probably been detained by israeli forces in the gaza strip facing humiliation and torture in detention of and the hezbollah resistance movement says it has conducted new retaliatory strikes on israeli positions south of the lebanese border.

hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in tehan, thank you for joining guys. 105 days into the israeli war on the gaza strip, the regime continues with this carpet bombing campaign across the besieed palestinian territory. the overall death sold from the regime's war has passed 24. 760, more than 62,00 others have been wounded and thousands more are still under the rubble of their homes. israel keeps bombing residential buildings and refugee camps and areas it had said that would be safe. hospitals are overwhelmed across the besieg territory with people literally waiting on the floor for medical staff to intervene and save them. the deadly raids are being conducted while the coastal territory is under near total communication. blackout

imposed by tel aviv. the united nations says israel may have detained thousands of palestinians in gaza since early october when the regime launched this onslaught on the besieg strip. during my time here, i managed to meet a number of release detain eas. these are men who were detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations. for between 30 to 55 days, they describe being beaten, humiliated, subjected ill treatment and to what may amount to torture, they reported being blindfolded for long periods, some of them for several consecutive days. i don't see any, some guys said the palestinians are detained in horrific conditions. he said he personally heard the counts of release detainees who said they were beaten up. and humiliated, the

commissioner also ed the release of those held without charge and called for a transparent investigation into all instances of torture by israel. multiple released palestinian detainees say there were transferred in trucks to open air prisons where they suffer different forms of mistreatment. they took me to the truck and the truck was crowded with detainies. they prac'... is the worst types of torture on us, it was rainy night, so they took us to northern area and put us on the asfalt. it was raining hard and it was cold. we stayed in the rain for more than an hour, and they beat us while we were tied up. the freed prisoners also said they were threatened to be shot and forced to insult palestinian groups and political figures. such accounts

are backed by footage released by israeli troopers on social media that show their mistreatment of prisoners. the videos often show blindfolded palestinians, amongst them women and children. israel continues to target hospitals in the gaza strip destroying the few healthcare facilities still open in the territory. the palestinian red cross said the regime attacked al-amal hospital in the seventh. of hun units with drones, it's added that displaced people were injured as israely drone targeted citizens with intense gun fire in at the facility. the world health organisation says most of the coastal slivers 36 hospitals have stopped working. the organization says israel has attacked hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure nearly 600 times. the united

nations office for humanitarian affairs says israel is blocking most of the much needed humanitarian aid into northern gaza. the bodies branch in palestine says israel denied almost. 70% of the aid that was about to be delivered to northern gaza during the first half of january, the group added that the israel military also blocked 95% of shipments of fuel and medicine in the same period. un special rapiters said this week that israel is destroying gaza's food system and using food as a weapon against the palestinian people. south african. and youth activist has talked to us about the israeli genocide in gaza, he also explains why the regime is imposing a communications blackout there is a genocide, the pictures are year, 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 netanyahu 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. israeli forces have killed yet another palestinian teenager in the occupied west bank as the regime intensifies is raids there. the palestinian teen identified as 17-year old tofik hafiz hijazi. was fatally shot in village northeast of ramala. according to the palestinian health ministry, hajazi was shot in the head. palestinians in the west bank are being targeted and killed by israeli forces on an daily basis. on thursday, the regime carried out a more than 35-hour long raid in tulkarum, killing eight

palestinians. israel has intensified its deadly raids across the west bank since october the 7th when it began its genocidal war on gaza. is those rates have left nearly 370 palestinians dead while injuring many others. our correspondent monandial joined us earlier from ramala to tell us more about the israeli killing of the palestinian team. 17 year old tofiq hijazi was surprised by israeli forces near the village. east ramal and when he saw the israeli forces maybe he was afraid let's say and he tried to return back, the israelas chased him and opened fire, shot him in the head and unfortunately

he was shot and killed, according to his father, he was surprised by the israeli forces near the village of almazr sharqi since the seventh. of october, the israeli military has escalated its aggressive measures and more policies, aggressive policies are being carried out against the palestinians, more soldiers were sent to the uh chick points all across the occupied westbank, and there are even metal gates, earth mounts, these are at the entrances to the villages, the towns and the refugee camps and at at the same time the israel close all the areas so palestinians are not able to travel from the center of the occupied west bank to the north or the south without these strict measures and military checkpoints.

