the israeli regime strikes various locations in. in gaza including in rafa city, russia and china have vetoed a us draft resolution at the un security council for failing to genuinely call for an immediate cease fire in gaza, and dozens of people have been killed as gunman attack a concert hall near russia's capital, moscow.

hello and welcome, you're watching world news on press tv, coming to you live from our headquarters in tehran, thank you for joining us, my name is gisum shah madi and these are top stories, this hour. nearly six months into israel's genocidal war on gaza, the regime's relentless bombardment and shelling claims more lives in the bessieg palestinian territory. at least 10 palestinians were killed in israeli earth strikes on gaza city, house was struck in the southern city of rafa where eight people, mostly women and children lost their lives. three more were killed in an air strike in conjunus, also in the south, of he is. israri regime began its war on gaza on

october the 7th. since then, more than 32,00 people have been killed in the palestinian territory, most of them are women and children. 7,00 people also remain unaccounted for and almost 74,300 have been injured. israel has backtracked on e photocage of the resistance fighters it claims to have captured during raid on gaza city el shifa hospital. the israeli military admitted that the collage is published including pictures of several fighters that have not been captured. the israeli army says 150 palestinians have been killed and hundreds more arrested during raid and siege on the alas shifa hospital which is now his fifth

day, the palestinian resistance movement, of hamas had earlier dismissed israel's claim of arresting resistance commanders during the raid as psychological warfare. palestinian resistance fighters and medical staff deny that the hospital is used for military purposes or to shelter fighters. al shiffa was gaza's biggest hospital before the israeli onslot. it is. now one of the few healthcare facilities that is still operating in the strip, and it houses tens of thousands of displaced civilians. the security council of has rejected a us draft resolution which linked a cease fire in gaza to the release of captives by hamas. 11 security council members back the resolution, however,

permanent members, russia and china, as well as rotating member algeria voted against, while one country also abstained, some also welcome the rejection of the us draft resolution, it said that the resolution would have given israel cover and legitimacy for what it called the war of extermination against palestinians, the palestinian envoy. to the un called the resolution one-sided. riyad mansor expressed support for another draft resolution put forward by the elected members of the security council, that is expected to be voted on soon. russia and chinese representatives also said that the us resolution is imbalanced and does not clearly call for immediate cease fire in gaza.

distinguished colleagues, from the very onset, it was clear that the so-called negotiations, which our us colleagues have been engaged in on this issue, have been focused. merely to drag out the time, all of our comments, all of our red lines were time and time disregarded, as were the proposals of number of other delegations. this was some kind of empty retorical exercise rather than normal work document. the american product is exceedingly politicized, the sole purpose of which is to help to... uh play into play to the voters, to throw them a bone in the form of some kind of a mention of sease fire in gaza and to establish the us's political ambitions in the region through the establishment of terrorist labels and to

ensure the impunity of israel whose crimes in the draft are not even assessed. i wish to draw attention to the following: "the us draft contains an effective green light for israel to mount a military operation in raffa. at the very least, the authors try to make it to such that nothing would prevent western jerusalem from continuing their brutal cleansing of the south of the gaza strip, and what is washington actually trying to achieve? we have already stated that we will no." longer tolerate pointless resolutions which do not contain a call for a cease fire which lead us to nowhere. this draft should not pass with the majority of the membership. several israelis have been

wounded in a palestinian retaliatory operation in a settlement near the occupied west bank city of romalah. the palestinian who carried out the operation was killed by the regime troops, her correspondent in romdel has more details. this morning, a palestinian man arrived near the illegal settlement of delive, west ramalah and opened fire at israeli vehicles, the wing three, this is what the israeli military had said. 'then he succeeded to to leave the area israeli forces to the mountains to the nearby mountains. the israel tried to to arrest him, they didn't succeed, they sent more soldiers and forces to that area and exchange of fire

