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tv   World News in Full  PRESSTV  April 4, 2024 5:30pm-6:03pm IRST

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of the headlines this hour, israel presses ahead with its relentless air strikes and shelling. the besieg gaza strip as the deathfall from the genocidal war surpasses 33, the founder of us based charity, whose convoy of aid workers was recently targeted in gaza, says the israeli attack was systematic and purposeful. ewan criticizes the us, britain and france for blocking a un security council statement to condemn the israely strike on the iranian embassy in syria. of
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in 5:30 pm in euros capital tehran, this is prest tv news. it's good to have you with us. of nearly six months into this really genocidal war in gaza, the regime keeps pressing ahead with his onslot across the beseest strip. some 62 palestinians have been killed and scores more injured in israeli air strikes and shelling over the... past 24 hours. the regime forces also continued their airal raids on the city of han unis in southern gaza. they say that majority of these attacks were focused on the alamal neighborhood, leaving number of people dead. meanwile palestinian fighters are putting stiff resistance to israeli troops on the ground in some areas. they have attacked israeli a soldiers and vehicles with. with morders in
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the eastern and the southern parts of gaza city. according to the gaza health ministry, the death doll from the israeli war has now topped 3300. over 75,600 palestinians have also been wounded, while thousands more remain unaccounted for. israel is facing denunciation over the killing of international aid workers associated with the us-based charity world central kitchen. the head of the ngo says the israel regime is responsible for the death of his staff in gaza. we earlier discussed the issue in our news review program. let's take a listen. you're watching press tv's news review where we look deeper into some of the top. stories
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of the day on the segment of the program, the founder of the us-based charity world central kitchen has criticized israel over the killing of his staff in gaza saying the regime's forces systematically targeted a convoy carrying aid workers. jose andres said the cars were hit purposefully one after the other in a civilian area under the control of the israeli army, he held israel responsible for the killing, which he said was not the outcome of a bad luck situation. he added the israel forces were well informed about the convoy's movement and that the cars were clearly marked with the charities logo. the strike killed six foreign aid workers and their palestinian translators 60% of non-governmental aid getting into the beseach strippes from the world central kitchen. the charity has suspended its operations in gaza following the attack. joining us on this edition of the news review we have journalist and commentator. true body joining us from
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cape town, also member of the kenya palestine of solidarity movement. booker and gesa is joining us from nairobi. gentlemen, welcome to the program. let's start off with mr. true body in cape town. the israelis uh, since this gaza genocide started have killed around 200 aid workers. that is no accident is it? it isn't, and there's a couple of issues i think with the way in which the story is also being covered. in that it of course is an absolute tragedy, i have no doubt that these aid workers were good souls, they were good human beings that had been determined to to bring relief to palestinians that are having endure a genocide at the moment in in gaza and while their death as in any death is a tragedy, i do think we we need to contrast the the western government responses here to the realities that palestinian lives are not
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quite as equally important in in the outrage that we now seeing here from from some of these governments, these governments of course also now finding their voice because of the domestic responses and in some of these countries that are increasingly now leading to push for not just the seasfire but holding these governments accountable for funding and and and propping up the designist entity so there's a very serious and a big worry about the manner in which the humanity the palestinians aren't quite seen as as much as as we've now seen with these aid workers. i do think there was an agenda with this particular attack especially as we increasingly now. talking about a potential escalation with boots on the ground in in raffa, so i think it was more than deliberate, it was seeking to send the message. right, and let's cross over to mr. engesa, as we were mentioning in our intro, around 60% of non-governmental aid getting
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into the seat strip uh was reported to be from the world central kitchen, as a result the attack, the charity has suspended its operations in gaza, is that what the israelis were aiming for? yeah, thank you, and first of all, the situation in gaza is very dire, the farming situation is very, very dire, and this is because this is, this is, this is not a natural disaster, but it is a situation that has been artificially. created by the israel regime and within it policy of even attacking humanitarian organizations who there to correct you know the famine has been
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caused by the genocidal attacks on gaza the zionist regime who is actually not complicit, but advancing the policy of genocide against palestinian people do not want aid to reach where it is needed most, thank you gentlemen, that was bkin guest member of the kenya palestine solidarity movement joining us from nairobi, and uh thanks to journalists and commentator taschrik trubody, speaking to us from cape town, with that it brings us to an end here on this edition of the news review, but stick around, we've got plenty more to come here on press tv. the spokesman of the al-guth brigade, the military wing of the islamic jihad movement says the resistance is determined to continue the alax of flood operation until final victory. abahamza said the resistance operations on the ground
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reflect is full rejection of the israeli plan to occupy the god of strip. he added the access of resistance is now repelling the israely regime's attacks in gaza, the west bank and lebanon. the statement released on thursday. brigade said it had targeted two israeli contingents in the southern city of hanjunis. some israeli military equipment and vehicles, including a tank and a drone were also hit in the same city. the israely military has already confirmed the death of nearly 260 of its troops since the regime's ground invasion of gaza. palestinian groups however say that the regime is hiding the actual number of his casualties to avoid public anger. iran criticizes the us, britain and france for blocking a un security council statement to condemn the israely strike on the iranian embassy in syria. in the social media post, iran's permanent mission to the un called the move double standard and said it undermined the credibility of the security council. it also said the blocking set a
