Hello and welcome live from tehran, you turning to press tvs world news, im marsia hashim, thanks so much for being with us. Well, israel says it has conducted a barage of airstrikes and artillery fire on gaza, targeting over 1,000 locations. Regime says the strikes have hit many multistory buildings causing significant damage. Israeli assaults on the gotsa strip have claimed f 560 lives since saturday, more than 2,900 palestinians have also been injured. The un says the number of this place individual in gaza has surpassed 123,000 since the conflict erupted. Meantime, Hamas Resistance Movement says its fighters captured more Israeli Soldiers on the second day of the alaxa flood operation. Resistance fighters have targeted israeli cities with thousands of in missiles. They have also breached the gaza. Barrier fence and infiltrated into Israeli Occupied territories, gaining control over vast areas near the barrier. The unprecedented offensive has left at least 800 israelis dead and nearly 2400 injured. And of you see breaking news, Israeli Occupation military pounds southern lebanon with artillery fire uh then military copters, of course were following that story again as the. Israeli regime says that it is uh pounding southern lebanon with artillery fire. Were watching that story. Well bring you more information as we get it in. Well, of the leader of the gaza base resistance movement, islamic jahad, says the only way for israel to cut its losses, is to admit defeat and give in to palestinian demands. In a televisor address. Zayat said resistance fighters are Holding Dozens of israelis, including 30 by the Islamic Jihad alone. He said they will only be released if israel freees all palestinian prisoners. Nahala said the israeli army is weaker than many believe and the Palestinian Resistance fighters humiliated it during operation alaxa flod. He added that israel cannot break the will of the palestinian fighters now by destroying their homes and are killing civilians. The Islamic Jihad chief stress that these crimes would instead add to the palestinian strength a and resolve. Well staying with the story, Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman has slammed as unacceptable the western support for israel and its aggression on the gaza strip. Unfortunately, were still witnessing that there are certain parties that have always been supportive of daily crimes perpetrated of by the zionists. Oppressed, and regardless of the infringement change the positions of the oppressor and the of 75 years infringement of the palestinian rights by userper regime, and without taking head of all. These crimes committed the uh decades before, by design against the Palestinian People, so in the recent developments, they are Still Standing by the side of the oppressor and go to its support against the palestinian nation. Cana said in his weekly press her that the us and some european governments are resorting to psychological warfare against palestinians and seek to oppose the oppressor. As the oppress, he added that western governments have closed their eyes to israeli crimes and brutalities. Canany also hailed the substantial Global Support for palestinians and their resistance, by muslim countries. He called on muslim nations to step up their political and spiritual support. Cannony also called for an emergency meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation over the developments in gaza. Again more breaking news at the bottom of your screen a Lebanese Resistance forces block israeli troops infiltration attempt into the Southern Region. Of aljalil again the Lebanese Resistance forces that block israeli troops infiltration attempt into the Southern Region of aljalil and of course we are again following that story very closely. Well the iranian president has expressed support for what he calls the palestinians legitimate selfdefense. In message to the palestinian nation, abraham said the Israeli Regime and its supporters are responsible. And must answer for endangering the security of regional nations, he said the events unfolding in israel illustrate that tyranny and injustice against palestinians and the desecration of alaxamask wont last forever and will provoke resistance. Rice stress that equations have changed and war mongering is to the detriment of israelis while palestinians emerge victorious. Earlier ray discussed the developments in palestine in separate phone calls with israel. Hannah and ziad anahala, Senior Leaders of Palestinian Resistance movements, hamas and the islamic jahad. Irans mission to the United Nations has healed palestinians antiisrael operation as legitimate defense against decades of oppressive occupation and henus crimes committed by the regime. The mission a statement said the Islamic Republic continues its unflinching support for palestine, but the operation flood has been carried out solely by Palestinian Resistance groups. It also said that the success of the operation is testimony of the Israeli Regimes biggest failure. Irans un mission added that israel finds it difficult to accept this defeat at the hands of the palestinian groups. It said israelis are rather attempting to justify their failure and to attribute it to irans intelligence power and operational plan. A wellinformed official in the Palestinian Resistance groups speaks of some Israeli Forces assisting the uh with the flood operation against the occupy regime in a report published by irans tasneem website. Palestinian official gave new information on Israeli Soldiers cooperating with resistance groups since long ago. All the report says the information provided by Regime Forces was use in operation alaxa storm to infiltrate Israeli Military bases around gaza. A collaboration was not limited to intelligence. It