the headlines israels and discriminate strikes kill nearly 150 civilians across the gaza strip in 24 hours. as the total death tool from the regime's genocide nears 27. local city councils in various us states passed cease fire resolutions in solidarity with palestinians and at washington's unequivocal support for israel and iran kicks off the 10-day nationwide celebrations marking the 45th anniversary of the victory of the islamic revolution in 1979.

hello and welcome everybody, it's half past noon here in the iranian capital, tehran, you're watching press tv's world news, our top story for this half hour, israel's air strikes and artillery fire keep pounding the besieged gaza strip nearly four months into the regime's genocidal war. the palestinian health ministry says nearly 150. people were killed and more than 300 injured and over dozen attacks across the territory in a matter of 24 hours, the attacks include eerial strikes targeting the maribi neighborhood southeast of gaza city, which killed two palestinians in baithon in northern gaz, israel's artillery fire left three civilians dead and several others injured, in the southern city of rafa, israeli forces targeted vehicle killing four civilians including a... according to the

health ministry, the total death tool has reached 26,900 mostly women and children. the ministry added that nearly all of the hospitals in northern gaza are operating with minimum medical personnel due to displacement in of their staff. many rights organizations have warned that israel's relentless attacks are taking the blockaded territory to a breaking point. journalist and geopolitics expert laila hatum joins us now from aman jordan to offer some more insight on the ongoing um catastrophe that's taking place in the gaza strip miss hattum um many rights organizations have warned that the israelis relentless attacks uh are taking the blockaded territory to a breaking point. please unpack that for us about the state of the humanitarian catastrophe. that is

underway in gaza and also if you may please talk to us more about this air drop aid for gaza campaign which you are involved with as well, well you have to understand the situation is very dire across all of gaza, however we were forced to prior prioritize the catastrophes based on the most dire one, it's all a catastrophe at the end of the day, north gaza, nothing reaches it when it comes to aid at all, they are drinking contaminated water. seawage water, sea water at the end of the day they're being at risk of contaminating or they are already starting contracting cholera, typhoid and hepatitis a diseases, if the diseases don't kill them, starvation will, and we have less than two weeks now, basically just to um be able to get them aid over there, the fastest way to get aid into north gaza is via air drops, because the whole infrastructure between south gaza and north gaza has been demolished by the israelis, they've targeted all the main roads. they pulvered and buldos most of

the infrastructure over there so it makes it hard for trucks and basically even ambulances to to reach if any point there is there is ambulance when it comes to south gaza yes there are some aid coming in but the aid trucks are basically a drip feed in a massive sea of starving people you get seven eight trucks sometimes at best days the whole gaza strip needs 500 trucks per day for people to sustain barely being alive so imagine seven trucks trying to feed about um you have like over million people living there, it doesn't make any sense and nothing filters through to north casa and this is what the international media is not showing, they're literally deliberately putting media black out on the situation, you have over 600 thousand people over there in north gaza suck north of gaza city that get nothing, the israel is try to of portray the situation as if everything is demolished over nobody lives there, but no the situation in bet lahya and b hanon the northern most part of... gaza strip, people

are still living there, we have thousands of people living there, then you have hundreds of thousands people of people living in shajaya and jabalya and other cities, including in gaza city, so the situation is real. when it comes to airdrop aid for gaza, as i said, it's the fastest way to throw aid that can help them sustain a living until a c fire happens, because if the seas fire comes and everybody is dead there's no use, and if basically you send aid, but there's no seasfire also there's no use right, so what we we try to do over here is try to push countries across the world with jordan, because jordan so far is the only country that's doing air drop aids over gaza, but unfortunately the they can only drop medication and certain types of medication. not everything, because that's what the israelis can dictate, however, some medication is better than nothing. what we need is clean water, food, and at the same time medication to help those people who are stuck in north casa. m, you brought up an interesting point, the issue of aid trickling