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dangerous precedent. earlier russia said that washington and london refused to discuss the draft statement on the iranian embassy attack. on tuesday, most security council members, except for the us. in france condemned the israeli regime for its air strike on the iranian embassy. monday's attack killed two senior iranian military commanders and five accompanying officers who were on an advisory mission to syria. the secretary general of palestine foundation pakistan, sabir abu mariayam says the west, as usual, is keeping his criminal silence on israely atrocities. "the united states, france, uk and these kind of western governments, those are the so-called champion of human rights, so callalled the champion of world politics, foreign policy, they are keeping criminal silent, not only keeping criminal silence, even they are supporting
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military aid to the zinanis regime against the oppressed people against the helpless people of palestine, those don't have weapon, the people..." "they don't have weapon, but they us and uk supporting and providing the weapon to the zinanis regime against the innocent civilians to israel, so the other side. "they are keeping criminal silence over the condemnation against the zinist regime and this is the very biasness what we say, i always emphasize that we always say that these are the double standards of the western governments, but now i personally i do believe these kind of governments, biden, britain, france, they don't have a standards, they are not like human being. they are against the humanity, they are against the peace and stability of the world, they are
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criminal, they are enemies of humanity, they are enemies of peace and they are the they are actually responsible for these kind of henous crime. israel's top military intelligence official resigns after taking full responsibility for the failure of the regimes. intelligence apparatus encounterings of flood operation on october 7. amit saar was head of amand's research division, he cited illness as a reason for his early resignation, however israeli authorities have pushed the majority of the blame for the failure to intercept the events of october 7, 2023 on intelligence officials. sar had previously expressed his readiness to relinquish his duties once the israely war in gaza was over. at least two other officials have also left their positions vacant in. intelligence system since the palestinian resistance the flood operation. the iranian
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president says heavy price for his criminal act of attacking the consular section's embassy in the syrian capital. made the remarks in a phone conversation with the iraqi prime minister, sudani. he described the terroristic act of the science regime as clear violation of the principles of international law, governing, diplomatic and... relations, while hailing the pro-palestine stance of tehran and baghdad, risy emphasized the need for all islamic countries to adopt the same approach. sidani for his part denounced the israely aggression and said that such criminal act was the result of the constant failures of the occupying regime in the battle against regional resistance forces. he further expressed gratitude for the unwavering support of iran for efforts to establish peace and stability in iraq. six months into
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the mowing the grass strategy, the suttler genocidal israeli entity has dedicated immense effort to murder civilians and deprive the choice and right of resistance through suppression, invasions, assassinations and widespread arrests in gaza just as it does in the occupied west bank. the sign settler entity in palestine is undergoing the same crisis. that previous settler projects have experienced, failing to eradicate the indigenous peoples of the countries where they were established, before heading themselves towards disintegration and collapse. israel cannot regain the deterrance it pretended to have, therefore it practices comprehensive geneside. this is exactly why there will be no escape for this settler entity from the fate of similar settler projects that have disintegrated and collapsed, six months of genocide this week on the mediast stream. welcome back to the
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news here on press tv. iran's beseed volunteer forces have held naval drills in the southern waters of the country to mark international day. more than 3,00 types of vessels and motorboats have participated in the naval exercise held by the maritime units of bessieg in support of the palestinian people and resistance. the drill was held over area from the arvand river in the persian. golf to the sea of aman. the parade the vessels was under the command of the irgc navy. simultaneous drills were also scheduled to be held by resistance groups in iraq, syria, yemen, and lebanon. iranian officials say the clashes between security forces and terrorists in the southeastern province of seestan abaljestan have concluded. the irgc ground forces said 18 silents were killed following the attacks. in the cities of rask and chabahar late on wednesday night. 10 iranian security forces also lost their
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lives. according to the irgc, the terrorists carried out five simultaneous attacks against police and military posts in the southeastern province. local officials said the terrorists were affiliated with pakistan-based j. shalat terror outfit that had carried out several similar attacks in the past. the group claimed responsibility for attack in december on the police station in rask that killed at least 11 officers. in january, another attack by the group left the policeman dead. resistance leaders from iran iraq, palestine, lebanon and yemen have given a live televised address to a virtual gathering ahead of the international goods day. they discussed the israeli aggression in the gaza strip and highlighted the fact that the resistance of palestinians has revealed the true colors of the israeli regime. gisumi shahmedi explains from tehran. healing the palestinians for their brave resistance and highlighting the
