of of hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in tehran. thank you for joining us. now in today's top story, yemen's naval forces have targeted yet another ship heading to israel in response to the regime's ongoing onslaught on the gaza strip. the spokesman for the yemani army said the container ship was directly hit with a drone after the crew refused to respond to the warnings. yahyasari. called the operation victory for the oppressed palestinians and a response to the calls by the free people of yemen. he further revealed that the army has of successfully stopped several ships from reaching israely ports in the past 48 hours. the spokesman reiterated the yemani army's pledge that it will continue blocking israeli-bound ships in the red and the arabian seas until the regime holds his aggression against palestinians. fast. while activist and political commentator hussein al bukhaiti joined us earlier from santa with his take on the potential us push for a red sea maritime coalition in response to yemen's operations, because yemani army is in control uh of the uh most of the west coast of of yemen, this means they are the one who are actually in controlling of the re, we might see a coalition, we might see... more battleship from many countries that actually supporting israel because they don't want this attack to hur to hurt israel, but they actually mean they will try to down some of the drones, some of the missiles uh, but they will not be able or they were not there to take any action or to conduct any war against yemen, as i mentioned there are several battleships especially from the united states and they were not able to to stop this type of attack. and yemani army is will equipped. if it comes at one point that the united states will try to target yemen, they could actually target those ships that in the red sea with hundreds of missile at one point and i'm sure that united state doesn't want actually to expand the war. more palestinians of have been killed as israel keeps pressing at with this genocidal on slot on the beseeged gaza strip. at least 20 people were killed in airs on rafat in southern gaza. in northern gaza, bodies of 10 palestinians have been retrieved after israely war planes struck the jabalia refugee camp there. as part of their ethnic cleansing campaign, the regime's forces also... carried out an execution style massacre a school near the jibalia camp. i witnesses said israeli troops entered the classrooms and open fire on women and children. the regime continues to target schools, refugee camps and hospitals where thousands of displaced palestinians have taken shelter. nearly 18,800 palestinians have been killed in relentless israely bombings and shelling since october the 7th. meanwhile, palestine's telecommunications company says all communication and internet services have gone down in the beseeged territory. south african commentator farid isack says israel's brutality in gaza and the regime's plans to expel the palestinians are in flagrant violation of the international law. basically behind this idea of sending the palestinians into. egypt or in the new idea to saudi arabia, it is part of seriously racist logic, it's like saying, the black people of south africa during party, why didn't they just flee to zimbabwe or to zambia? the whole of africa was open for all these black people, and so all the arab world is there, why don't the palestinians go to these arab countries? no, no, no, it is a question of dispossessing people from their own land, and this of course is a crime, it's it's a war crime, because international law "not that international law is such a great thing to invoke, but international law demands that people occupied should not be displaced, and so this is yet another example the israeli regime furthering their project of genocide and ethnic cleansing. palestinian. resistance fighters are stepping up retaliatory operations against israely forces inside and outside of the gaza strip. the military wing of the hamas resistance movement says his forces have killed at least 10 israel soldiers in shajaya district of gaza city. resistance fighters also talked to the israely forces inside building in shajaya leaving casualties. four more israeli forces were killed in eastern gaza city. the algason berg says iof troops came under attack in other parts of the city as well. says at least 72 israeli armed vehicles have been targeted in the past three days and dozens of iof soldiers have been killed. the regime has so far confirmed the deaths of nearly 116 forces in gaza since it launched a ground invasion nearly two months ago. however, hamas says the figure is much higher and that the regime is hiding the real number. the senior hamas official. says israel has failed to achieve any of its objectives in gaza, leaving it with other option but to withdraw from the beseeged palestinian territory. the hamas representative in lebanon osama hamdan said the palestinians will not surrender. he reiterated that there will be no new prison exchange deal until israel's aggression stops. the senior mass official also said washington is complicit in the genocide in gaza through military and political support of israel. elseware he said the regime doesn't reflect the real number of this. killed on the ground for propaganda purposes. the majority of european countries have thrown their full weight behind israel's genocidal war on gaza, however descenting