That there is sponsorship for the resistance groups, um, theres definitely assistance, as we know, general rudy was the main advisor to the resistance and the the syrian army inside syria, he also was supportive of the resistance in lebanon for for over decade uh side by side with general sulaymani, and so therefore there is a unity when it comes to the fact that there is planning, so we hear the statement of hazballah for example, hazballah has said that this is going beyond and trespassing and violating the red lines, what do they mean by that . This is going beyond the the limit for the israelis, will that mean that hezbulah has also the right to retaliate for this assassination as well, in addition to that were conducted against its own fighters as well as a heizballah resistance, and so this basically puts a lot of question marks, whether the resistance will work um simultaneously on. Of retaliation that will include of course going also uh targets hitting targets for the israelis from hezbolah uh hitting targets uh from the resistance from yemen for example will iraq go further also in its attacks against the Israeli Regime as well and so these are questions that are put forth since even after the assassination of sulaimani we are still waiting we said for a longterm retaliation we heard from hazballah secretary general said hasan after the assassination that there will be of course retaliation, there was retaliation from iraq, there was retaliation from the Islamic Republic of iran, however he said that the main response for the assassination will be the end of the existence of the excuse me, the United States basis and presence in the region, he said that they will be leaving in their coffens and so this is why many are waiting for this longterm reaction, this longterm response. Its not going to be vengeance of one time or one hour, which is reactionary, like i said, it was going to be something that is well planned uh based on the future of the region. In i think that bit by bit, the more crimes the israelis commit, the more that they are of course causing their own demise that will eventually lead to the end of the presence of the United States also in the region. Thanks lot, mariam press tvs, mariam sal joining us from the lebanese capital. Route and with that uh it brings us to an end here on this edition of the world news, but stick around, theres plenty more to come here on press tv. Bye for now. Over two months has passed since the Palestinian Hamas Resistance Movement launched an unprecedented fullblown attack on israel an operation that truly. Hits its name the alaqsa storm. In the october 7 attack, hamas and fellow resistance fighters humiliated israels socalled invincible military and spy services by infiltrating the occupied territories via land, sea and air, killing hundreds of israelis and taking many others as captives. This operation was described as a response to decades of israeli occupation, oppression of palestinians. And the desecration of the alaqsan mosque. Outraged by the severe military and intelligence blow the regime suffered, israely leaders pledged to wipe out hamas as the ultimate objective for the war they quickly waged on gaza, a an israeli besieged coastal enclave thats home to some 2. 2 million people. Up until now the. Regime has killed over 20,300 gazans, mainly minors and women, and leveled much of the sliver to the ground. Many observers, however, believe that despite what appears to be the superiority of israels western back military against the Palestinian Resistance groups, the ladder seems to have the upper hand uh when it comes to the war as a whole and would emerge as the ultimate winners. Here are some the reasons why an for over two months, israel has been conducting horrifying bombardment campaign against civilians in gaza using the most advanced fighter jets and bombs, including internationally banned ones, many of which have been acquired from the west. The regime has been targeting residential buildings, hospitals, schools and even un aid facilities, massacring garsons, including thousands of children and newborn babies, but victory cannot be established from the air. The situation is different on the ground. Israeli forces remain bogged down in the vicinity of gaza as hamasas alqassam brigades keep inflicting more and more losses on them on the battlefield. In terms of tactics, the Palestinian Resistance fighters are known to be running kind of a ghost army against israel. In fact, they have no military barracks, no airbases, no uh Radar Systems, no electronic surveillance equipment. No naval installations and no Railway Network for israel to target, but the resistance fighters have not stood ideally by under the siege. Instead, they have developed a Sophisticated Network of underground tunnels facilitating their movements and transfer of arms across the gaza strip free from israeli surveillance, besides storing a good number of rockets and missiles produced at home. Various videos coming out from the classes show fighters coming out of nowhere, targeting Israeli Military, destroying their tanks and then just vanishing into thin air. Even the rockets and missiles that hamas pours on israel or mere homemade projectiles that use no Radar Systems to accurately reach their targets, but many of the same projectiles have successfully penetrated the much publicized iron dome system and hit deep inside the occupied cities as far as tel aviv. In general, hamas and other Palestinian Resistance. Factions have successfully been using gorilla war tactics to resist the brutal israeli occupation, which is actually the main reason behind their creation. On the other hand, hamas and other resistance groups in gaza are not the one and only headache for the Israeli Regime. Israel faces host of threats from all round the occupied territories, from the north, the powerful hezballah resistance group, which is known as lebanons defacto army, has been aiding hamas as of its support for the palestinian cause against occupation. It has been engaging telavivs military in a tactic that hispalah leader sasan nasrulah says is aimed at keeping israel busy on the Northern Front and preventing the regime from staying focused on gaza. Many of the settler units near the lebanese border have already been evacuated. