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the death told from the israeli onslot in gaza approaches 29,000 and another major hospital the passage territory goes out of service. the... foreign policy chief warns that the west bank is boiling and could be on the eve of a greater explosion increasing israely violence there and the leader of iran's islamic revolution describes elections as the main pillar of the islamic republic. a
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live from our terran studios, you're watching press tv news, i'm behrus najafi, it's good to have you with this. the world health organization says that gaza's largest of functioning hospital is now out of service, and that after a week's long siege and repeated rates by israeli forces. who director general, tedras gabriesus says that the israely military has blocked. the organization's access to nasa hospital since friday. the team was to assess the conditions to patients and the critical medical needs there. tedras also warn about loss of life a hospital, which is as is now housing some 200 patients. they include at least 20 people with urgent need for referral to other places. health officials earlier said that israelity forces have detained a large number of medical staff inside the hospital, regime forces rated the facility. on thursday,
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israeli rates have killed some 130 people on gaza since saturday, nearly 29 palestinians have been killed, and around one and a half million displaced in the onslought in the gaza strip since october 7th. palestinians displaced in rafa are struggling with food, water and shelter. they are increasingly concerned about a possible israely ground offensive in the southern gazan city. "we and the house owner were sitting inside the house and i stood up to leave and i asked him if he needed anything. he said, no, i will see you in the morning. i walked away around 700 of meters and the air strike hit the building and the whole family was martyred. they were wiped out of civil registry, all but two sounds sulaiman and khalil. look at the situation we are in and our conditions. they told us..." was safe, god is the protector
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everywhere, we hope that the international community pressures israel not to inter rafa, because the number of people that are in rafa is big, even if you want to displace them, how will you do it for such number, 1.3 million or 1.4 million people need to be displaced, where will they go? the ground invasion will exacerbate the problem and add pressure on all the displaced people in the gaza strip. rafa isn't fit for 250,000 people, today it hosts more than million people in a small area, crowded with people, there are no appropriate living conditions, no food, drinks or housing in this extreme cold, people are suffering from the cold inside the tents that are housing people, of where will they go after this, there is no safe place in the gaza strip, we are fleeing safety, the safety of our children, human and
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ourselves and today we have reached the egyptian border. after here, where can i go? i have 50 metes away from egypt's border, and they said that rafa was the safest place. we came to rafa and now they want to attack rafa, where should we go? the israely military has suffered more casualties and losses in gaza at the hands of palestinian resistance fighters. the regime has admitted 20 of his troops were injured in the blockad territory. in 48 hours, the latest pictures show the military wing of the islamic jihad, the algos brigades targeting israeli troops and military vehicles in western gaza. the israel army says 235 of his troops have been killed since it was launched the ground invasion in late october. palestinians say that the actual number is much higher and israel is concealing the extent of its losses, amit growing public anger at the failure of the regime to achieve its stated goals in gaza. the brazilian present says
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that israel is committing genocide against palestine civilians in the gaza strip. louis ina the selva as what's going on. and gaza is a war between a highly prepared army and women and children. he compared his reactions to those of adolf hitler, the dictator of the nazi germany. the silva was speaking to reporters in the ethiopian capital. the words were among the strongest comments yet and these really aggression by the brazilian president whose country holds the rotating presidency of the g20. the israely regime continues atrocities across the occupied west bank, killing and abducting palestinians on an almost daily basis. regime forces have killed two men in their fresh raid on the two caram refugee camp north of the occupied territories. our correspondent in ramala joined us a while ago with details. on a
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daily basis israeli forces storm the palestinian areas in order to arrest more palesti. this is the exact excuse that the israeli forces say or claim that they raid the palestinian areas in order to detain and arrest palestinians accused for being wanted for security reasons or members of the resistancy groups. this time israeli special forces or undercover units rated the refugee camp of tod karen, surrounded a house, clashes erupted between members of the palestinian resistance groups. and the israeli forces and then more israeli troops and armored vehicles stormed the refugee camp of turkarem because this special forces or undercover units had been revealed by the palestinian resistance there, the israel is
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first shot and killed during this operation, 19 year old nabil amir from the refugee camp of t and three others had been wonded a later the israelies revealed that they succeeded to shoot and kill 36 year old ahmad alfi. ahmed alfi, the israel said that the operation was in order to arrest or assassinate ahmed alfi. the israel is the claim that he was responsible for number of shooting incidents against israeli forces. during this military operation the israeli soldiers killed ahmed. and confiscated his body, the european union foreign policy chief warning that the occupied west bank is boiling and it could be on the eve of a greater explosion. speaking the munich security consels, joseph barail said that the situation the occupied
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territory is major obstacle for long-term peace. it said that you needs to support the arab initiative to establish a palestinian state in both the west bank and the gaza strip. meantime the israelity cabinet has. approved the decision by prime minister benjamin netanyahu about opposing what is called the unilateral recognition of palestinian statehood. devastating wars, terrorism, the israeli lobby, crackdown, diplomacy. dim prospects for cease fire in gaza.
