the text them for the notes of the idea of strikes, hit the maternity ward in southern dogs, killing one child and wounding several others. as the desk on the region passes. 19000, also a head in the red sea were leading a multi national maritime task force to uphold the bedrock principle of freedom of navigation. the what kind of gone creates a new international mission to count or what it claims are maritime french by who the rebels, the well millions of palestinians are on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. human rights watch accused of israel abusing starvation

as a weapon against civilians. engulfed the i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. you are watching r t international. we start the program in central gaza, where several people have reportedly been killed by is rarely drones targeting residential areas in the news era. and they're all blog refugee camps. local media reports say 5 children, 4 of them, siblings, playing outside were among those killed. or here's the aftermath of one reason is riley strike on the island. is there a refugee camp? we can see locals scouring the debris in search of the survivors. the bulk of palestinians in this area are already displaced from northern regions. there are people who fled to this area because israel promise it was safe. of this, everything isn't matters. the idea of conduct such rates on already run down

neighborhoods in which innocent people live, destroy incomplete residential districts. 9 members of my family are also wounded, even though it is alleged that the south is a safe place. the bids not we're in our house is when a sudden explosion to cut the flames extended to our houses. one when we pulled one of our neighbors out to the daybreak, his limbs would cut off some of those. so don't ride off to that roof, fell on the head smith while others is still trapped under the rubble of the who, you know, militants live here and the residents have nothing to do with the, with the whole civilians including children on these accounts and should be safe areas as each row claims, but there are no safe places where the schools comes at $400.00 and the services of the idea of has hit southern gaza as well. a maternity ward at nasser hospital in the city of con eunice was among the struck one child is confirmed dad and several others are injured. according to the guys in house ministry, the death to on the region has surpassed and 19000 with another 52000 wounded. a

warning there are disturbing images. i had the, the task turnage and bloody images emerged from the medical facility, a 13 year old girl who had previously lost her mother, father, and to siblings to id of findings was held in the latest right and her from to people who are in the thick of it, here's what they had to say from on, on. uh, we went upstairs from the maternity words very quickly. and so people screaming on the 2nd floor for 2 rooms worth it was a hold on one person after the 1st room and helped to children. i'm an elderly lady to get out when i entered the 2nd room and there was a child killed to turn all the work, but she had to like compensate and the child was killed 10 no features left. and so

brain was sort of surprised and he, the, when a guy was sitting down stairs, i've been displaced here for 60 days. so today i saw 2 attacks, a hospital in the 8 o'clock in the morning. one shall arrive, but i did not explode with him. but then there was another one and i heard the rocket coming and then i ran to see what happened. i was surprised by the screams of the children running down stairs. i saw a person killed. i've been realized, the building was hit by a rocket to the roof. when i saw was one person in pieces. another person was killed. i didn't see him because he was completely covered. there were then take him to the emergency. unfortunately, the injured are all children, but from my message to the french, british and american people is from what have we done to you as the people of palestine, so that you arm the occupation with shell weapons and ammunition to kill us? and what are we done to you? is the people in palestine as the 7. meanwhile, survivors of a separate bombing were taken to the same facility was some being treated on the

floor. we heard from a witness of the strike of the un schools. this thing was over 20000 people who was there? people trying to sell things to make money and trying to find the future. all night long. boom boom people. they were sitting in a rocking, fell between 30 and 40 people. one strike, not a single person could be found whole another level, all the or injured there are those with that when why? chair, look this one? sure look him dice. like her. i'm so i'm crossing between israel and gaza has been temporarily open for a drugs. this is the 1st time since october, 7th, when the war began and pays another way for much needed aid to enter the enclave. now, previously, the roof of border crossing was the only transit point for humanitarian assistance though its use was heavily restricted by israel. the move which was approved by tel

aviv last week will allow additional convoys of food and medicine to enter. well, this comes as united nations reports, half of the us population is starving. that according to human rights watch, that's exactly what israel wants for over 2 months. he's really has been depriving guys population of food and water policies, food on or endorsed by high ranking these really officials and reflecting then tend to stuff civilians as a method. a wolf will be this should be speaking out against this important role crime which has devastating effects on guys as population. and the mid hopes for much needed a the palest and imply is the ring a total humanitarian catastrophe. here's how one man and gaza describes the situation in mind that we just have light blankets and were sleeping on the floor. the winter is so cold, there no service is no water. no sanitation, the smell of sewage is everywhere, and there's a garbage dump behind the camp life inside. more side than you can imagine.