also included supplying equipment to Palestinian Resistance groups. Well, the collaborators are known as the palestinian secret army, palestinian secret army that are responsible for taking weapons from israeli warehouses. Well, were going to cross. Over to South Lebanon now were joined by press tvs mariam sale. Mariam, good to see you. There have been a few different reports about various attacks uh in southern lebanon. Um, i want to talk about that, that israel has reported uh, first of all, that some helicopters have killed at least two gunmen, it said, who cross the border from lebanon on monday. Um, just give me any information that you have on this situation. Well actually the issue is a bit perplex as you know when hezball conducts any operation uh they clearly recognize it, they issue a statement and so on. Yesterday we did have specific operations uh against three of the military bases of the israelis and occupied for shuba hills and the shabat farms. So that was very clearly uh hizballahs message and as you know hizballah usually does things after uh after mediculation mediculously studying and they know exactly what they are doing, we also have palestinian factions in labanon that of course have that enthusiasm when it comes to supporting palestine and supporting their own hometown, so therefore up until now we do not believe that in those infiltrated the area of galile are in any way linked to hazballah directly, however what we are seeing right now is lot of shelling from the israelis, mostly on the border side uh there are homes, but up until now what we know is in the area of um specifically and those areas we have lot of shelling, there is was one home that was actually. Evacuated um and that was hit after it was evacuated uh luckily so therefore up until now we dont have any civilian casualties um and in the last two days since the beginning of this the operation of the flood of aqsa um the israelis took measures of course in northern occupied palestine uh we saw that especially yesterday after hazballahs operation and the forshuupa hills uh we saw that there were tens of buses removing the settlers from that area, so what northern occupied policy looks like today is basically just huge military post, you only have soldiers there that are rarely seen actually, um, they have emptied it out, they have also declared that the majority of uh socalled civilian settlers in that area have been evacuated, they have left the area since the israelis do. Here some sort of uh support, hezbollah has clearly said, it will not stay on the sideline, it will support the palestian resistance, if the israelis do decide to launch new onslot, of course in light of the hysteria that the israelis are living light of this very mass surprise that they are living whether in the outskirts of of ghaza or the fact that they are dodging rockets a daily basis, that could probably lead them to launching an ons lot not only against gaza, but perhaps even against southern lebanon, that would definitely require a retaliation from hezballahs resistance, and so therefore they have taken measures to remove their settlers from the northern occupied uh settlement area, so therefore it is completely empty, but we have so far just some um squirmishes here and there, and those crashes that took place with unknown um armed men, we also know that they per the israelis claim that they hit a tower for hazballah, this is yet to be confirmed, hezballah has not confirmed that, so we are still of course following up the situation bit by bit, but there is a possibility that it does escalate somewhat in that area, although experts believe that israel is incapable of fighting two fronts at the moment. Okay, as im speaking to you, marian, we have a split screen here, one showing the plums of. Coming up in gaza and on the other side on the lebanon israeli border. Uh, tell me about the the frequencies the the bombing there on the border . Well, so up until now we had um the last hour we had several bomb shells fall into South Lebanon. We can talk about tens of artillery fire or um if if not um warplanes uh shelling that air. Area, this is what we know so far, it seems that the israelis are hesitant as they have been in the last um decade or so basically trying to move away from civilian areas since they do comprehend and are apprehensive of the fact that the Lebanese Resistance uh could fulfill its um its promise and as they had warned that if civilians are touched, if any civilian is killed in South Lebanon, i think we would see different stance from uh from hezbollah. So far, like i said, we dont have civilian casualties, but we do have lot of showing, whether that will extend further, its not clear, if we may look at the strategic um, issue here, is that we can see transformation that we saw that is even wider and more dramatic than what we saw in the year 2000, which clearly was the uh, basically the death the socalled illusion of the invincible army, then in 2006 we had the the fact that the israels are incapable of launching a ground war, which they are threatening the the palestinis to do now inside gaza, now you have the death of not only the fact that they are incapable of launching grand war, they are concapable of defending themselves, even they are incapable of the fact of any sort of deterrents um so this is this was the case that we were basically is being tested by the palestinians um now as you know since before, since after the excuse me, the 2006 war, and even before the martterdom of military commander, hajmad, we know that there were plans and that was put forth by hajmad, that if needd if needed be, the resistance would actually have to in itself invade the galile uh and that was one of the plans that were put forth, and