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your headlines on press tv, dozens of palestinians have been murded in gaza as the us-israeli genocide is going into his 14th day despite the global appeals for seizfire. the doctors without tells the un security council that the war against gaza is a war of collective punishment and without rules. a yemensar leader vows intensified operations against israel linked vessels. the country's army announces attacks on israel, a us destroyer and a uk ship.
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hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in terron, thank you for joining us. 139 days have passed since israel began its genocidal war on the gaza strip, more palestinian lives are taken and more buildings are brought down in every passing minute. an unrua building in the jabalya refugee camp with this place people are sheltering in the north of the gaza strip was hit by israeli air strikes. gaza city has also come under attack with regime forces killing several civilians in central gaza at least 26 people have been. killed in the latest bombings of
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the refugee camps. the attacks followed deadly overnight strikes on the southern city of rafah. according to the gaza health ministry, more than 29,400 people have been killed since israel launched this onslaught on gaza early october, mostly women and children. press tv's mouti abu musabba joined us earlier from the city of deralbala with more details about the latest is... strikes on gaza, let's take a listen, the israeli occupation forces maintain their attacks against several areas of gaza strip, here in the central area of gaza strip over the last couple of hours, the israeli warer planes renewed their attacks against albeis refugee camp, horizontal building was destroyed by those air strikes, while another group of the palestinian civilians was targeted. by the
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israeli fighter jones, leaving dozens of the palestinian casualties who were pro to the alaxa marters hospital here in der balah city uh in gaza city the israeli occupation forces renewed their attacks against the palestinian civilians who were gathering near annabolsi roundabout which is located in the western part of gaza city thozens of the palestinian people were killed and injured while they were waiting for the humanitarian relief that that that was hitting. to gaza city, the israeli incubation forces deliberately and repetedly attacked those palestinian people, and in the meantime, it's not the first time for the israeli occupation forces to target those people, if you still remember that for roughly four consecutive times the israeli occupation forces targeted the palestinian people near al kuwait round about in the eastern part of gaza city, killing and injuring thousands of the palestinians.
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civilians who are who are being struck by the salvation in gaza city and in the northern bars of gaza strip. addressing the un security council, the head of the medical organization, doctors without borders speaks of the humanitarian group's frustration and desperation in the face of the relentless israely attacks on palestinians across the besieg gaza's trip. let's take listen. for 138 days, we have done everything we can to enact a meaningful humanitarian response. for 138 days, we have watched the systematic abliteration of health system we have supported for decades. we have watched our patients and our colleagues be killed and mamed. this situation is the culmination of a war, israel is waging on the entire population of the gaza strip. a war of collective punishment, a war without. rules,
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a war at all costs. the laws and the principles we collectively depend to enable humanitarian assistance and now are now eroded to the point of. becoming meaningless. madam president, the humanitarian response in gaza today is illusion. a convenient illusion that perpetuates narrative that this war is being waged in line with international laws. calls for humanitarian assistance have echoed across this chamber. yet in gaza, we have less and less every day. less space, less medicine, less food, less water, less safety. longer speak of humanitarian scale-up, we speak of how to to survive even without the bare minimum. today in gaza, efforts to provide assistance are hap-hazard, opportunistic and entirely inadequate.