in, you said it doesn't make any sense, what also doesn't make sense is why the issue of aid delivery into gaza is at the state at it is right now, if uh, there's a huge contradiction here - "the israeli regime claims that it's battling hamas uh, then why is all of gaza being punished? why is aid not being delivered sufficiently into the gaza strip? well, that's part of the israeli plan, they either starve people to death or starve them to point where they have to leave their land to find basically food and water somewhere else, and in both ways, the first part killing them, starving them to that is a genocide and pushing them out of their land, that's another neckb, that's ethnic cleansing as well." so the israelies want to literally deplete the people, the natives of palestine and gaza, especially out of their land so they can actually take over. and about the air drop aid for gaza, what can be done to uh assist this campaign? what can be done to

take it to the next level? please share with us. well, uh, we've been speaking to lots of people on the ground, officials as well, retired, air force commanders at one point or another, and they also... said it's easy to get the aid in, it's easy to drop it from airplanes, it's easy to reach north gaza via airplanes and drop aid over there, however the hard part is securing the israeli approval. jordan managed to do that so far nine times, because jordan back few years back when it established its field hospital in talil hawa which is southwest of gaza city in the north, they had put a sipulation, they for saw what might come and they put a stipulation in their own agreement with the israelis that whenever that field hospital needs medical aid or any aid, they can drop it by air, and this is how they enacted that close in that agreement. however, the israel is ban things within those eight packages that they sent, for example, you cannot put children insulin uh pens, but they do allow adult insulin pens, so they're basically

targeting children, they're targeting the next generation, they're trying to kill people, so what is needed at the moment is to have the international community which should be ashamed of for for falling short from helping the palestinians? to go and collaborate with the jordanians, to pressure the israelies politically and secure those approvals to fly over north gaza and drop the aid over there, they need literally they need this aid yesterday before today, we're running out of time, we literally we don't have that luxury of time, we're raising time now to save people's lives, over six, over half million people, imagine that are at risk of being killed in the next two weeks and everybody is just silent and they're just extending the time, extending the time and they're pushing it, it's only reason after it gained traction, this campaign that we have gained traction on the ground among activists and among people across the world, that the united nations security council started talking about it, we heard them two days back, and then algeria and turkey started talking about it also over the past two days. thanks lot, journalist and geopolitics expert, layla hartum, joining us from aman,

jordan. moving on the israeli genocide in the gaza strip is that to mass displacement of palestinians, they've been forced to take shelter in tents or severely damaged. without basic communities and remain in constant fear for their lives. let's a listen to the horrowing stories of palestinians in the jabal refugee camp in northern gaza. we live in this destroyed building, as you can see. we live here in fear, which is not only due to the israeli forces, but also because the building could fall on us. two days ago, the roof of the bathroom collapsed a man inside the building, causing major head injuries and living him. we try to find anything to feed our children. flower is very scarce and its price is very high. our life here is very difficult after the israeli forces stormed our neighborhood, destroyed it and arrested

many of us. when we returned, we did not find any place to take shelter. even the donkeys were killed and the carts were destroyed as well. this bread is uneatable, but mothers have no choice but to give it to their children. for almost seven days, my children haven't eating bread. there is no flower. local city councils in various us states have passed cease fire resolutions in solidarity with palestine amid washington's unequivocal support for israel. rami mazodi has more from chicago. across the united states, local governments are passing resolutions demanding a ceasefire in gaza as pro zionism sentiment continues its historic crumbling under the weight of daily. israeli war crimes. the third largest city in the united states, chicago, also has the nation's largest

palestinian community, which was thrilled to see their city council pass a resolution demanding a permanent ceasefire. we were on edge honestly for a while, and uh, the fact that it was passed is just an amazing show of solidarity with our brothers and sisters in palestine. we know that it doesn't necessarily change anything for them on the ground. but i think that this will definitely put pressure on our government um to hear the the will of its people um in one of the largest cities of america and hopefully um this will influence some of their their policy and uh we will get a permanent cease fire soon. ceesfire demands have been approved from major cities like san francisco, detroit and atlanta to suburbs and small towns, which are insisting on taking a moral stand, words like apartide and ethnic. which were once heavily censored in public life, are now being voted into the public

record, and you would wish that people in positions of power do things, do the right things because they are the right things, because the're the moral thing to do, that doesn't always happen, but in chicago it's a little bit different. the united states was the only member on the united nations security council to vote against a ceasefire, and they have. the security council on the issue of the genocide in gaza. as congressman in washington reportedly refused even engage with palestinian activists. city councils have become the primary place with political power which will discuss the issue and reflect the historic shift in public sentiment towards palestine. it really shows that when you vote for progressive politicians, progress does happen. you not only saw. vote um for seizfire, but we saw vote for solidarity and community building as