it seems that of course, was one who brought it to the Palestinian Resistance, Palestinian Resistance, as you know. Coordinates very closely um with hezbollahs resistance and they do actually take a lot of training from hezbollah and from the islam republic of iran, in addition to the expertise uh that they learn. From them and that is one of the issues which is basically to have the initiative, they are the ones who are holding the initiative in their hands right now, the palestinians and so it seems that it has started on the palestinian side, depending on the measure, it will be taken by the israelis and even the americans, the americans are not only supporting the israelis when it comes to the military machines that theyre providing, all the support that theyre providing, if they do launch any sort of measure um whether near lebanon, i think has will take a harsher stance, i believe uh in that respect. Up until now we we know that the situation is back to normal in South Lebanon, there is calm now, but were not sure if in the upcoming uh minutes or hours we might see any development, well let you know about that. Okay, well definitely were following that closely and well be in touch with you, we have breaking news that at least four uh israelis have been injured and two palestinians there killed, actually on that lebanese israeli border, well find out exactly what is going on, what that means and again were switching back to gaza as we are seeing uh more uh plums of smoke that have uh gone up and of course weve been seeing that regularly throughout the day, right now the cameras have focus, im not sure on exactly what, but we have seen um continual bombing throughout the day, the use of phosphorus bombs and there we see two more. Explosions there going off and plums of smoke going up in gaza uh as this area is under extreme pressure by the Israeli Regime in this very densely populated area. Im going to cross over to norway now and welcome john stepling, author and commentator to this part of the program. John, thanks so much for joining us. John, just your overall assessment of what has taken place in the last. 48 hours, well, its a its a pretty significant uh, a pretty significant couple of days, and and of course the media immediately is saturated with multiple conflicting stories, narratives about why and how this happened, the the conspiracies, understandably, these the. Conspiracy narratives are are multiple and all over social media and and legacy media, but the fact remains you dont see israeli generals being uh sort of purpwalked into custody um by gorilla fighters from hamas, you dont see that every day, its a staggering um, it its a staggering image and and is going to uh live on. For quite a while, just that alone. Uh, the the western media is is treating this as a horrific terror attack. Ive rarely seen actually the the level of um, whats the word . The imagery employed by by you know the leading paper, new york times, london times, la times, etc. , cnn, nbc, on there is ever of this, okay, can you hear me bause were having some technical difficulties, let me see if we can uh work out your audio, can you start all over again, let me make sure the audio is fixed, let me see how its going. Okay, viewers, youre looking at again, another explosions just taken place there uh in gaza, as it seemed a bit larger than the previous one, um, we have seen apartment towers uh, basically collapsing over the last couple of days and so many buildings that have been um hit in gaza uh over the last couple of days, the latest figures that we have. At least 124,000, 124,00 gazans have been displaced, internally displaced, internally displaced, again youre looking at those plums of smoke again after another explosion has gone off in gaza, and i i want to uh talk about again, just point out that uh netanyahu had said the gazans should flee, but of course there is nowhere for them to go in this. Area that has been under siege for 16 years, no bomb shelters, nowhere to flee, just uh being bombed continuously. John, hopefully i have you back, hopefully the audio. Is the better go ahead with your comments . Yeah, i hope it it works this time. Um, uh, the the the main point, and you just touched it is that uh, the Palestinian People in gaza have nowhere to run to. They are under constant surveillance, constant pressure, constant control, uh, they they have nowhere to go, theyre they cant go fishing past a certain point or their. Are shot, the the level of abuse and and um, sort of administrative restrictions is unprecedent, there nobody, nowhere else in history have you seen a people so completely controlled, mean israelis brag about this, they they say we we control everything that the people on the gaza strip do, they cant do anything without our say so, we decide. When they go someplace, when they return from that place, etc. , and as you say, theres no bomb shelters, theres no protection, and its the most densely populated chunk of land on earth, so uh, the, but the list of, ive been trying to talk to people over the last two days in the west, because because legacy media of course paints this as the you know the hamases savages and and part of huge. Terror cell that is going to you know destroy civilization and so forth. Um, nobody talks about the history, nobody goes back and talks about 1948, nobody talks about, mean pick, sabran shatila, you can pick any number of atrocities, it the list is endless, the fact that israeli snipers have crippled hundreds of teenagers on the beaches of gaza shooting at their. Feet and ankles, there was a famous story because it put israeli, the israeli Football Team in some jeperdy for being able to compete internationally because the outcry, but these are these are all drops in