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meanwile, palestinian resistance fighters continue to repel israeli army's attacks in the gaza strip as fears battles continue on the ground. the algason brigades the military wing of h says it has targeted a group of israeli forces in west of han unis causing many casualties. resistance groups have also hit several gatherings of the regime soldiers and military vehicles in gaza city and bait hannoon. a barrage of missiles has also struck israely military positions in the north of the gaza strip. the israely media say total of 237 soldiers have been killed since the ground fighting began in gaza in late october. palestinian resistance groups however said actual number is much higher and israel is hiding the real number of casualties as it already faces public anger over the handling of the onslot on gaza. the top un court is holding fourth day of
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hearings on israel's decades long occupation of palestinian territories. several representatives from different countries have addressed the hague-based court. let's hear what some of them had to say. many laws, policies and practices and implemented since 1948 by israeli occuping regime have been aimed at fragmenting the palestinian people and dividing them into various groups. this clearly denies the palestinian people its right to self-determination. in time with the above construction. and expansion of the settlements, segregated roads, barriers and checkpoints has created a system of apartide effectively isolating palestinian communities, which manifestly violates multiple provisions of the convention on the
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elimination of all forms of racial discrimination. the court is therefore requested to opine so that such policies and practices must be seized immediately as they continue to violate the right of self-determination of palestinian people, the palestini israelian conflict stems from israel prolonged occupation of palestinian territory and israel's longstanding oppression of the palestinian people. "the palestinian people fight against is reeling oppression and their struggle for completing establishment of an independent state on the occupied territory are, essentially just actions for restoring the legitimate rights,
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the right of right to self-determination served as precise legal foundation for the struggle. self-determination of peoples is a fundamental principle of modern international law in shrined in the un charter and the collective human right under kashmary internet international law. the leader of iran's islamic revolution has called on the authorities in muslim countries implement the teachings of the holy quran on the issue of gaza. امروز مسئله بزرگ دنیای اسلام مسئله غزه است. آیا ما مشاهده می کنیم که سران کشورهای اسلامی و مسئولان کشورهای اسلامی به تعلیم قرآن
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معرفت قرآنی درباره قرآن درباره غزه عمل می کنن. in a meeting with participants of international quran competitions, ayatollah said ali khamani called on muslim countries to openly express their opposition to israel, severatize with the regime and cut off support for it. to also called on people in muslim countries to press their governments to take stronger actions on gaza. the leader said resistance forces inside palestine are the ones implementing the teachings of the quran and standing up to the enemy. tomani said the people of gaza are being oppressed by those who have no semblance of humanity. the leader expressed confidence that the zionist cancerus tumor would be eliminated.
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"this is my land and my country. it is not only the 1948 or 1967 borders from the sea to the river. i am not ready to let go of a centimeter. israel is here like any for by the support of the europe, by the support of the united states. why they separate the land? well, i was at the babo sham's protest last week and i myself had a my head banged against a bus by soldier. illegally on illegal stolen land and they are arresting us, the palestinians. this is historical palestine. welcome back, the leader of
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yemen's ansarullah movement says his country will intensify operations in the red sea, and we will escalate also our operations in this regard as well, we have escalated in quality and in quantity. we have effectively used the rockets and the drones and even the vessels, the naval vessels as well, we have also entered submarines as well, which is something that has confused the enemy and also terrorize the enemy and also in the sea, we have targeted 48 vessels in the red sea and the arab sea, and this is very significant number. abdul malik al huti said the us is not capable of intercepting newly
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developed yemeni rockets and submarines. he said the us and the uk have failed to limit yemani operations and a surprise of san ars capabilities. hutie reitated that san will continuous military operations in the red sea until israel stops its onslot on gaza and ends the siege on the palestinian territory. the yemani leader also slammed arab states and media for failing to support. palestinians, he also slamed the arab media for repeating us and british rhetoric against yemen. he once again called on yemeny people to mobilize for another rally in solidarity with palestinians on friday. the yemani army's spokesman yahya sari explains the country's recent operations in solidarity with palestinians in gaza and in response to the american british aggression against the country. the yemani armed forces carried out three specific military operations as
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follows: the first one, our missile and uav forces fired the number of ballistic missiles and drones at various targets of the designist enemy in ilat, south of occupied palestine. regarding the second operation in the gulf of aden, the yemani army's naval forces conducted an operation against a british ship in the gulf of aiden, using a number of suitable naval missiles that directly hit it, causing a fire to break out and the vessel as for the third operation, an american destroyer in the red sea was targeted with number of drones. meanwhile, yemen has won the european union against any military inven intervention to protect israely vessels in the red sea and the gulf of adion. meanwile, san has also reiterated this pledge to keep the shipping route safe for international maritime navigation. press tv's correspondent. in response to the