voices have were against the regime's brutality continue to grow on the continent. now the irish premier criticized the european union for a stance on the conflict. that i think the european union has lost credibility. because of our inability to take a stronger and more united position on israel and palestine uh, we've lost credibility with the global south, which actually is most of the world uh, because what is perceived to be double standards, um, and there's some truth in that quite frankly. leo varatka described gaza's humanitarian situation as catastrophic and edged his european counterparts to call for humanitarian ceastfire in gaza. he said the ceastfire could lead to quote, new peace process. and palestinian statehood, he stress that the this is the only way to secure justice and security for everyone living in the region. meanwhile, the turkish president told his american counterpart in a phone call that sease fire could be achieved if the us withdrew its unconditional support for israel. erdogan would warned joe biden that israel's onslot could have negative global consequences. "the iranian foreign minister has warned of israely plans for the forced expulsion of the palestinians from northern gaza to the south and the neighboring countries. osain amir abdullah yan was speaking to filippo grandi, the un high commissioner for refugees in geneva. the minister called on the agency to give his firm support to the people in gaza. he urged the unhcr to prevent a new wave of palestinian displacement. the iranian official also met with his burkino faso counterpart olivia. on the side lines of the global refugee forum in switzerland. amir abdullah han underline the resistance of the palestinians to free their country from occupation. he said the resistance was legal under the international law and the un charter. according to the un agency for palestinian refugees, nearly 1.9 million people in gaza have been displaced since israel began its onslot on october the 7th. now to talk more on this, we are joined by mr. thier west, geopolitical analyst from uh from dallas, texas. mr. west, welcome to press tv. mr. west, the iranian f minister hussen armi abdullah han has warned of israely plans to for for the forced expulsion the palestinians from northern gaza to the south and then also neighboring countries. your thought on this, mr. west, we've already seen the displacements of gazas from the north to the south and it seems the next plan is to force them further into egypt and the sinai desert. yes, uh, this is just simply... naked, unabridged, aparthy, that's what we're seeing, that's what we're witnessing, but it's not only israel, the main culprate behind this is the united states, the american government, uh, specifically right now, joe biden, this is totally unacceptable, this is what we're witnessing is another kockbook, it is another catastrophe as was the case in 1948. so the united nations, most the nations around the world have voted and have demanded a ceasefire, even india, india, a month ago, india had abstained in the general assembly with the united nations, but this time india also indicated that they're demanding a ceasefire as well, now um, we had... have a situation where now today most the nations, most of the people around the world are on the side of the palestinian people, and that's very good, but that means is that the united states has lost credibility, i said lost, i didn't say losing, they have lost credibility in the eyes of nations and people around the world. right now in south africa, as you may know, the parliament there, they voted to drop relations with the zionist state of israel, and that's a good thing, you're going to see more and more countries do that. it's also good to see burkino fasso there on the sidelines, also speaking up, speaking up on behalf of the palestinian people. that is very, very good thing. the united nations. than they were uh in 1948 or under the the soviet union in 1948, so that's a good thing, so that's a very, very big difference right now, and you're seeing russia align, i should say the arab countries such as saudi arabia, united arab emirates and other um arab countries, they're aligning more and more with russia as well as iran, aligning more and more with russia, so the outcome if there is... going to be another catastrophe, the outcome is not going to be favorable for the zionist state of israel, there are few people who think differently, but i'm sure it's not going to turn out the way that they think, just as the situation in ukraine did not turn out the way that they thought, they thought that they would defeat russia on the battlefield, that did not happen, and design the state of israel, it is, it has fallen out of favor. with the majority of the people around the world. mr. west, amir abdullahyan also underline uh that you also said that uh the resistance of the palestinians to free their country from occupation. he underlined this and also said that the resistance was legal under international law and the un charter. it seems that the west, the us and some of israel's allies are still stuck on october the 7th, just that day. same statement. was reiterated by south african competent which we had earlier on the program farid isaak, he says that israel's brutality in gaza and the regimes plans to expel the palestinians are in flagrant violation of the international law. well, my, i'm going to be blunt. okay, october