continued for over four hours. the israel is then had to use fighter jet and uav according to the israeli'. military and then at the end the day after four hours and more of exchange of fire the israel succeeded to murder this young palestinian that later he was identified as palestinian name is mujahhed barakat mansor from the village of deribziah west ramallah his father of two and he was sharan killed and of course the israel had confiscated his body later the israeli forces storm the village of deribzier and they raided the home of this palestinian let's say fighter and they arrested his wife and his brother and they caused severe damage inside the home and at the end of the day the

israels left the village of their but after closing all the roads leading to the village of deribz as well as all the roads leading to the villages founding the illegal settlements. iran's foreign minister says the tragedy in gaza has demonstrated that the world in the issue of human rights including those pertaining to women and children is merely a political plaything for the west. an a phone call with the leader of the palestinian islamic jihad movement hussein amir abdullah han said the inhumane nature. the israeli regime and us support for genocide is also now clear everyone. the top iranian diplomate also called for immediate action by relevant international organizations to stop the genocide in gaza and provide unrestricted aid to its

residents. for his part, ziad al-nakala hailed the iranian support for palestinian people and the resistance. he described unity among palestinian resistance groups as key to their success against israel. the palestinian resistance hamas has presented to mediators a proposal for a cease fire in gaza which includes a first phase involling the release of women, children, elderly, and sick israeli entity captives in exchange for releasing between 700 to 1,ous palestinian prisoners, including 100 with life sentences or high sentences. furthermore, the proposal also includes hamas's agreement. to date for a permanent cease fire after the initial prisoner exchange, while the office of the

israeli entity prime minister considered hamas's response to be unrealistic, some israeli entity officials hinted that this awaited response, which they had been anticipating for weeks, could represent a sign of progress. it might allow for transitioning to more serious negotiations regarding detailed deal in a later stage in the qatari capital daha. back to gaza talks this week on the media stream. the us and the uk conducted new air strikes on yemen as tensions remain high in west asia over the israeli genocide in the gaza strip. yemen's amasira tv said that washington and london struck several locations across the country, including the suburbs of the capital. sunh. the supreme political council. yemen has condemned the strikes and a statement it said the us led aggression on yemen violates

international law and sovereignty of the arab country and added that yemen will respond in kind to these attacks. sanah has also reiterated its support for palestine as it continues operations against israel and its allies in the red sea. the us and the uk launched first air strikes on yemen. in mid-january for what they called protecting international shipping. yemen rejects their claim and has retaliated by targeting american and british ships in the red sea. and spain, ireland, malta and slovenia have announced plans to recognize the state of palestine as a global solidarity with the palestine. cause gains momentum. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez made the

announcement following a meeting in brussels with his counterparts from the other three eu countries. sanchez said the recognition of palestinian statehood is only way, the only way for lasting peace in the region. he said, the recognition will come into effect in spain within the current four-year legislative term. "the global solidarity movement for palestine has gained momentum since israel launched its genocidal war on gaza, more than 130 countries across the world have already recognized the state of palestine. and south africans have held events across the country marking national human rights day with a particular focus on the plight of palestinians." this year in the gaza strip. in cape town, people from different backgrounds participated in a

pilgrimage depicting the trekkasons had left to mark as israel's war machine. it swept through the strip and hasan sera reports. hundreds of people have engaged in a 41 km pilgrimage, symbolically depicting the length. the gaza strip and a trick that scores of palestinians have been forced to make due to the us backed israeli campaign of genocide against them. the event has been organized by a collective of christian bodies. the organizers say it is important to demonstrate that christian zinism does not represent them. the church has been very complicit um within this genocide and within um palestinian um suppression more generally and because of. is not condemning what they're doing, is not recognizing what they're doing as ethnic cleansing and genocide and not speaking out, and we wanted