meanwhile, as the fighting ridges on in northern garza how last, as it has attacked an idea of the military vehicle and its personnel. this what it was really is to by the militant group itself. here we can see the idea of the vehicle in question before being struck with a rocket, causing the soldiers to evacuated from us claims there were casualties, but that has yet to be confirmed to me while the id i've conducted a devastating air strike on the body of refugee camp in northern does on monday, a similar attack the previous day killed 110 people and wounded 100 more. that's according to the palestinian health ministry. the number of casualties and the most recent attack is still being assessed. local journalists, monuments above reports, it was the new mass crew was committed by these rarely occupation in northern gaz. uh, specifically in the jump ball. all ballade area is really planes targeted the owl

bush and all one families resulting in a large number of casualties. many are still missing under the rubble of a sort of gun. we were asleep when the missiles struck our house where peaceful people not wishing harm to any one the residence of this house for a sleep. and through the evening prayer, suddenly their house was bombed. with around the 18 people inside the old parish to announce arrived where peaceful people know 20 harm to anyone near the house. an elderly man with whom we prayed the evening and make a price passed away, holding his pray, it'd be limited during the pres. she was a peaceful man throughout his life and they were doing any harm to anyone we peaceful people will not to the right home. with announcing my wife children and the laws have old died, they were at home sitting when the house was bombed and everyone inside terrorist, we only say, god is sufficient for us. and he's the best to dispose of

a fast or something like that. there is no other cemetery where we can bury the dead. this cemetery was an old mass graves containing more than 850 murders. we have no other place for burial. we have resorted to burying the dead in the cemetery on top of each other. people are dying and god is the best exposure of affairs against our god is sufficient for us. and he is the best dispos or of affairs against the killing of these innocent civilian people. feeling a mass grave was established by the occupiers to accommodate the large number of marchers in the face of these rarely war machine and systematic killing of civilians. mach moved sub i r t now, or where to the west bank, where as well a forest as have conducted dudley raids and report of la used to your gas, says hundreds gathered to pay respect to the victims of a recent idea of attack on the alpha refugee count

the mourners and could be seen marching through the streets and that carrying the body bags of the victims. according to reports, at least 4 people, including 2 teenagers, were killed in the idea of military operation. relatives of the victims recall how their loved ones lives. were taken away, the thought of so have part of it was a real battle field in the jeep, stopped with thermal automatic launches were brought into the camp and was shooting . everything that moved in the area of the design was standing next to the house. his mother told me he was shot just in front of her in the guy the in the, in the morning we were sitting as usual. my son was coming down the stairs when the snap shot him through the window. he never went out. he was inside the house during this conference with his really prime minister benjamin netanyahu, us defense minister lloyd austin, announced a new international mission in the red sea to counter what it claims are maritime threats by who's the rebels in the ritzy were leading

a multinational maritime task force to uphold the bedrock principle of freedom of navigation. around support for hoody attacks on commercial vessels, much stop. this is a battle against the union axis you any an excess of term which is now threatening to close. the maritime straight above the london distractions the freedom of navigation of the entire world. as cross live now to co founder of the international action center, sarah flanders. is there a great to have you on with us? i'd like to hear your thoughts on, on what this new so called international mission in the red sea names for the us forces and the greater middle east as well. it really means that the us military is desperate desperate to defend israel, which is really collapsing under these attacks and has no match, has no ability to defeat the, the palestinian unified resistance. so now they're going to try for

a wider war. they're threatening the human and they're also threatening a ram and the shutting down of shipping in the red sea suez canal. yes, it will definitely impact israel. and this is a bold and very strong step taken by the answer law forces whose the forces in yemen. but now us is threatening the entire region and other threats are coming back after them. the. the giant shipping company, o, c, l based in hong kong, a chinese company has announced that they will stop receiving old goods to and from israel. that's a big problem at designing a space. and of course other major shipping companies are now refusing to use the red sea. and this means transit completely around africa into the mediterranean. this will impact the israeli economy strongly. so this is the

war coming, coming home, having a real impact. and the refusal for negotiation ceasefire, the continuation of this terrible war, it's impacting every country. well, what's behind the apparent rise in the american military presence in the region? is it? and just because of the latest flare up of the israel palestine conflict, or is there more to it as well? the us has always had a huge military presence throughout the entire region has, has waged one more after the other. a rack would be a syria, but now they're strategic partner their unsinkable aircraft carrier. that means israel is a real danger that threatens the us position. that's geo political position, its entire future. and are they willing to drag the world into a wider more?