the 7th, in relationship to the the totality of what has been happening for more than 70 years to the palestinian people. october the 7th is irrelevant, the israeli government, they knew that this was coming, but maybe they saw benefits of this. so they have been persecuting the palestinian people for decades, they have been exterminating people for decades and people not to fight back, as i said, people want to separate hamas from the palestinian people, no, and the children, the women, they have been suffering, you've had the israel, they have held palestinian women and children as hostages, notice that the western media, they say they held, they were holding them as prisoners, they were holding them as hostages and then when the israel as prisoners, they say the palestinians holding these israelis as hostages? well, you're holding palestinian women and children, you've been holding them for years upon years as so-called prisoners. no, they're not prisoners, they are hostages. if you want to call them prisoners, they're prisoners of war, because that is exactly what has been happening for decades in gaza, in the west bank, against the palestinian people. mr. west, thank you for your time and insight. sir, they have mr. theo west, geopolitical analyst from dallas, texas. now, continuing with the rest of the news exchange of fire on the border goes on between lebanon's hezbollah and israel. it's been over two months now in the latest search of clashes. hezbollah says it has hit a number of israeli targets. the lebanese resistance movement said in a statement truck a contingent of israeli soldiers and vehicles in the military bases of yifta and hunin. hezbulah says the retaliatory attacks were response to earlier israeli strike on the village of itarun in southern lebanon where residential blocks came on the heavy fire areas near the lebanese border town of anakura also came under an israeli drone attack. tensions have intensified in southern lebanon since israel began its deadly campaign in gaza early october. our correspondent mariam saleh in beirout joined us earlier with more. details on the latest clashes between hizbullah and israel, let's take your listen, well there were two hills actually in the town of the and that were targeted by the israeli uh military, we know that even as they targeted it with artillery fire, there was also a shelling from the air force, and that is something that does not occur often in south lebanon, during the last confrontations, we had very few instances when... they were actually using their air force mostly to basically destroy certain houses uh in some areas also against agriculture and so on, but in the town of taibe specifically that caused also an outage the electricity and a damage to the electricity wires in that area and the people of course of the town are calling on the government to try to to fix that, so therefore they are totally firing the showling has not stopped, it has been also as we said before, it has been in in a manner that is not um not clear, not organized, it is very haphazard, it could be hitting once once in a outs of the village of town, another time they hit right in the heart of the town as they did in taib, which is not even on the border, but at the same time you had other attacks against bleda and uh and other towns uh that are also near the border, we also had resistance operations, of course yesterday where we had some six operations including one which was very significant. on the the sea um post for the israelis in the area of rasanqura, which is basically this is the second time that the resistance does target that area, but the last the operation that occurred today was against a group of soldiers that were in the shumera post, the shumera post is stipulate lies in the occupied lebanese town of tarbiqa. iraq's islamic. resistance has staged fresh attacks against us occupation bases in retaliation for the us support of the israeli atrocities in gaza. the islamic resistance, which is umbrella group of iraqi resistance groups, said is drones targeted the al- shadadi base near the syrian city of hasaka. this is the latest in operations against us interests in the region since israel began its onslot on gaza early october. the iraqi resistance says the attacks on retaliation for the us-israeli campaign against the palestine. the pentagon says his bases in iraq and syria have come under series of attacks over the past few weeks. the un general assembly has overwhelmingly approved the resolution for immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. the united states rejected a non-binding resolution, but some of his key allies such as france back the call for ending the israeli onslot. here's more. the united nations general assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for immediate humanitarian sease fire in the israeli regime's months long genocidal war on the gaza strep. the 193 member assembly adopted the resolution with 153 votes in favor. 