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military is at the same time forced to keep an eye out on Palestinian Refugee camps in the. West bank as well, the regime routinely a daily basis sends out forces in palestinian neighborhoods to suppress armed struggles and protests against the occupation and bloodshed in gaza. Israels main supporter, main ally, the us has also been in trouble due to its staunch support for tel avivs Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in gaza. Over the past weeks uh there has been a sharp rise in raids on American Military basis in iraq and syria by fighters who sympathize with the palestinian cause and in response there has been increasing calls in washington for the white house to protect u. S. Interest by stopping israel. From the economic aspect, israel has also been paying huge cost for the war. It has been estimated that the fiscal deficit uh for israels 2023 is going to be 3. 7 up from the earlier estimates of 1. 1 . Recently, the regime estimated the initial cost of the ongoing gaza war at around 191 billion checkles, which amounts to 51 billion, up from earlier estimation of nearly 1 63 billion shekels, which amounts to 44 billion. Furthermore, israels Central Bureau of statistics earlier estimated that around 750,000 israeli were absent from the workforce due to the gaza conflict, figure that represents nearly 18 of the countrys workforce. This is while the regimes finance officials had already said the tax revenues were falling even before the outbreak of the gaza war in october. Whats erking the Israeli Regime. Even more is the popular protests inside the occupied territories and all over the world. In the past weeks, large crowds of demonstrators have been rallying in a show of solidarity with palestine in cities across europe, the middle east, the United States and asia, to condemn the israeli onslot against gaza. The growing antiisrael sentiments worldwide has doubled the pressure on the regime. The regime is not even at peace among it. Its own settlers. Amid the war, many israelis have been holding large gatherings in tel aviv and elsewhere against the policies of the hawkish administration of Prime Minister netanyahu and calling on him to step down. Among the israelis, netanyahu is widely blamed for the security threats facing the regime. He is also criticized for what is called his poor performance in dealing with the case of the israelis in the custody of hamas. Another factor. Has caught israel completely off guard is the hoothi ansarah Resistance Movement in yemen, which has openly declared war on the occupying regime. Observers were initially questioning the capabilities of the yemenes in harming israel until they seized an israeli own commercial vessel in the strategic boblelmandup straight, and what do you think was the reaction of the invincible Israeli Military to the seizure . Nothing so far. Yemens brave move has forced. Ships to change maritime roots and pay higher transit fees. With all that said, it is now clear why the Israeli Military is still struggling and seem to be lost on the battlefield against the Palestinian Resistance. The leader of the Islamic Revolution ali khamenei said the ultimate victory will be for palestine without any doubt, and that statement seems to match with what Many Political analyst. Are saying today about the future of palestines fight against occupation in the wake of the alaqsa storm. French influence is rapidly eroding over its former colonies in africa. Since the 19th century, french colonization had culminated a monopolized sphere of influence in west africa. France is only using its presence in these regions especially the sahel. Region for his own benefit to control our mineral resources. West africans are gradually rejecting french influence and they are blaming these former colonial master for the rampant poverty and insecurity in the region. Cossum marta, Lieutenant General sulaimani. He was born in village and became a shepherd when he was five. As teenager, he decided to become an irgc force, a commander who always liked to be considered fighter. War on drugs in eastern iran, friendly relations with iraqi kurdistan, the effective role in the 33day war in lebanon and Training Forces who stood up against Daesh Militants and defended iraq and syria. Kassam was present wherever he was needed, even amid floods in sovern iran. I return a few days ago from egypt, on the flight, i wrote a letter to the children of gaza, and i would like to close my talk with this letter. Dear child, it is past midnight. I am flying at hundreds of miles an hour in the darkness, thousands of feet over the atlantic ocean. Im traveling to egypt. I will go to the border of gaza at