that's what this multi national maritime threat. that's what these new threats on both human animal rand seem to be going in that direction. but it won't change what's happening on the ground in gaza. yeah, and that is there for us. right. what does this say about washington's policy and priorities in the region? well, washington's policy, its priority in the region, has always been to defend israel and to do everything possible to destroy palestine to, to literally over and over decade, 75 years. we've seen that. but now it has reached a point where the palestinian resistance, it seems that they are on not successful and defeating it. this is a terrible quandary because they are stuck and there is real opposition growing

within israel. that's a real problem. so the us who's making some move, assuming that they can to reinforce israel's position, i don't think it will do that at all. it won't really impact all the countries of the mediterranean with this um, block of shipping. what are us aircraft carriers? what have they ever been doing? and they've been trying to set back the development they are a colonial lies in power have always been. and as i say that one more after the other, they're still us troops interact now under attack of us switch still on syria. so i'm always the switch on one around have continued the switch on yelman's. there was a valuable blockade of them. and now for 10 years, so this is the way all of that is now being shaken. what kind of reaction have we

seen from those error states to the rising us presence in the region as well? some of them have tried to absolutely accommodate themselves. to this and had opened relations with israel, but now that can't go further because of their own population because of the over whelming sentiment. so they're trying to hide their complicity. and that is a problem. and then there are other countries that really have been long part of the resistance who stand with palestine under a tag. so this is dividing every country in the region and it is giving new openings for mass movements that they have and have really in decades. and that's changing everything to the ability of countries to comply with us demands. they're no longer the one setting, the agenda, people in the,

in the millions are now setting the agenda and they are acting in solidarity with palestine. i need to, we got to continue that to the strikes the demonstrations, the actions really need to even escalate the days ahead. okay. co founder of the international action center, a sarah flanders. thank you. you know, south africa as the president has met with local representatives of the jewish community to discuss the ongoing war in the middle east, who spoke of solidarity from the people gaza. same quote. south africans won't be free until palestinians are also free. we use this opportunity to clearly set. busy out the various measures that we have been taking both as a and c, as well as government to deal with the situation of unfolding in gaza in the middle east. and also to i redid to raise

our daughter to the people of pa, this time for us. this is a matter of principle. principle that is born out of our own experience, are the people of south africa who struggled against an oppressive apart tate system. so. busy it can well not be free until the palestinians are also free. press the pulse that has already met with the south african jewish board of deputies, as he's presidential residents to discuss with the country on sundays. really for the scene in conflict at the meetings the, to his for, to me to request relating to the pro magic recognition of these rolling off the president to restore, to, to put magic recognition or piece right. including the re opening. i'll start, african embassy tend to leave, and to show that to these really embassy,

victoria will not close to enable, but he's really invested as return to south africa. we have withdrawn on what they prevents from is while and we have. busy said that they should come back for consultations and those consultations continue. so it only makes sense that to be placed in to meet with people, to see me inside official and supporters after that meeting. and they say, they are not oblivious to the reality that takes those to see no wrong in the conduct of these are all have their way of intimidating black mailing inside and seeing those which highlands, if the colonial sic, the state of the strong and the soul comes off the is really foreign minister recently said it will take months to destroy from us. and that is all on pedestal, will continue with or without international support. now it is clear that to the class between from us and east, as well as really taking a serious turn. but so the optic indeed is believe that to the store room,

to move in a bit that direction. and that's no efforts should be spade, to achieve that particular goal, let me real quick, get faulty to having us back. at least 111 people have been killed and more than 230 injured after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake, ship northwest china is gone to providence. according to reports by state medium, the center of the plague was approximately 200 kilometers from the provincial capital of alonzo. many areas of guns too, as well as neighboring shanghai also experienced the tremors, water, and power supply outages have been reported in some villages and rescue operations are under way it jumps incumbent president of the hotel, stacy, has been re elected with the authorities saying he receives almost 90 percent of the votes. this will be a season 3rd term and office and will last another 6 years. authorities

a said there were no significant violations during the voting process. election was held over 3 days from december 10th to 12 o. c. c. as a former military commander who became defense minister before entering the presidency nearly a decade ago. local journalists show here, i mean reports from kyra. the 10 out announced by the national election authority was 66.8 percent. and they said that this was the highest ever recorded in egypt history. this election has been overshadowed 5 and dia, economic conditions, the high inflation, the soaring prices of food in basic commodities. and the searching depth of, and i think that presidency will now have to turn his full attention to improving the lives of citizens. we see war raging on, on northern border in gaza,

also in sedan instability. so a lot of egyptians are looking to see, see a full men military commander to bring security and stability to the country. and they said that no civilian can guarantee a stability in this coming phase. and they looking to him to ensure that the conflicting doesn't, doesn't spill over into addiction territory. and we heard from people on the streets of cairo, they say l. c. c is the only one who can keep egypt safe. i love the 100. i mean, i voted for l. c. c. he's a decent man. i love him. he built egypt and gave us new good things for our country. i'm happy that i'm witnessing a good era for egypt. 7, what's all about the election? the results reflect reality and show what did you since want to seize the most capable person to protect our borders. and she has an economic vision several most