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european union's naval mission in the red sea, yemen's deputy minister of foreign affairs hussein alazzi held a press conference addressing yeminance on the tensions in the region. he urged eu members to withdraw their warships from the red sea emphasizing that militarization of the region will only escalate the conflict. certainly will deal with any country who engages in hostilities against us and we will deal with it as we dealt with the us and the uk. we are keen to treat everyone equally and will never allow the european union or orders to attack yemen without getting a firm response, whoever harms yemen, we will harm him severely. alazi noted that since the start of the yemani army's naval operations, over 500 vessels including european ones have safely passed through the babel mastrate after coordinating with yemani authorities. he also reaffirmed the safety of international maritime navigation for the entire world
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except for those to carry out to style actions against yemen. the recent move by france targeting yemani drones is up for discussion. we have serious questions regarding the matter and we expect paris to provide us with reasonable explanation. if france does not apologize and we are certain that paris is following the british and american approach, he will respond because we have the right to self-defense. what is being practiced against american and british ships is due to their aggression against our country and their complicity in the ongoing. genocide in gaza. yemani army has not targeted any european ships in its recent operations in the rich sea and gulf of aiden. however, the european union has launched the naval mission as pides to counter potential attacks on american, british and israeli linked vessels. observers believe that the us is dragging european countries into a direct
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war with the yemani army to protect its own interest in the region. they asser that an eu military intervention will impact the ship. pink of food and the fuel to europe, thereby destabilizing european countries. reporting for preciv, the israeli military strikes a residential building in southern lebanon, killing three people and injuring three others as attentions between the regime and the lebanese resistance movement hezbollah intensify. the israely forces have conducted fresh drone attacks on an apartment building in kafar romame or... romane, just south of the city of nabatie in southern lebanon. according to the reports, the death toll is likely to increase as the injured people are in critical condition. hezbollah earlier conducted operations against israely military positions in the occupied territories. the fighting between israel and hezbollah began day after israel launched this genocidal war on gaza. hezbollah's operations are part of
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the movement's campaign to support the people and resistance fighters in gaza. iran as severely censored the redundant accusations against the country regarding his alleged assistance to russia in the ongoing war in ukraine. we strongly condemn the baseless accusations against iran regarding russia-ukraine war and we could say the repetition of these claims without any evidence is becoming quite boring. amir abdullah han made the remarks in a joint press conference with his hungarian counterpart peterto. iran's foreign minister said the ongoing conflict can only be resolved through negotiation and diplomacy. peter ciarto for his part said all those to pay role in the international community must act responsibly to prevent the spread of the
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war in ukraine. the two top diplomats also exchange views on bilateral relations and cooperation. during their meeting in tehran. the two countries wait plans for the expansion of ties in various fields such as trade, investment, industry and agriculture. it is election season in iran and campaigning has officially begun for two elections that will be that will be held simultaneously. in about a week, iranians will go to the polls to elect members of the parliament and also the assembly of experts. gisumi shah ahmadi will be covering the election. for us on press tv and here's her first report. the race for iran's parliament has kicked off with over 15 thousand candidates competing for 290 seats of the 12th term of the islamic consultative assembly, promising an exciting campaign to watch, considering that the assembly of experts, the directly elected body in charge of supervising and electing
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the leader will be held simultaneously. we have two very important. elections ahead, it goes without saying that elections are at the core of our democracy, and people and the choices they make defined the islamic republic of iran, so the constitutional council as a supervisory body has an important responsibility, veting the candidates and providing the list of eligible hopefuls is a downting task. it took us about three months because this year, over 20,00 parliamentary hopefuls registered, which is unprecedented, 15, 343 were approved. this means that average 53 candidates will be competing for every parliamentary seat. the competition is going to be quite fierce with different political views. represented and as always, there are also large number of independent candidates running. candidates were given the official go ahead for their campaigning activities on february 22nd, but
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the road to the parliament is long, expensive and exhausting, and becoming candidate is only the beginning of the election process. obtaining a place on the ballot depends very much on what happens on the campaign trail, and this time around... iran's national television, irib, has stepped in to provide all candidates with equal opportunities. we have launched 200 television channels specifically for broadcasting election debates. this is happening for the first time in iran, and i believe other country has done this before either. we have provided a unique platform for all candidates to have equal opportunities to discuss their views and present their plans. "you know that the islamic republic of iran is based on people's will and every vote counts. this means that here, at irib, we have very important
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responsibility, people should be able to choose their candidates with open eyes and not all candidates have the financial means for expensive campaign activities. according to law, all campaigning activities must stop 24 hours before the elections. this means..." that candidates have to make the best of the one week they have ahead. the 12th parliamentary elections will be held simultaneously with the sixth election of the assembly of experts on friday, march the 1st. and while many campaigning activities happen close to election day, most hopefuls have already laid the ground work for their political campaigns with the platforms provided by iran's national television, irib. gisumi shah ahmadi press tv, tehran. chaos in the uk parliament during vote calling for sease fire in gaza, the motion was put forward by the scottish national party with
