People go to polling stations across russia a second day of the president ial election. Hello and welcome, youre watching world news on press tv, coming to you live from our of headquarters in tehran. Thank you for joining us, my name is gisum shah ahmedi and these are our top stories this hour. Dozens more palestinians are killed as the Israeli Regime keeps going ahead with its genocidal war on the besige gaza strip, which is now in its 162nd day. The latest air strike, the Israeli Military targeted the alnostrian refugee camp, leaving at least 36 people dead, many people were also killed or injured in yet another bombing of rafa, a Southern City that once israel designated as a safe place for displaced palestinians. Rafa has been targeted frequently emit the regimes threat that it will conduct a ground operation there since the onset of the israeli war on gaza early october. Over 31,500 palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children. Israels genocidal war on gaza has caused a somber tone over this years holy month of ramadan and the besege gaza strip. Palestinians there are in dire need of food, grappling with the devastating impacts of relentless israeli bombardment and crippling sie. Our correspondent muti abu musabi has talked to some of the displaced gazons. He was displaced after the Israeli Forces attacked our neighborhood. As you can see, we live in these tents made of plastic and fabric. We have nothing eat but some canned food, which is the only thing that we have been eating for roughly six months. We dont even have gas to cook. I have six children and i dont know what to feed them. I have been displaced from the noserat refugee camp, i have five children, i came from algeria to visit gaza and then the war erupted. I hadnt expected that the situation could be as bad as it is, the situation is beyond catastrophic here as people can barely find food, especially in this holy month of ramadan. This ramadan is completely different from previous years, my five kids and i have been displaced from gaza city. While my husband is still there, we have no source of food, the amount of food provided by charities is also scarce, were devastated and deprived of our basic needs. I live here with my eight children, our lives are tragic, the situation is getting worse day by day, were struggling to cop with this unbearable condition and with the relentless bombardment and blush it. In ramadan, we are completely relying on the food provided by donors, sometimes the food is scared. Gaza, there are seven of us living here, were suffering lot, the weather is too cold and there are no gas supplies, because of that i have to make fire to cook food, most of the time we find no food or milk for the children, they always cry and get sick, the israeli war has destroyed everything in gaza. Israeli troops have killed a palestinian man following an antiregime operation in a settlement in the occupied west bank. Regime forces shot dead, the after he opened fire on soldiers near the old city of. Khalil, they prevented ambulances from reaching him. Tensions have been high across the occupied west bank since october 7th, more than 430 palestinians have been killed by Israeli Forces and settlers since then. Israeli troops have carried out fresh incursions into several towns and neighborhoods across the occupied west bank. We were earlier joined by our correspondent in ramalah mona kendall who gave us more details. Israeli soldiers stormed several neighborhoods and towns intoulkaram and this time uh they arrested number of palestinians men in the village of ramin. Israeli forces also stormed several neighborhoods and towns in qalqilia, the israeli soldiers. Stormed the homes of palestinian prisoners and they cause Severe Damage in the inside the homes and destruction and at the same time they interrogated the family members of those palestinian prisoners. Last night you have to mention that the Israeli Forces carried out a large scale operation in several areas in gene, the israel has stoned the town of jalami, harboni and other areas. Northeast genene and the israelis had also stormed the town of arabi south genine, the exact number the palestinians who had been detained across the occupied west bank last night and this morning has not been revealed yet, but according to a recent report by the prisoners society, 7600 palestinians had been detained since the 7th of october here in the occupied west bank. Hazballah Resistance Movement has launched attacks on several israeli positions near the southern lebanon. Our correspondent in ram sali says the group seeks to totally destroy Israeli Military post near lebanon. The first post that was targeted was the albaghdadi post. We also had very uh significant operation against the iramim baracks where. Launched a burkan rocket, hizballah seems to be also attempting to completely destroy many of the israeli posts that have been of course put forth since the year 2000 after the israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon and that has been has caused significant damage and destruction to their posts and also of course very high cost, we also had uh a targeting of almalikia post using mortars, weve heard from the israeli expert uh expert and military analyst uh alon b david whos talking through the daily mariif he stressed uh in one of his uh articles that what we are looking at right now in the north of course theyre calling it the Northern Front that hasbullah with not much effort uh with a little bit of effort with acceptable cost on their part from for example hazbillah what they have done is actually emptied out the northern parts and with the fact that theres no dis decisions being taken by the israelis, it seems that the possibility