at all game. else. this is the most suitable president for this time, domestically and internationally. i'm sure we will now see more prosperity in our country and they're happy that the president won. she has done a great job so far. she has made lots of progress in building infrastructure, new cd's. we're seeing plato of good products right now. there are some finland's, have signed a defense cooperation agreement that will provide washington with access to 15 military bases in the nation. the secretary of state says the deal to bolster what he calls nato's inter operability. today we will further strengthen our security bonds by signing a defense cooperation agreement in just a couple of minutes when it goes into effect. our military is, will be able to collaborate more efficiently and more effectively. our troops will have more opportunities to train together. and we will bolster nato's inter

operability. according to the finish, defense minister, helsinki is an important strategic ally and trade partner and the united states. a number of other nato members including lot via lithuanian norway in the stony. i have already signed similar bilateral agreements with washington and denmark and sweden are currently negotiating their own. meanwhile, during the interview letter and put in said that in response to russia would have to create a military unit to protect the russian finish border. he's at the should not, the sooner it includes the thing, went into nato. did you have any disputes we think or disputes including $33.00 on dispute will result in the middle of the 20th century. there with no problems, but now there we'd be. we would no create the leading good military district and concentrate certain military units there. why do they need this? it's just nonsense. shariska create the 1st well we've heard from international consultants, earl rasmussen, he says their agreement will cause finland to lose its sovereignty. that means

probably selling more us weapon systems. good morning, natal compliance weapon systems to finland and mean the increasing uh some of the welcome is uh, support structure. but, but at the same time, that's as president who instead basically standing of leningrad military district, which here be basically gonna have a much larger for so long finished order. you're going to increase the it's going to have increase tensions. if anything, the security posture is going to be weakened, but, but yes, we will, uh, whether you have a benefit economically. yes, we'll finish people benefit economically. no, they will. it will cost them additional to increase their own security both due to the build up of a russian forces. i think this, this loses the there's you're solving. think it puts a,

put more depends on the website. it kind of locks the us into, into their whole military structure. it definitely decreases their own some sort of entity as well as their own national security to the well some of the powers want to remove hungary voting rights within the block so they can secure a deal to send more money to ukraine. let's start to think about that proceeded to suspend the voting guys, so we're going good. our lawyers must find legal ways how to stop the destruction from both outside and inside, who is all been working for food. and why is a you doing nothing to stop him? can you not see how the e u is being destroyed from within? based on that quote, there are sounds like what you saying is that democratic descent within the you now

means that you're working for food. and basically what's happening is that there are some lawmakers here in the european union whose nose is our way of enjoy. because on gary and prime minister victoria on reading the blogs engagement announcement with ukraine by threatening to veto and agreement to start succession and thoughts that required a unanimous vote of all 27 members stays with the last minute a promise to unblock billions in you funds owed to hungry that had long been withheld, unfrozen came through on the eve of the boats, and well or bond, decided to slip out the door for the boat itself. when german chancellor, all i've schultz stood out and suggested that for me on top of the side for a bit to show it objection, while the rest of the block voted unanimously here. what is it even better way to show your objection? no, actually voting to your objection, but there's also the other issue of hungry refusing to unblock more. you find this

for ukraine, which really kills the unity buys at the block is constantly trying to draw. i'm not particularly around and crane. so democratic is the, are some folks in bottles are now making noise about finding a way to exclude descent from the boat altogether. we are working very hard, of course to have a result of wednesday's an agreement of 27 member states. but i think it is so now also necessary to work on potential alternatives to have an operational solution in case that a, an agreement by 27. so united meet is not possible. well, that sounds super democratic don't like to resolve, even though it just find a way around it saying that what could happen instead of voting you budget cash for ukraine is that states now could contribute to a fund for ukraine voluntarily, past the hot around. so to speak, so they can all spend their own citizens,

money and on fun, can't stop them. which totally isn't going to make citizens of all the other countries. wonder why their own leaders are putting the bill to their own seemingly endless economic document when it's entirely optional because or bon wouldn't be. so now western process, quoting, and you diplomats, who are talking about the blog potentially applying. and you treat provisions that would allow hungry to be stripped of its voting rights for violating you legislation. and it just totally doesn't sound like course and or anything not, not to mention corrupt. anyway, they probably didn't miss a chance to chime in on all this latest you drama. do you agree to to see hungary is a southern country. it has its own interest, and unlike many european countries in defense, them quite family. our president said that one student seeing that hungry and a number of other countries that defend the interest pro russian,

they're just independent enough to do so. you will read with great interest reports about the decision making practices and the easy. well, someone is out for a coffee. it is a unique practice. any practice is called democracy, an option don't you know, or at least that's what they keep telling us a good thing for the you, that democracy isn't actually anywhere to be found in brussels. otherwise, it might have something to say for itself, at least until they figured out how to convince it to step out of the hall for a bathroom break. so they could sideline it. all right, be sure to stay with us and back in 30 minutes with much more news here on our t international by the

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