to um challenge that narrative and challenge that stance, and show an expression of solidarity, show that that's not the only thing coming out of the church. the demonstration also coincides with south africa's commemoration of the sharkful massacre when the apartite regime gun down 69 protesters in what is recognized as a turning point in the... struggle for liberation, for those participated, the palestinian suffering resonates deeply, and what i saw today in my own as i walked, because it's a pilgrimage, reflecting, i said to my... myself um, you know, i, i, i feel my feet, you know, burning, i feel uh, this this old legs not, not, not, not uh, moving as it should, but it's nothing in comparison what, what people are experiencing, he's at african public is still sleep, and they must start waking up to see what israel is doing, but what they do

there, they can also come and do anywhere else in the world, true, i'm not a zionist and i never have been, and i think that what the the betnyahu government is doing is actually moral genocide, whether they call it legal, i don't whether it fits legally, but it's morally a genocide, and i'm appalled, i'm heartbroken, as somebody who's lived through apart, we have seen this before, we should know better. the gaza seesfire pilgrimage coincided with the somber christian period of length, and sacrifice and resilience were recurring themes. pilgrims pointed to as they attempted to symbolically walk in the footsteps of gazans. the gaza sees fire march is another example of the human resolve for justice, and as palestinians endure the latest israeli aggression for almost six months now, the people of the world will only intensify their commitment for palestinian liberation. passan

city press tv, cape town. the worst terror attack in russia in years, at least 60 people have been killed and 145 wounded in a shooting attack claimed by daish terrorist group. the deaththill could still rise as dozens of the injured are in serious condition. the attack happened when gunmen in combat figures opened fire and detonated explosives in the major concert hall on the outskirts of moscow. in a telegram post, the daesh

terrorist group said gunmen had managed escape afterwards, russia's authority. have launched a massive man-hunt. the moscow mayor says that all cultural, sporting and other mass events would be canceled in the capital for the weekend. the attack is the worst in russia since 2004 in vesland school, siege, which is more than 330 people, half of them children were killed. now to the latest developments in the russia-ukraine war. russia says that it has launched massive air strikes against ukraine. moscow says the strikes are in retaliation for ukraine's attacks its border regions over the recent weeks. we have discussed this issue in our news review program. let's take a listen.

"we're watching press tv's news review where we look deeper into some of the top stories the day. on this segment of the program, russia says it has launched a series of massive retaliatory military strikes against ukraine. today the armed forces of the russian federation launched a massive strike with high precision, long-range air, sea, ground base. weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against energy facilities, the military industrial complex, railway junctions, arsenals, places of deployment of ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries. the russian defense ministry said the strikes were in response to ukrainian shelling of russian border regions and attempts to break through and settlements

over recent weeks. it stress that all goals of uh the strike had been achieved, the ministry said those included destroying military equipment delivered to ukraine from nato countries and disrupting the transfer of reserve forces to the frontline. kyev says five people were killed and 14 injured in the largest russian araal attack to target it in recent months. joining us on this edition of the news review, we have a chair review and affairs of ukrainian world congress, mr. andre dobrayanski joining us from new york. also we have former cia analyst larry johnson joining us from bradington, florida. gentlemen, welcome to the program. uh, let's start off with mr. doriansky in new york, uh, sir, give us uh your perspective and break. down of uh of the recent events as you see it? well, just to counter the uh statements being made by moscow, uh, many of the facilities that were hit were civilian. uh,

there was no retaliation, because if you're aiming a missile a trolley, hospitals, other civilian locations, as well as the largest hydroelectric plant uh following the destruction of the kakoca plant last summer, clearly these are civilian targets, yet another uh number of items that will be added to the war crimes case against russia at the icj uh so that's the the factual uh method. what's happening in russia however is primarily being done by russian citizens against the russian government and we just got a report today that the largest donations for uh ukraine's drone army uh came from russia during the period of the uh russian elections so there are actually russians who are uh sending aid to to help liberate their own country. mr. larry johnson, i want to get your assessment as well, and also if you may respond to mr. dobronskii in new york, what