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welcome back. the leader of iran's islamic revolution has described elections as the main pillar of the islamic establishment. says in a meeting with people from east azerbaijan province. that everyone should participate in the elections, he said that this is the way forward to reform the country and address the existing problems. the leader call on voters to choose the most competent candidates. he added that elections have always been clean in iran, stressing that political differences should not negatively affect the national unity against enemies. elections for iran's parliament and the assemble of experts are scheduled for march the 1st. now when it comes to the israel truth talks, its fate remains quite murky. it appears to talks of collapse, neither side is willing to compromise, yet hamas side is more willing for permanent truth than the israeli side who has rejected any permanent truce. now with aluming graph offensive, there are
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fears of more carnage. now oters, i join just to tell us where things stand when it comes to this truth, which appears to be in life support. thank you, and uh, thank you. for joining us, when it comes to the plan to stop the us-israeli genocidal war, there is no consensus even on how to term it, is it a truece, pause, a peace plan, is it even alive? let's look at all of the facts before we can conclude where things stand and if there is a way forward. the parties in attendance, israel's musad chief david barnea, ronan bore, the director of shinbet, the katori prime minister muhammad bin abdul rahman al tani and the egyptian intelligence director abbas kamel. the us was represented by the cia director william burns. officials of hamas were taking parts in the negotiations indirectly using. tar and egypt as intermediaries. the parties in cairo began their talks a cease fire plan put forward by
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hamas after the israely plan. broadly speaking, israel had proposed two-month cease fire. it said it would withdraw from all of the central cities of the gaza strip. in exchange, hamas would release israeli captives and female soldiers. israel will in turn release a limited number of palestinian prisoners. hamas presented a counterposal to the plan that was hammered out in paris, which generally speaking, involved the following: it envisaged a three-stage process over four and a half months, during the process, israel regime forces would gradually withdraw from gaza, israel captives would be released, and palestinian prisoners in occupied palestine, including those serving life sentences, would be freed. since the release of captives and prisoners is one of the more divisive issues, it's worth looking at how... many are involved from each side on october the 7th, after operation al-aqsa flood, the resistance fighters took 250
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israelis captive. when a temporary cease fire was hammered out, 121 were released. that leaves over 100 hostages held captive in the gaza strip. the remains of roughly 30 captives remain in hamas captivity. the deal in november 2023 consisted the release of about 100 hostages in gaza in exchange for about two. 240 palestinians imprisoned by israel. that makes the ratio of three palestinian prisoners for every israeli captive. there's an important point to note here about the palestinian prisoners that israel has in jail. first, the total numbers. there are 800 palestinians in israeli prisons including 3,200 who have been arrested since october 7th, and this is the important point to note here. that number includes 250 palestinian children and 2,200 inmates held without charge in administrative detention.