in a massive bucket of of israeli crimes, uh, it is, it is, you cant answer the question about justification without without address. That history, the history is so onesided and overwhelming, and and you know the United States of course supplies israel with with you, the vast majority of its weaponry, it throws money at israel much as it has thrown money at ukraine recently, but this with israel has gone on for 30 years and the the us vetos at the United Nations, any. Condemnation of israel gets blocked by the us, the us protects israel internationally from any kind of serious censure, and uh, they essentially have free reign to do what they want, well, let me just jump in here, john because you just talked about the us, and i want to look at the response by us President Joe Biden to all of this, saying that uh, us will stand by. Uh israel and will send warships and uh helicopters, i believe, and perhaps planes to, your perspective, i mean, what is going on in in his mind, that were talking about, for example, gaza, that our viewers are looking at right now, this heavily populated residential area, um, what do you think washington is planning on doing, what does it mean, well . I dont think much goes on in joe bidens mind, sadly, but loyd austin, made a statement the other day that that he is, he is moving the gerald ford, ford carrier fleet um, immediately to waters near uh gaza, for what purpose, as you point out, remains unclear, uh, is is the us going to help uh mount a ground force to . Invade gas, i mean in none of this makes a great deal of sense, but what i started to say before the connection was bad, is these are unprecedented images from the last couple of days, you dont see israeli generals being marched um by hamas into custody. This is a massive humiliation for for Israeli Intelligence and and the idf, and there have been rumors the last few years about an erosion in is it. Israeli intelligence, part of this is the influence of the settler movement, which netanyahu made, you know, part of the administration to save his career and keep himself. Out of jail probably uh, and that influence has had a has had very negative effect, so whatever the reason is, the the narrative of of israeli invincibility has taken a huge hit, they they they completely, if we take things at face value, this was an intelligence failure that was unprecedented, i mean just unthinkable, and because is unthinkable to many, it just breeds a certain kind of uh conspiracy mindset that well, maybe its a false flag by mosad, maybe its well, if it is, it is, it is next level cynical, because you dont, as i say, you dont see generals taken into custody every day, uh, ive never seen anything like, youre talking about, youve never seen anything like this, i want to look at the uh palestinian u um resistant side of things, what do you think it does for them because uh, yes, its true, the Israeli Regime is pounding gaza right now, but of course weve seen this almost an a regular basis, from time to time that they take out their anger on this strip, but at the same time weve never seen that the palestinians have never been able to um retake some of their. And uh, what is this do for that . You talked about the socalled invincible side of israel, that definitely uh, not being the case, and that image tarnished forever, destroyed forever. What does it do for the palestinian resistant side of things, that they have been able to carry this out right under the this major surveillant surveillant incity that watching them 24 7, so so what does that do for them you think . Well its and nobody could fall police for feel oh unfortunately john unfortunately john im going to interrupt you because again were having some audio difficulties that youre breaking up again viewers youre looking at these live images there coming out of gaza where we have been witnessing explosions throughout the day, plums of smoke again, once again going up, and as we see the smoke we have to understand that its coming from an explosion, an explosion which likely has hit a residential building, being that this is very densely populated area, where the death toll is continuing to rise, we have the last count that i have is 560 palestinians killed 20 900 injured um so far and as ive said that the bombings are continuing. We also saw the use of uh White Phosphorus earlier today White Phosphorus being a substance that uh just uh destroys the skin, sticks to the skin uh and it is and it is an internationally banned substance. John, i have you back for. Few more minutes, hopefully the idea will work, go ahead, continue where you were. Well, im just saying that its its empowering to palestinians, were seeing celebrations globally, perhaps very surprising to to the establishment in washington, and in other places, a surprising amount of support for the palestinians, were seeing palestinian flags everywhere on social media, this this speaks to i think israel having lost cont the narrative and they lost control of it several years ago, i think, and now this will, as you pointed out, forever tarnish a certain image of of israeli supernatural abilities in intelligence, and and and in the military, um, this was a massive screw up and and an embarrassing one, and of course palestinians are given some hope, and theyre going to enjoy this, and its going to make them more dangerous if youre looking at it from. The israeli site, israel is terrified right now, much as the United States has felt a desperation with all their recent failures, oh john, im so sorry to interrupt you, john, hold a bit, so sorry, viewers youre looking at, oh my gosh, i mean its unbelievable seeing the the the massive explosion that has just taken uh place in gaza um as we even saw debri just going up in the air