shadow band, we are the censored, we are the voice of the voiceless, we are pressed tv, press tv is news and we have more than 100 people have been killed in overnight israeli air strikes on the gauza strip, the israeli genocidal war is nearing its fifth month. with the focal point of the attacks now being the south including the total death toll for the non-stop strikes is top 27. more than two dozen aid ngos raised the alarm over donor country's decision to suspend funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees eight ngos warn that the reckless decision may lead to complete collapse of humanitarian response in the gaza strip. gazens released from israeli

detention after being kidnapped by these regime's forces share horrowing accounts of torture and abuse that they were exposed to. the kidnapped gazen say they were beaten, denied food and water and prevented from going uh to the bathroom. the syrian military says it has downed a number of israeli missiles that were launched from the occupied golan heights on south damascus. three people, including an iranian military advisor were killed in the israel strikes, syrian media also reported material damage and iran's president says this country will not start a war but will respond decisively to anyone who bullies it said iran's military might poses no threat to the west asia region adding the regional countries can rely on the islamic republic's military power.

peter joseph, hey abby, thank you so much for coming on the empire files, peter, it's been quite a while since i've had you on, i appreciate you coming back on, it has been a while and... time just keeps flying by, the nightmare of existence, flowing, flowing away, great to have great, thank you for having me, it's great to be here and good to see you again, it's great to see you, peter, um, given everything that's going on in the world today, i really wanted to get your insight and i think a lot of people who follow you will also would also love to hear what you have to say because you've been posting so much about the genocide going on in gaza and i just you know we've been talking about it off air lot obviously