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maybe a bit of a history check is in order here to see how famous captive release occurred. gillad shalit uh as we see here, a former israeli regime force was released by hamas in 2011. that garnered the return of 1000 palestinian prisoners. a member of the palestinian legislative council said in exchange for the remaining kamas captives, quote, it's just not. roll that 8,00 palestinian prisoners should also be released, especially because many of those are simply civilians detained under israel's administrative detention. let's now get into the details behind hamas three-stage proposal. in the first 45 days, all israeli female captives, male captives under the age of 19 and the elderly and the sick will be released. in return, hamas wants israel to release 1,500 palestinians held in israeli jails, including all women. children and the elderly. 500 prisoners would have to be ones
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currently serving life sentences and other extender terms. hamas also wants all crossings into the gaza strip to be opened and for gaza's palestinians who require medical care to be able to travel freely out the strip. at this point talks around the requirements for a complete truth can start. now comes the second stage to also last for 45 days and to be built on the... first stage. hamas says it will release all remaining male israeli captives in return for their release. hamas wants israeli regime forces to withdraw from all areas of gaza. hamas says further humanitarian aid must be allowed into gaza, while reconstruction of damaged infrastructure must commence. talks about the requirements for a complete truce and a return to a state of calm must be agreed upon before the next stage can begin. then comes the third and the final stage, this is very sensitive stage, since it may signif the beginning of the end of the
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onslot. hamas proposes that both sides release any bodies or remains at this stage, any humanitarian measures agreed to in the first and second stages must also continue, but the counter proposal by hamas does not end here. there are certain conditions that it has placed its three-stage truth proposal. for example, hamas says that each stage of... the truth must be completed before the next phase begins. the group also says israel must facilitate the full reconstruction of structures within three years, beat residence, industry. or business. hamas also demanded that all israeli settlers stop attacking alaqa mosk and for the situation to return to pre-2002 conditions. a number of sticking points have emerged during the negotiations which have been described as non-starters. israel insists a 3 to1 ratio of palestinian prisoners like in the november
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2023 deal, but hamas wants that number to increase by lot. when it comes to the alasan mosque, hamas wants... only muslims to pray in the compounds, it has also demanded for the desecrations to stop. another major sticking point, the israeli withdrawal of its regime forces. hamas wants a full withdrawal, demand that israel is resisting. even though prime minister netanyahu has rejected the hamas proposal for some of these non-starters, oddly enough, optimism still remains from the us side. for example, the u.s. secretary of state, anthony blinken has said that there are a number of clear non-starters in it also offers the possibility of working toward an agreement. john kirby, national security council spokesman said the talks were moving in the right direction, meanwhile the us president joe biden has said hamas needs to free the remaining captives holds the fighting for at least six weeks and for peace to be on the basis of two-state solution. if it is, it is
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no surprise that many israeli officials have rejected and even blast. biden for making such suggestion in reference to the two state solution uh the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu stated there is no space for a palestinian state saying on x, as long as i'm prime minister there won't be an independent palestinian states. the israel minister of finance has not only blasted that suggestion as a gift, he said it is forbidden to give them a state, and the for right politician itamar bengavir has been more to the point saying biden's call. for two-state solution is suicide, and that brings us to what iran has suggested when it comes to the whole notion of palestinian statehood. iran's leader ayatollah say ali khamenei has said the solution to the palestinian issue is resistance until a referendum becomes possible. as it stand, both the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and hamas have
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decided against the ceasefire deal. netanyahu has rejected hamas's demands, calling them delusional. and hamas wants aid allowed in the gaza strip saying that negotiations cannot be held while hunger is ravaging the palestinians. sounds like dead end, but uh the other parties, namely the us, egypt and qatar, are still pursuing seasfire that will bridge the differences and that is tall order. and with that said uh, that's all we've had on the issue of the peace talks, the truth talks rather between hamas and the israeli regime. so... i'm going to hand the floor back over to you, okay, thank you so much, that was pretty informative, and it appears that the israeli regime is not ascaling back from its demands, the us also made this announcement that it will veto a un resolution against israel, and that's what all what the regime needs to continue with its aggression against the palestinians in the gaza strip. now moving on, tens of
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thousands of indian farmers are camping on the borders of capital new delhi. demanding legal guarantees of a minimum support price for their cropts. farmers are ramping up pressure and the government to prime minister modi by blocking highways and roads leading to capital city to try and highlight their longstanding creevances (man) has a report. tens of thousands of farmers are standing the ground on the outskerts of new delhi ahead of planned crucial talks. the farmer's march comes two years after similar. protests that lasted for year against new agricultural reforms that were later scrapped by the government of premier modi. as general elections are during the coming months, the farmers are mounting pressure on the government demanding legislation that would guarantee minimum support price for their produces. we are protesting to guarantee prices for our crops. the previous government