that many of the settlers who left that area will not actually live in that area anytime in the future, and this will end any possibility of any settlers living in those towns and were talking about the northern occupied palestinian territory, that is of course one of the signs that we are looking at, secretary generallah spoke about some of those signs that there is lot of. Integration within the Israeli Society and it is being emptied out, many of them actually threatening and warning that they will be leaving uh the occupied territories, that in itself is considered huge achievement for the resistance in lebanon, even for the resistance of course in palestine. The Israeli Occupation demonstrates its hatred on houses of the lord. This mask was reduced to rubble by f16 warget. Their way led to the destruction of the houses around the mask, causing the fall of martters and injuries amongst neighbors of the mosk. The palestinians did not stand on the romans of the damasks idly, but they created temporary most that dont protect them from neither the cold of winter nor the. The heat of the summer. Jordanians have stage yet another rally in the capital aman and support of palestinians in the gaza strip and with the ongoing israeli genocide there. Demonstrators on friday called on their government to supply gazens with more humanitarian aid, they chanted antiisraeli slogans and held bann banners, reading to break the war of starvation and bridge landbridge to northern gaza. The protesters accused the jordanian government of doing not enough, arguing that it has a duty to fulfill its obligation towards palestinians in distress. Jordan, and is hosting 2. 4 million Palestinian Refugees has witnessed several rallies in solidarity with gazans since israel launched its war on the besez strip. Meanwhile, canada witnessed similar rallies where protesters in toronto, denounced Prime Minister justin. Trudo for his stance towards the israeli bloodshed of palestinians. For the people of palestine in gaza in raffa, they are being shot dead from above, from the land and from anywhere. And thats why we are here to say, justin trudo, you are complicit in the ongoing genocide in rafa gaza. The protesters wave the palestinian flags enchanted slogans and carried banners reading genocide justin and genocide is not selfdefense. They also called for immediate cease fire in gaza, the protesters gathered outside an election fundraising a event for the ruling party of Prime Minister justin trudeau, people around the world keep hitting the streets to pressurize their respective governments to help end the israeli war on gaza. Now that is amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in the bestieg palestinian territory and a looming Israeli Ground invasion of rafa, a Southern Gaza city crammed with about one and a half million people. And palestine solidarity activists in austria are facing fines for their participation in protests against the israeli genocide in gaza. However, they have not backed down. Our correspondent reports. The first protest in support of the Palestinian Resistance was held in vienna on october 11th. The police had banned the demonstration and issued over 300 fines for participating in what they. Called an unlawful assembly, since this ongoing genocide in gaza, we are protesting constantly in austria, and weve got already over 13 protests banned by the austrian government. Silencing the Palestinian Solidarity Movement by prohibiting their public actions failed and most charges were dropped. Since then, the Solidarity Movement has been growing, mass demonstrations are organized every saturday and pickets and information stalls are held throughout vienna almost. For some activists this kind of action is not enough. We are trying to invent new forms of protest to remind the public opinion, the society here that there is a war and massacer going on in palest in palestine, so we are inventing new forms of protest, with flashmobs, with surprise actions in stations in public places. One of the activists was recently find 300 for participating in the protest in the parliament in january, so far hundreds of. Activists have been charged, some of them several times. They say this is a significant financial burden for speaking out against the us israeli genocide. The simple slogan, from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. This slogan is currently banned by the austrian government and were facing numerous uh cancellations and prohibitions of protests and hundreds of protesters already got charges. The activists aim to conquer the charges with a Political Campaign to defend their right to protest for a free palestine from the river to the sea. On friday, they protest it outside un headquarters during us. Foreign secretary anthony blincans visit to viena. Today, foreign secretary of the United States is here in austria in the un premises and we are taking to the street here to protest against his support to genocide. Also, a mass demonstration is called for saturday in austrias capital. Propalestinian activists are getting fine by police for the protest in austria. Observers say this aims to silence the activists. However, palestinian solidarity activists are not backing down and campaigning to raise awareness of the repression. Dita reinish, reporting for press tv from vienna. Senior figures from the palestine Resistance Movement, hamas and yemens ansarlah have reportedly held a meeting recently to discuss the ongoing israeli bloodched in gaza. According to reports, leaders of the gaza bases. Jihad movement also participated in the talks held in undisclosed location last week. In the meeting, representatives from the resistance groups discussed mechanisms to coordinate