he's saying are lies, completete utter lies. where's the video? show us the video tape out of kiev of all of the civilian areas hit, you can't, because that's not what happened in contrast though, the ample video evidence of the ukrainians sending missiles. into belgrad and drones into belgrad hitting purely civilian targets. the fact of the matter is there are significant number of western mercenaries, ukraine's being kept alive because of a flow of nato weapons and russia is appropriately hitting and targeting those areas throughout. if you if russia was really hitting civilian targets, you would see the images coming out of of the leviv area, out the base at yavar, but they're not. showing that, andraine continues to lie about, oh, we shot down most of the missiles coming in, no, they didn't, because if they did, they wouldn't be complaining about all the

russians have hit all these civilian areas. the reality is this, ukraine's losing, it has lost the war, it's a dead man walking, it just doesn't want to acknowledge that fact. all right, that's all the time we have for this segment of the program, allow me to thank my guest, mr. lary johnson, former cia analyst joining us from bradton, florida. and thanks to mr. andre dobriansky, chair of un affairs, ukrainian world congress, joining us from new york, and that's a wrap for this edition of the news, we would stick around, we've got plenty more to come here on press tv, and millions in syria live under the poverty line as a result of 13 years of... war against foreign-back terrorists and economic sanctions by the us, but syrian volunteers are determined to support their compatriots by offering free meals with their

love in the holy month of ramadan. a correspondent ibrahim wahti has more details. syrians used to say no one sleeps hungry, but that was 13 years before the devastating terrorist war that was wed on them, the war that has pushed many syrians below the poverty line. said is association that has been helping these people by providing daily meals to the needy during the fasting month for over decade. despite the increasing challenges, they are determined to continue with their mission. we're currently operating a kitchen called hunger be gone. unfortunately, our resources this year are less than previous years due to the circumstances the country has been through, such as the earthquake disaster that drained a lot of financial resources, we distribute around 200 to 250 meals every day to the people who come to the association, while our

motorcycle team also delivers meals to remote areas. as a chef, i start every day at 9:00 a.m. by preparing the water and cooking the chicken for the scheduled meal. i have been volunteering for 5 years to help my fellow countryman in these difficult circumstances. syrians have demonstrated the... sens of responsibility in various ways during this crisis, particularly during the month of ramadan. the holy month of mercy encourages people to be selfless and to help aliviate the sufferings of others. voluntary work is one of the ways through which syrians showcase their contributions to society. so we are here not only to donate financially, but to donate our time more specifically. volunteering is something very important, especially for our generation. we need to teach people that giving the... doesn't always mean that you need to take something in return, so we're here to volunteer uh to volunteer with our time uh to try to help people as much as we can, so sad association

is our vessel to do that. today we came to make meals for the people in need, first we cut the vegetables, then we shudded the uh chicken, um, and now we are cooling down the rice and the chicken, then we're going to um put it in boxes and give it to people in need. despite the united states theft of the resources and the inhuman sanctions imposed upon them, which have put syrians in their living conditions. they steadfastly hold to their love for their country, united against all the odds. they strive to find their way through this dark tunnel to... towards the dawn of a brighter life. syrians have always firmly stood together not only against terrorism, but also in the face of unjust western sanctions through voluntary initiatives that show their love each other and to their homeland. ibrahim wahdi, press tv. namaskas. that brings us to the end of this edition of world news on press tv. thank you for watching. stay tuned, i'll be back in half an hour with some more updates.

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the palestinian resistance hamas responded on friday march 15 to the paris 2 proposal with a phased agreement that emphasized the cessation of aggression on the gaza strip with withdrawal of the israeli occupation army and the commencement of relief operations. however, the israeli entity authorities are focusing on the issue of their captives to circumvent ending the aggression. file: in the details, hamas's proposed document includes a temporary cease fire lasting 42 days in the first stage and transitioning to a permanent ceasefire in the second stage. in the first stage, the palestine.