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had schemes in support of farmers, but the present government is making laws which are against farmers and not acceptable to us, they want to sell india's agriculture sector to corporations, but we will protest till our demands are met. the protesting farmers are mostly from the neighboring state of punjab and haryana. they say rising cultivation costs and debts have led them to increase their production of crops, therefore a guaranteed minimum support price for their produce would stabilize their income. they're also demanding the government fulfill its election pledge to double farmer's income and v'. their loans and withdraw any legal case filed against them during earlier protest. this government wants to destroy us all the promises before elections turn futal. we want debt wavers, pensions for farmers and laborers, and the withdrawal of all legal cases filed against protesting farmers during the 2021 march. we are peacefully marching
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towards the capital, but the government is using tear gas to stop us as if we are outsiders, but we will fight till our demands are fulfilled. since the march started, several meetings between leaders of farmers and government ministers have ended inconclusively. the ministers of modi's government however expect a peaceful solution. "the two sides are expected to meet soon as prime minister modi has already said his government is working on more inclusive schemes to benefit farmers. his party also claims to have already doubled the minimum support price from 100 to 2000 indian rupees, claim that farmers deny. the protests come a time when the country is gearing up for general elections in few months time. the farmers are seen as an important section of the voting population. experts say modi is expected to secure a th'. term despite the protest, they say it is however crucial to strike a deal with the protesting farmers to secure a long-term solution since successive governments have failed to appease them. most
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the vital roads leading to the capital new delhi have been fortified like this one and massive barricades have been erected across all sides of the border to make sure the protesters are confined to outside the city. tens of thousands of farmers and camping just few miles away from the capital, they say they will keep marching to the capital unless there is a breakthrough in negotiations. press tv, new delhi. now, thousands of supporters of pakistan's former prime minister imran khan have taken to the streets nationwide to condemn what they regard to be fraud and manipulation in their recent general elections. this a light of admissions by certain election officials with acknowled. involvement in the alleged vote rigging. has more from islamabad. supporters of the jailed
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pakistani former premier imran khan and his party. pakistan tahreek insaf or pti held nation wide protests on saturday to condemn alleged manipulation in the february 8 general election. the mandate that the people of pakistan has given the independent so callalled independent candidates back by none other than pti because our election symbol was taken away our entire leadership is behind jails with sham uh you know uh muqadmat so this doesn't make any sense when the people have spoken they have to be respected otherwise they will be on the street it will be chaos and no uh government no political party will be able to rule supporters of imran khan's party insist that wide spread electoral manipulation has deprived their party of achieving two thirds majority in the parliament. i voted for imran khan, but i'm speaking as a pakistani, as a
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pakistani voter. i voted, i was there at quarter eight in the morning, i wanted to be first in line so that i could vote, by evening, our candidate was winning, everything was fine, three in the morning, suddenly the man lost and he lost by 2000 votes or god, something like... that how is this possible? this is not possible and this is not acceptable. however, imran khan's rival political group, pakistan muslim league nawaz says the pti party tried to derail democracy by creating controversy around elections. dramatic change in the political climate occurred when the commissioner of ravalpindi, a city in northern pakistan tended his resignation citing a guilty conscience for his role in enable. we converted the losers into winners with 70000
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votes margin, the chief election commissioner and chief justice are involved in paul fraud, i accept all the responsibility, i should be hanged, i cannot participate in the crime that could destroy pakistan. this is while pakistan's election commission has rejected claims made by the rawalpindi commission. stating that no official of the electoral body gave any direction to him regarding the manipulation of results, the outcry over alleged vote rigging in the recently held elections for national and state legislatures have sparked wide spread protest among multiple political factions. analyst warn that the absence of a clear mandate for any political party could lead to prolong political instability and hinder... efforts to address economic challenges of the country. nasika hazmi, press tv, isamabad.
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that's all we have uh for you in this news. broadcast, thank you for watching, crisis, devastating wars, terrorism, the israeli lobby. crackdown, diplomacy, dim prospects for cease fire in gaza,
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and... this week's episode of irantech we're finally stepping inside the tehran research reactor, we've already featured some of the radio isotopes that have been produced here, but now we're taking a closer look at what happens inside the core of the reactor and how we procure the fuel for the reactor, don't miss it. this is the story of nation that lived here for centuries until an obscure foreign regime emerged and began farming on their lands and brought in new people to replace the old nation. they picked the focal point of
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attention of different. religions in the region a highly regarded place at the heart of this arabic islamic setting. what would have happened if hizbullah had been vanquished? that's perhaps the most significant and upsetting question about the 2006 war. much has been said about the 2006 war, about its motives, the behind the scenes and the circumstances around it.
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no es una guerra. es en los siglos, es de los siglos, no es una guerra, es en los sig, desde el río hasta el mar, palestina vencerá, no es una guerra, es genocidio.