well. the cease fire vote is not only for the palestinian people, it's for all communities. the local resolutions are mainly symbolic, but they aren't so local. they show support to palestine and their allies around the world, and they prove to washington that their unshakable support for israel isn't shared across the country. rami mazahari, press tv, chicago. iran is kicked off the 10-day faj ceremonies marking the 45th anniversary of the glorious victory of the islamic revolution in 1979. the annual nationwide celebration started all over iran on thursday, symbolically marking the date of the homecoming of the late founder of the islamic republic, imam khumeini. imam khumeini spent more than 14 years in exile, mostly in the iraqi holy city of nazaretf. hel suspend some time in turkey and france before returning to iran. millions of people converged on the capital from across the country. on the day of his return, his

arrival gave considerable momentum to popular protests against the us-backed pahalavi regime, which eventually led to its overthrow 10 days later. during the fajer celebrations, iranians take part in different events and activities to mark the occasion. fed up with the last monarch took to the streets in 1979. to topple the puppet regime whose strings were being pulled by the us. the uprising had actually started over decade ago under the leadership of imam komeini who was living in exile. listen to the stories of the protesters who brave the bullets for their cause. well the us has carried out fresh

attacks on yemen targeting several a drone uh targeting several drones in their operating centers in the arab country. american war planes have struck yemen several times over the country's operations against israeli operated or israeli bound ships in the red sea over the regime's bloodched in gaza. the enemy army has also targeted american and british vessels in retaliation for their aggression against yemen, our correspondent in sana now uh is joining us uh with an update. abdul latif alwali is joining us from abdul latif, what details do you have to share with us in our viewers? thank you so much, the uk and us have launched a new round of air strikes against some many territories, they launched nine air strikes against al jabana area in hudaida which is the uh

western province of yemen, they also launched their striks against the capital sana and also against sad. province in the north of yemen against alas saifi area, you know they are attempting to uh undermine the military capabilities of the yemani army, they want to stop, they want to stop the yemani army from attacking their destroys and their ships and there was in gulf of aiden, but they failed to do that, the yemani army yesterday conducted two operations within hours and this is another proof that the yemani army is still uh very capable of attacking the british, the us and the israeli uh uh maritime navigation in the red sea and gulf of aiden, the yemen army has gone through very long war uh during uh nine years and they know very well how to hide their uh missiles, how to hide the drones, they are ready and we've seen the recent statements by the yemeny minister of defense that they are very well prepared for a long-term even

confrontation with the us and the uk and even if they will be joined and from other powers. uh who will participate in the aggression against the yemen people, the mminenies will stand with the palestinians no matter what, the yemenes are ready to confront the uh western powers, whether it was the us or the uk or any other power, so i believe that the uh usas against the yemani territories will absolutely fail in making the yemani army halt is attacks in the red sea and golf of aiden. all right, thanks lot abdul latif washali joining us from the emmy capitals sana. the international medical charity doctors without borders has issued yet another warning saying the people in gaz are facing massacre, the head of the country, the charities mission for the palestinian territories also expressed regret about msf's ability to help gazens in the current circumstances. the first of all demands is

immediate and sustained ceasefire because right now what is happening is massacre. as i say, when i was in nasa hospital, i stayed one night there. there was an air strike 150 mes from the hospital. it killed eight people, including two children aged four and five, little boys aged four and five. there is a whole part of the population that needs humanitarian aid and does not have access to it, so we are being prevented from bringing this humanitarian aid to this population, which is also prohibited under. national law, since the start of the war, there have been systematic attacks against health facilities, and that too is unheard of at msf, which leads us to say that it is the health system as a whole which has been clearly targeted by military operations. palestine's un ambassador has severely taken to task those

countries that have suspended funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees described efforts on. as inhumane, cruel and irresponsible. in dealing with the israeli allegations against some honorable staff, one should never lose sight of these realities and of israel's stated goal for years now of dismantling honor, and they succeeded one time during the trump administration. of denying funding for honor for more than three years, there is no reason to preempt the outcome of the investigation or to take measures that effectively amount to the collective punishment of 30,000 honor staff and millions of refugees beneficiaries of