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hezbollah has fired the barrage of missiles at upper galilea in the northern occupied territories. israely 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 this genocidal war on gaza early october. the lebanese movement says attacks on israel will stop only if the regime ends. onslot on had to say. palestinians. press tv's correspondent mariam salh joined us earlier with more details about the latest developments along the southern lebanese border. let's see what she well, we do know that the resistance has declared in a statement that they targeted movement of. soldiers between two of the israeli posts in the occupied shibba farms,

it's between ramtha and sumaka, that area seen there was movement for soldiers, said they attacked them with the use of a burkan rocket, they also used the burkan rocket in, this is another post for the israelis but not in occupied lebanese territory, it's an occupied palestinian territory and it's they also used burkan in that instance as well, has been using the burkan rocket more often in the latest round of confrontations, but we also have other operations where they uh conducted also other resistance operations in certain areas, we do know from the israeli media that they have shot down as they say a drone which flew from lebanese territory, hazbullah has not denied or claimed any responsibility on that, but they said that it was flying close to area which was in hafa it could have been a husballah it could be could have been from hizballah to towards a

strategic area and hafa could have also been something from the iraki resistance since we know that they are quite active in that arena as well we know that there was an explosion recently and near the oil refineries in infaa yemenes from all walks of life have gathered in the capital san and other cities to them the move by the united states to redesignate the answer movement as a terrorist group. they also reaffirmed their full support for palestinians in gaza facing israely genocide. press tv's abdul latif alwashali has more in this report. thousands of yemanies have filled the streets of the capital sanna and other major cities to slam the us blacklisting of the ansarullah movement. the protesters also expressed their continuous support. for the yemeni army's operations in the red sea and gulf of eden, we came here

today and 70 square to send a big message to the sahioni, israelian, american and british, we have a good weapon to make you under the sea, not under the ground, under the sea, the yemen people and the whole world know who america is, it's entire history. is full of terrorism, murder, crime, corruption, support for criminals and the production of weapons for more killing. there is nothing clearer than the crimes committed by israel and america in the gaza strip with no less than 240 marters every day, not to mention the wounded and the missing. therefore, for america to classify any group in the world as terrorist is very silly and it cannot be believed by rational person. officials say the recent us move is in. with washington support for the israeli regime and its atrocities in gaza. they say the us is

endangering the region to protect the israeli regime which clearly exemplifies terrorism. it's a great honor for us that this sponsor and the founder of terrorism which has killed countless people around the world and use its atomic bombs in hiroshima and nakazaki and kill hundreds of thousands there is the one that classified us as terrorists, but we represent. most honorable position from moral and humanitarian standpoint. america's recent designation is in line with its support for the israeli genocidal war against palestinians in gaza. we stand with palestine and will not back down from this position. in response to the yemeni army's relentless attacks against israeli linked vessels in the red sea. the us has announced the redesignation of the ansarullah movement as a terrorist group. the group has been stappen up its military operations against american and the british ships and the rid sea and the gulf of aden. the us and uk launched attacks on yemen following its move to target israeli

linked ships in retaliation for the regime's genocide in gaza. despite the strikes by. us and the uk people have gathered here to prove their point, they say they are not afraid of new war and are ready for all options, they also believe that the us is the godfather of terrorism and has no right to designate any the resistance movements as a terrorist group. islamic resistance in iraq claims responsibility for downing a us military drone in a northern iraqi area. on thursday, the group said in a statement that it shot down the mq9 reaper drone in diala province. according to the statement, the aircraft was coming from the us airbase in kuwait. the development comes emit height and tension and simmering anti-american sentiment across the region. over the past months, iraqi resistance forces have carried out attacks on american bases both in iraq and neighboring

syria on an almost daily basis. this is in response to the us support. for the israel genocide in gaza. anti israel initiatives have begun in italy's northern city of vichenza as the 70th edition of their city's prestigious gold and diamond industry fair kicks off. protests have been staged in response to huge number of israely jewelry dealers being present at the fair. here's more placed in. italy's wealthy northeast, vicenza is known for being the country's capital of gold and for an international gold and jewelry industry fair which has been running for 70 years. this year's edition has seen a number of anti-israel initiatives organized across the city. on friday, a protest was held in the vicinity of the trade fair premises in protest to tel aviv's massacres against the civilians in gaza.