their actions in the wake of israels genocide in gaza. They also talked about a possible Israeli Ground invasion of gazas Southern City of rafa. Yemens antiisrael operations so were also on the agenda. During the talks, the Ansarullah Movement vowed to continue with. Support for Palestinian Resistance by targeting israeli linked ships and in and around the red sea. Thousands of yemenes have once again taken to the streets of the capital sanha and other cities, demonstrating their staunch support for the palestinians in gaza. They also hail the military operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces against israeli linked vessels of the following friday prayers, thousands of yemanis in the kabara sana and across several other cities took part in demonstrations to express the unwavoring support for the palestinians in gaza. They praised the yemani armys escalation of Naval Operations targeting israelining chips in the indian ocean. The protesters also voiced their opposition to israels policies which have led to the starvation and death of warters turk in palestine. Mr. Abdul maliks announcement was clear, if the Israeli Escalation in gaza and killing of palestinians continue, yemen will also carry on with targeting israeli bound ships, preventing them from sailing even in the indian ocean and cape of good hope. The escalation of Naval Operations is a step previously promised by mr. Abdul malik. I believe that it is only a preliminary step and there will be upcoming surprises. Because mr. Abdul malik did not disclose more details and we all know that these operations are in support of our brothers in gaza. Hemen Army Spokesman yahya sarah also addressed the demonstrators detailing the countrys latest Naval Operations in the rid sea. With gods help, the naval forces of the yemini army carried out an operation targeting the israeli ship pacific 01 in the red sea with number of suitable naval missiles. Our forces also carried out an operation targeting an american destroyer in the red sea with number of drones and successfully achieved its objectives. Thanks to god, we began to expand the scope of our operations against israeli ships and those linked to israel to include the indian ocean to the cape of good hope. Abdul malik al hothi, the leader of the Ansarullah Movement, had previously blidged to expand the scope of yemens Naval Operations. He declared that the yemani army would hence forth prevent israeli bound. Ships from passing through the indian ocean. Hothi further mentioned that the yemani army had carried out 12 operations using 58 missiles and drones last week, three of which took a place in the indian ocean. People here about that they will continue to stand and support of the people of palestine and the wake of israels genocide in gaza. They believe that all free people worldwide should unite and stand against israel and it supporters. Reporting for press tv. On the second day of the russian president ial election, voters across the country casser ballas in a process that is all but certain to extend president Vladimir Putins rule by another six years. Voting is taking place in polling stations across russia in 11 time zones, including online balloting in the regions that broke away from ukraine and rejoined the russian federation. Around 114 million russians are eligible to vote in this. Years election that will continue until sunday, and the run up to the vote, putin boasted about battlefield successes in ukraine, where the Russian Troops have recently made some gains. He also cited Economic Growth saying the countrys economy has proven to be resilient despite western sanctions. Putins victory appears highly probable as none of the other three candidates in the race is a prominent challenger. The current election marks the eighth president ial election in russia. This will be putins fifth term in office. And everyone has described. Das insilent, the latest comments made by a former Israeli Military official about partitioning the country. Foreign Ministry Spokesman nasar khanani said enemies will take their dream of disintegrating iran to the grave. He said iranians have sacrificed hundreds of thousands of lives in the past 45 years to remain unified, strong and powerful. Kan ani said that this is not the first time that designist enemy makes such rude comments, saying such statement. Indicate the evil intentions of irans enemies towards the country. Mordeshi khadar is a former Israeli Military intelligence officer, he proposed the regime change in iran instigated by ethnic minorities. Qatar has suggested that iran should be disintegrated into five to six ethnic states. Meanwile around. Azerbaijans joint hydroelectric projects will soon be inaugurated, giving yet another boost to the bilateral relations of the two countries. This announcement came as the Azerbaijani Energy minister paid a recent visit to tehran. A growing Strategic Partnership between azerbaijan and iran in the Energy Sector on full display, a collaboration that promises to Bolster Economic Development and energy security. On the borders of the two countries and in the region as described by the iranian minister of energy and his visiting azerbaijany counterpart. This meeting takes place a time when our joint projects including the construction of thefarin and gizgal dams on the aras river are near completion. This means that the hydroelectric power plants will soon be operational. A highlight of this cooperation is the near completion of hydroelectric. Power plants on the adas river, vital waterway on the iran azerbaijan border with construction progress reported at 96 . The hudafarin dam is providing for the water reservoir, it is 1. 6 billion cubic meters of resource, the kis galas is a litt