10 countries voted the resolution down, including the us in line with this unfaltering political support for the israeli regime. the us, however,... does not hold the vedo power at the assembly unlike the un security council where it has blocked successive such resolutions. the resolution demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as well as a swift and unconditional release of all captives. it also urges all parties to comply with international law. the vote is non-binding, but is seen as an expression of the views of the international community. it also increases pressure on israel to end its onslot on palestinians. ambassadors and other diplomats burst into a... at the vote count, which showed much higher support than in october 27 arab sponsored resolution that called for humanitarian trous. iran's permanent ambassador to the un urged the international community to decisively address the barbaric crimes of israel. one. member state a permanent member of security council misusing its unequal authority of veto power and in clear disregard to the united will of international community has decided to stand with israeli criminal regime and materially enable this regime in its ongoing massacare against civilians in gaza. the united states platently opposing a cease fire with means prescribing war violence and eventually more for children and women in gaza. meanwhile, australia, a traditional alli of the us, has cid with the un general assembly resolution, calling for humanitarian sease fire in gaza. it has been described the rare split with his close allies the us and the uk. australia alongside 152 other countries, was among the countries which voted in favor. in doing so, we joined canada, new zealand, japan. france and india and many other countries, now the significance of this vote was that not only is it showing that the support that israel had from many western states especially, for its military assault on gaza is eroding, and even staunch supporters of israel, like australia and like canada, are now saying we need seizfire. the general assembly vote comes after a similar resolution in the un security council that failed. washington, israel's closest ally also vetoed that resolution. as israel's genocide of the palestinian people continues in gaza, the us has found itself increasingly at odds with international community over his unconditional support for the regime. tuesday's vote comes on the heels of a failed resolution in the un security council last friday, which called for humanitarian sease fire. the us veto the proposal, casting the sold descenting votes and thereby dooming its passage. the total of 13 council members voted in favor of the ceasefire resolution while the us wielded the soul of eto. the united kingdom was also the only country to abstain. the un appears to be completely. powerless when faced with bringing to bear international law against the zionist entity that has violated international law since its creation in 1947 effectively by the un and before the 1948. the administration of us president joe biden has firmly supported israel's military campaign arguing that it must be allowed to disman hamas. however, as israel's genocide of the palestinians continues, the us has found. himself has also minced no words in recent weeks to project himself as the most azionist american president ever. 35 years ago i said you don't have to be a jew to be a zionist and i'm a zionist. you don't have to be a jew to be a zionist while the united states and the israeli regime have always been open about their intimate relationship. biden and his administration have gone one step ahead, militarily, politically. and strategically, but the unequivocal us support for the israeli regime has come a political cost for washington, due to rising domestic and international pressure, biden has been forced to criticize israel, saying that tel aviv was losing international support due to indiscriminate bombing in gaza. the us has now been accused of employing double standard on human rights. for peace to prosper, new equations that represent the will of the global majority must be set in place, or the world must risk one humanitarian disaster after another, for the sake of the prophets the few, and as the american israely engineered carnage in gaza continues, world leaders must take a brave and bold stance against those who are feeling the flames of setter colonial violence, and so what this shows is that israel is isolated, the united states is isolated, the general assembly, which is the world's parliament and which is the most democratic. organ in the united nations has said, we overwhelmingly want immediate seizfire. now, at the same time, and this is where sometimes you feel there's a parallel reality, you hear the united states voting against that, you see the united states voting against that resolution, and at the same time, words from the biden administration about israeli and discriminate bombing. and with that we come to the end of this bullet and thank you for being with us, i'll be back with the recap of the news in around a minute's time. take care for now. depressed coverage of this assassination of sulaymani now entering its uh uh fourth day we're looking at some uh news in brief for this hour, the yemy army says it has directly targeted an israeli bound container sh or container ship with drone in response to the regimes ongoing on slaught on gaza, that's after the vessel refused to... respond to warnings, the army said several ships were also prevented from reaching israel in the past 48 hours. israel's relentless bombings keep claiming innocent palestinin lives as death tool in the gaza strip climbs to nearly 18,800. 20 people were killed in overnight israeli strikes on rafah in southern gaza. reports say many children are still trapped on the rubble.
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