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desperation of the israeli regime. ahead of international quds day, leaders of the... front from iran, iraq, palestine, lebanon, and yemen, appeared in a live televised address to discuss the israeli genocidal war in gaza and its ramifications. they all described operation alaksa flood as milestone that has reshaped the global political landscape and has spelled the beginning of the end of zionism. they all agree that the operation has transformed into what they called al-ahrar flood or the flood of. freedom and with international quds day coming up, this has become the slogan of this year's rallies. international quds day is a reminder that victory is near for the people of palestine their fight against the occupiers of their land. it is a show of solidarity as they regain control their homeland which includes all of the occupied
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palestinian territories. our movement in iraq is fully supportive of palestinians. this is why we continue to attack israeli targets in retaliation for the war they have launched against the people of gaza. i salute the people of palestine, they're fighting noble war against the occupiers of their land. operation alaqad flot was major step in response to israely atrocities. we will be observing international coach day this year while we are witnessing heart-ranching atrocities and the killing of innocent children by zionists. i would like to take the opportunity to thank the islamic republic of iran for his relandous support for the resistance front in gaza, in iraq, in lebanon and in yemen, and
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for taking responsibility, and with all these six heavyweights addressing the gathering, has revealed the true nature of designers regime, we are witnessing new world order taking shape with pro- palestinian demonstrations in countries that used to be allies of israel. with the wind of change blowing, the exemplary resistance of palestinians has proven in practice that normal izing relations with the zionist regime is betting a losing horse, as the speakers all pointed out. emphasizing on the six-month resistance of the palestinian people, the flood of freedom is the new slogan which is going to be used in the international quotes rallies on friday. press tv, tehran. international goods day is annual
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pro-palestinian events marked on the last friday of the holy month of ramadan. the day event and its was designated by the founder of the islamic republic of iran imam komaini in 1979 in solidarity with palestinians. muslims worldwide will mark this year's good state on the coming friday. afghan people about the importance in the muslim world. let's take a listen. islamic teachings and values instruct us to unite. we are nearly two billion muslims worldwide if we all had made a collect.
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it's important because on this day all freedom seekers globally rally behind alquds and the people of gaza. it's important especially today when we are facing. a war of narratives and information through the media, we all must take part and do whatever we can to protest and condemn israeli crimes and support oppressed gazans. on this coming friday, i'll definitely take part in algod rallies and protests. i call on all afghans to observe this day, not as a political
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issue, but as human and islamic cause. let's come together and raise our voices so that gaza gets free from this israeli opression. we all must extend our support and empathy for gazans to prevent his release from continuing the oppression in palestine. we pray that god help and bless all muslims so that they become victorious. over israelis and save their palestinian brothers, let's see what some south african residents now had to say about the pro- palestine event. i was actually thinking um after 76 years some palestinians might say after 100 years thinking about international could stay - international day of the oppressed, i thought why we still commemorating this day a friday a holy month, why do why did we need a day
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for pressed people? and now with this awakening, what would the sort of encourage for us to do? for us as africans, we have come from a history of apart and a fighting apart even up until this day and it is and um... national goods day will will truly show the inequalities that are happening, not only just in south africa that are continuing since the dawn of democracy, but also um help the fight for liberation and freedom for the palestinian people. it again shows the the quiet brilliance of imam khumaini that yes uh on the over and on the explicit he looked a particular way and yes we know how it was demonized in mainstream media for looking a particular way. um, but the wisdom um and the way in which he approached people, and i'm not going to say muslims, it's certainly it shows one how it transcends a particular
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space and a particular time where the focus was on the revolution. the day of cot is also the day where they oppressed actually separate themselves from all that is oppressive, and for us to have been able really to face our governments and the powers that be to remind them of the oppression and... also to make the oppressed away of the condition and today now 45 years later we see actually the results of this of what's happening currently in gaza you know and how this there's a global awakening and with that we come to an end for this additional world news thanks for being with us.
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landmines and explosive remnants of war are
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the... and limitations, published statistics revealed that the islamic republic of iran mine action center boasts the highest number of discovered mines in 2019.
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basically shut down right now, but they've said to get ships like the d still sitting here.
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i believe that uh working together we can. can we make a strip.
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after six months of genocidal war on the gaza strip and it targeting thousands of civilians whether by bombing homes over their heads or by siege and preventing the entry of food and medical aid, or by direct targeting, zionist israel has so far claimed the lives of more than 37,000 palestinian marters, nearly half them children. the palestinian statistical center announced that the number of children killed as a result of the israeli entity genocidal war on gaza has reached 14,00 children whose lives and dreams will never be fulfilled. meanwhile, israel continues to wipe out entire generations in gaza with its soldiers competing to kill the highest number of children, as we all have watched them boasts about it on different social media platforms. according to the palestinian ministry of health, a child is killed every 50...