israel, one of the diamond world's leading centers, occupied an entire pavilion for its. dealers at the jewery boutique showcase. israel's diamond exports have increased even in the past months, even when the regime is committing a genocide against the palestinians. israel's diamonds are dranged in blood. tel aviv steals the precious gems from african countries such as congo, sudan and iwary coast using children as the easiest source of cheap labor. protesters. inside vicenza's jewelry industry fair are saying that most people don't know that the diamond industry is a main source of funding for the israeli military. they argue that israeli blood diamonds have bankrawled the mass murder of over 24,00 gazans since early october, most of whom were women and children. vicenza has been hosting rallies in

response to israeli jewelry dealers participating in its international gold fair for. "we are against having the israelies at the vicenza gold fair, it's immoral for everybody and mostly for our city, doing business with a country that is standing before the international court of justice is dishonorable, a country that is committing genocide now as we speak, what's the difference between our debts and the ukrainian debts? also on friday, a public." assembly was held in central vicenza, the initiative was attended among the others by italian healthcare workers who were in gaza during the bombing carried out by israeli regime in the past months. on saturday, vicenza will also host a rell in solidarity with the besieged palestinians, max chivili press tv, vicenza. a group of 60 democrats in

the us house of representatives have edged the government to reject in their words, the force. and permanent displacements of palestinians in gaza. the group made the call a letter to secretary of state anthony blincan. the comments are reaction to the recent figures that show nearly two million people are internally displaced in the gaza strip due to the israeli unslot. that's over 80% of the territory's population and far right israel ministers want many of them to be permanently removed from their homes. the us lawmakers also asked the government to make clarification on request to provide $14 billion dollars in new security and other aid to israel. the request is despite pressures on the government, including from inside the congress to hold arm sales to his. over his brutal campaign in the gaza. 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 wide spread concerns about election related violence. ramy has more on this 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 democ'. 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. 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 i 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. i mean, how i end up voting, i guess is my own particular decision

when the time comes, but uh, certainly don't like where the country's at today. biden's support 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... dipped 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 cryp tonight for joe biden, he's he's screwed up that that uh situation so badly that you know the 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 congress. national 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. the iranian military has launched day two of air defense trails marked by 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 for the first time domestically developed short-range air defense system called the ninth 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 air wheel vehicles and air defense radars. intelligence gathering systems were used as well to spot and take out mock enemy targets. the drails are carried out jointly by the iranian. army and iran's islamic revolution guards core or the irgc, and with that we come to the end of this bulletin. thank you for being with us, take care and bye-bye.

10 years of chaos and war. in syria, the ruins left in syria, who benefits from the continuation of this war? what is the view of the west, particularly america towards war in syria and the support of many countries for creating chaos in syria? why syria, a different narrative? this is the world's single most documented genocide in modern history, and yet world leaders not only are standing by, but the

united states states is actively arming israel and providing the diplomatic cover for israel to continue carrying out this genocide. every day, every hour, every minute, there is new video that comes out of gaza documenting this genocide in a way that we've never seen before. genocide is legal term, it comes out of the rome statute and the genocide convention. المراه انطخت حيت محمد.

new zealand for this hour, 17 palestinians have been killed in the latest israeli air strikes on gaza, five lost their lives in a strike on a residential building in hannunis, the other 12 were killed in an air raid near shifa hospital in gaza's. the overall death toll in gaza tops 24,760. the united nations says thousands of palestinians have probably been detained by israeli forces in the gaza strip facing humiliation and torture in detention. a un commissioner says palestinians are kept in horrific conditions urging the release of those helped without charge.