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both labor and conservative parties proposing amendments. tempers fled and the speaker of the house eventually apologized for his actions reports. pro-palestinian protesters outside the british parliament demanding their representatives endorse scottish national party call for immediate cease fire in gaza. there's a sense here that politicians are not listening to the will of the people, and the question these protesters are asking is how many more palestinians would have to die for british politicians to call for an end to a genocide that's already taken more than 30,000 palestinin lives. inside, chaos and confusion, as speaker lindsay doyle broke convention allowing vote not just on the government's amendment, but also on one put forward by the opposition labor party, there wasn't much hope for the ruling conservatives to shift their position, so the focus was once again on labor, whose leader kier starmer had only recently called
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for a ceasefire, but ahead of the vote, it emerged labor had persuaded party rebels to vote for their carefully cabiatted amendment and abstain on the more blunt smp motion. the labour party under kir starma is trying to find a way where they can adopt, they can say they voted for a cease fire, but with language that basically says, until israel tells them that it's time for a cease fire, they're not going to approve a cease fire. that's the bottom line of kier starma. he was given 5 million pounds by a multi-billionaire whose only interest is ensuring there's no criticism of israel. as the chaos deteriorated, the conservatives pulled out of the process entirely, enraged by the way labor had been allowed out of a sticky situation. soon after, number of smp and conservative mps flounced out, labor's amendment was eventually passed and the speaker returned to the chamber as the world watched on flavorgasted. the message it does send is that is that the touries and labor
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are absolutely wedded to the us foreign policy and that is what they're following and this is what's leading them to still not calling for sease far properly. the takeaway from the spectacle, meaningless vote in favor of a ceasefire, labor party that avoided a revolt and resignations, more disappoint. for the anti-genocide movement in the uk and a further erosion of palestinian confidence in countries that have the power to stop the israeli genocide but simply won't. saipura, press tv, london. and with that we come to the end of this bulletin. thank you for being with us, take care and bye-bye.
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hello everyone and welcome back to yet another edition of gaza onder attack. coming to you straight from the british capital, london. i'm amina taylor. now let's begin with an update on some of the most important talking points emerging from from the us israeli genocide on gaza, the united states has vetoed another united nations security council draft resolution on the israeli bombardment of gaza. washington's use of its veto blocked demands for immediate ceasefire between tel aviv and the palestinian resistance. the us proposed rival draft instead, and the uk abstained. britain's opposition labour party meanwhile, is calling
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for immediate. humanitarian ceasefire for the first time since october ahead of a crucial vote in the house of commons to debate a smp motion calling for a ceasefire. a spokesman said their position had shifted because the situation in gaza had evolved. israeli occupation forces have intensified their attacks on palestinians inside the west bank with at least five dead in genene and scores more arrested. in just on the five months the us led. daily genocidal war on gaza has killed at least 30,00 palestinians with thousands more intoomed under the rubble, the vast majority of them women and children. so much to unpack here and helping me to do just that is the political analyst alex accaman, and via skype from leicester is dr. ishmael patel. he's the founder of friends of alaxa and member of the conflicts forum. gentlemen, good to see you both, but we start off with
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obviously some more news. alex that we're going to delve deeper into, we know that washington blocked uh israel again, provided some cover at the united nations, uh, just briefly your assessment of that situation. thank you very much for this another show about gaza, and uh, it's sad that we have to go through this again in this 21st century, war still going on around the globe, now the situation. in gaza is heartbrokening and uh heartbroken and despite the calls and uh the negotiations unfortunately things are not progressing and yesterday we're really shocked to see that again the us is basically against having this stopped so things are pililing up again people have been murdered and destriction still continues. "now we
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don't really know what the us really want to achieve before they understand with destrictions and the destruction of the human life, i mean we're talking about..." human right, but before talking about human right, you have to have life, and um, it's not the first time is happening in gaza, the last 10 years many words have been occurred in these areas and it's still continue today, so there is need for the us to reconsider the the position and especially the international community to... look at the evidence about what is happening? i think in a way, alex that they have looked at the evidence, have they not uh, dr. patel, because it's it's clear that they provided some cover yesterday for israel here uh, what are your fears about
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what happens in gaza now, what is allowed to happen in gaza because of that failed resolution, that failed veto attempt? it's extremely alarming actually uh that with the superpower of the time, is allowing israel to carry out with a genocide and it's really giving license for the total aliliation of the people in gaza. what we have in front of us really is united states of america and britten to a certain extent providing that cover for israel to continue with the ethnic cleansing and the genocide in gaza. i mean we've already had hundreds of pages of evidence in front of the icga in which it is categorically stated with evidence what israel is carrying out and the fact that these two powerful countries in the world now is obstructing for a cease fire means that they are complicit in the genes.