rafa. I go because of you. You have never been in a plane. You have never left gaza. You know only the densely packed streets and alleys, the concrete hovels, you know only the security barriers and fences patrolled by soldiers that surround gaza. Planes for you are terrifying fighter jets, attack helicopters, drones, they circle above you, they drop missiles and bombs. Deafining explosions, the ground shakes, buildings fall, the dead, the screams, the muffled calls for help from beneath the rubble, it does not stop, night and day, trapped under the piles of smashed concrete, your playmates, your schoolmates, your neighbors, gone, in seconds, you see the chalky faces and limp bodies when they are dug out. I am a reporter, it is my job to see this. You are a child, you should never see this. The stench of death, rotting corpses under the broken concrete, you hold your breath, you. Cover your mouth with a cloth, you walk faster, your neighborhood has become a graveyard, all that was familiar is gone, you stare in amazement, you wonder where you are, you are afraid, explosion after explosion, you cry, you cling to your mother or father, you cover your ears, you see the white light of the missile and wait for the blast. Why do they kill children . What did you do . Why cant anyone protect you . Will you be wounded . Will you lose leg or an arm . Will you go blind or be in a wheelchair . Why were you born . Was it for something good . Or was it for this . Will you grow up . Will you be happy . What will it be like without your friends . Who will die next . Your mother, your father, your brothers and sisters, someone you know will be injured soon. Someone you know will die soon. At night you lie in the dark on the cold cement floor, the phones are cut, the internet is off, you do not know what is happening. There are flashes of light, there are ways. Of blast concussions, there are screams, it does not stop, when your father or mother hunts for food or water, you wait, that terrible feeling in your stomach, will they come back, will you see them again, will your tiny home be next, will the bombs find you, are these your last moments on earth, you drink salty, water, it makes you very sick, your stomach hurts, you are hungry, the bakeries are destroyed, there is no bread, you eat one meal a day, pasta, cucumber, soon, this will seem like feast, you do not play with your soccer ball made of rags, you do not fly your kite made from old newspapers, you have seen foreign reporters, we wear flack jackets with the word press written on them, we have helmets, we have cameras, we drive jeeps, we appear after bombing or shooting, we sit over a coffee for a long time and talk to the adults, then we disappear, we do not usually interview children, but ive done interviews when groups of you crowded around us, laughing, pointing, asking us to take your picture, i have been bombed by jets in gaza, i have been bombed in other wars, wars that happened before you were born, i too was very, very scared, i still have dreams about it, when i see the pictures of gaza, these wars were turned. To me with a force of thunder and lightning. I think of you, all of us, weve been to war, hate war most of all, because of what it does to children. I tried to tell your story. I tried to tell the world that when you are cruel to people, week after week, month after month, year after year. Decade after decade, when you deny People Freedom and dignity, when you humiliate and trap them an openair prison, when you kill them as if they were beasts, they become very angry, they do to others, what was done to them, told it over and over, i told it for seven years, few. Listened, and now this. There are very brave palestinian journalists. 50 of them have been killed since this bombing began. They are heroes. So are the doctors and nurses in your hospitals . So are the un workers, almost a hundred of whom have been killed. So are the ambulance drivers and medics. So are the rescue parties. Lift up the slabs of concrete with their hands, so are the mothers and fathers who shield you from the bombs, but we are not there, not this time, we cannot get in, we are locked out, reporters from all over the world are going to the Border Crossing at rafa, we are going becuse because we cannot watch this slaughter and do nothing, we are going because hundreds of people are dying a day, including over 100 children. We are going because this genocide must stop. We are going because we have children like you, precious, innocent, loved. We are going because we want you to live. I hope one day we will meet. You will be adult, i will be an old man. Although to you, i am already very old. In my dream for you, i will find you free, and safe and happy. No one will be. Trying to kill you, you will fly in airplanes filled with people, not bombs. You will not be trapped in a concentration camp. You will see the world, you will grow up and have children. You will become old. You will remember this suffering, but you will know it means you must help others who suffer. This is my hope, my prayer. We have failed you, this is the awful guilt we carry. We tried, but we did not try hard enough. It will go to raffa, many of us, reporters, he will stand outside the border with gaza, and protest, we were right and filmed. This is what we do, it is not much, but it is something, you will tell your story again, maybe it will be enough earn the right to ask for your forgiveness, thank you
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