honor services, undermining honor would be humane, cruel and irresponsible. he made the remarks that a un security council meeting on the israeli on slot on gaza. mansure was referring to the us and several other countries that have paused donations to oro, this after the israeli regime alleged dozen the agencies employees had taken part in hamas's october seven operation against israel. honora then announced that it had fired number of its staff after israel provided the agents. with information, honora denies any wrong doing, emphasizing, its role is only to provide relief aid. world health organization warns of starving. death among the gaza population due to constraints on the delivery of humanitarian aid to the war ravaged beat strip. the risk of farming is

high and increasing each day with persistent hostilities and restricted humanitarian access. the who continues to face extreme challenges in supporting the health system and health workers. as of today, over 100 thous gazans are either dead, injured or missing and presumed dead. who has faced great difficulty even to reach hospitals in southern gaza. during a un mission on monday, who delivered medical supplies to nasr medical complex. other missions to deliver fuel and food were denied. despite challenges, nasa hospital continues to offer health services, although reduced capacity, the hospital is operating with a single ambulance, donkey cards are being used for transporting patients. yesterday we made

another attempt to get food to nasa, but due to delays about 500 meters from the checkpoint, the food was taken from the tracks by crowds who are also desperate for food. human right? activist sarah wilkinson joined us earlier from jordan to tell us more about the difficulties in sending humanitarian aid to the besieged gaza strip. aid is trickling in, but that trickling is the word. in northern gaza, aid isn't really getting to the people up as far as as far north as that. there's about 600 thousand palestinians who are literally starving to death, so we have been a campaign. an airdrop to um provide uh essentials like clean water, food and uh bread, dried fruit into northern

gaza, so although the whole of gaza is in a a dire situation, northern gaza is probably as its worst at the moment. i think when you've got western countries that can't even vote for a ceasefire or abstain from vote, then um the aspect of humanitarian aid is just one step further away in... far in the egyptian side, there are thousands of food aid trucks that have been sitting um on the roadside for literally months that they're not being allowed into the even the uh border compound, there are some lories that are getting in at huge prices, they're having to pay bribes to get in, most of the aid inside these lorries is either damaged or taken out or swapped or minimized before it goes in, the same lorry comes out, goes back in with half the amount of aid, so that's the south of gaza, so the the the situation in the south of gaza is bad enough, but if you can

imagine the northern territories where the israeli tanks have already divided gaza into two, nothing is getting into these regions at all, and if palestinians try to uh reach aid that may have trickled in, uh, to use your phrase, then israeli snipers and... tanks are shooting and firing on them, so uh, it can be a blood bath, supplying aid to the palestinians can cause a blood bath in itself. usb starbucks is feeling the pinch from a global boycott campaign against it in protest at the company's support for thesering gas, and now the company is cutting its annual sales forecast in the latest sign that global boycuts are taking a tall on pro israel firms. the world's largest chain of coffee houses says. it has seen a significant impact on traffic and sales in west asia. the impact has been also felt in the u.s. where it has been facing a boycott campaign as

well. as a result, starbucks has cut its yearly sales forecasts and missed market expectations. for 2024, the company's shares are also 11% lower compared to year ago. starbucks is not the only company to have faced a customer backlash for supporting israel's genocide in gaza. other brands like mcdonald's, kf. coca-cola and pepsi have also faced intense public boycots resulting in substantial financial losses. this week, oil and gas major chevron also face new global boycott calls related to its work with israel, most of these companies stand accused of providing corporate support for the regime. that's what for now with sticker on, i'll be back on the top there with our news and brief.

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i'm deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in gaza. let me be clear, no party to an armed conflict is above interest.

press tv's news and brief israeli air strikes and artillery fire continued to pound gaza for the 118 day. the palestinian health ministry says nearly 150 people died in over dozen attacks across. the territory in a matter of 24 hours, the total death tolls reached 26,900. palestine's ambassador to the united nations condemns the us and its allies for suspending funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees, riad maunsu describes efforts made to undermine onr as inhumane, cruel and irresponsible.