9 30 am in eurons capital tahran, this is press to be news. Thanks for joining us. Over five months into israels genocidal war in the gaza strip, the regime continues pounding the blockaded territory with indiscriminates air strikes on artillery fire. The Health Ministry in gaza says at least 63 people. Have been killed and 112 others wounded in the latest round of israeli attacks. At least 12 were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building and derobala in central of gaza. According to the ministry, israel prevents medical teams from reaching victims were still under the rubble. Meanwile israeli justs continue bombing residential buildings across the coastal strip, including gaza city. The suffering in gaza is not limited to just being targeted by bombs. According to unra, malnutrition and famon are striking northern gaza. And is now moving to southern areas, since the onset of israely war early october, over 31,500 palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children. The world or the head of the World Health Organization calls on israel not to launch a ground offensive on the Southern Gaza city of raffa, where 1. 5 million displaced palestinians have sought shelter. Said the escalation of. And ra will lead to many more deaths and suffering. He called on israel to refrain from the attack, saying that that should be done in the name of humanity. Tedros added that people in rafa are too fragile, hungry and sick to be moved around. On friday, the israely Prime Minister approved plans to assault rafa despite increasing International Calls to halt the military operations. President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed Muhammad Mustafa as the new Prime Minister of the palestinian authority. Mustafa is a us educated economist and former Senior World Bank official, replaced Muhammad Shataya who resigned three weeks ago, citing the emerging reality in the gaza strip. Our correspondent in ramala has interviewed some of the palestinians to have described the views about the newly appointed Prime Minister. Lets see what they add to say. Palestinians and we are the sons of this country, anyone who will be in charge of the government is supposed to respond to the demands and hopes of the people, so the issue of of bringing some politician to impose policies wont be welcomed, because we palestinians know very well what we want. For almost 30 years weve been waiting to have an independent state, but instead we have only moved from a bad situation to a worse. If we get the chance to have an independent state then we may witness. Better circumstances, otherwise we dont need any governments and lets return to the situation before 1987 before the first intifada, because literally we are held in a big prison divided into cantons. Were really frustrated, we dont expect that there will be any true change. What we are witnessing is a change of the names, there was dr. Hamdalah and then shatah came, but nothing really has changed except for. The politicians in charge. I dont think the coming cabinets will be able to rebuild gaza. Its not easy. We have no trust in any arab official whether here or from the arab countries, since what happened in gaza, we have lost hope and confidence everyone. To be honest, the majority of people here dont know Muhammad Mustafa, but its said that he is a man with great capabilities. We hope hell be able to form new government and succeed in choosing his ministers. The most important thing. Minister are not easy, so if he is not able to mobilize the countries all over the world to stand with us, then people are going to completely lose their trust in the government. Thisly forces have carried out fresh raids on several areas across the occupied west bank. Were not joined by a correspondent for more details. Well, good morning, tell us about the raids if you can, the israeli fo forces this morning had raided the town of yabad south jene and arrested a palestinian who had been shot and wonded by the Israeli Forces several days ago. The israeli troops also stormed napolis and mainly the old town of napolis for several Hours Exchange of fire had taken place between members of the Resistance Groups and the Israeli Forces later the. The palestinian aqsa marters brigades, the the arm doing issued a statement saying that their members and their fighters clashed with the Israeli Forces and the the the members succeeded to detonate explosive devices Israeli Military vehicles that stormed the old town of napolis in the the town of tonia, west ramalah, the Israeli Forces stormed this town and they raided or they stormed number of palestinian homes there and the number of palestinians had been detained from beitunia as well. Inkariia, this time the israels have stormed the town of nabi elias and they set up a military checkpoint and additional checkpoint at entrance of nabi elias in qalqilia and arrested at least one palestinian. When he was passing through the military checkpoint to enter and nabi elyas town in west the Israeli Forces have also stormed this town and we have to mention that the israel have raided the old town of al khalil the south southern the occupied westb and they arrested four palestinians the grandfather his son and two of his grandchildren we have to mention that yesterday on saturday, a palestinian man called mahmoud noufell arrived at the al shuhada street in the old town of al khalil and opened fire at the israeli settlement of yahuda, he was shot and killed and his body has been confiscated, the the Resistance Group of hamas later issued a statement praising this operation and said or claimed responsibility for this operation saying that she. Mohammed nofel was one of its members and that he carried out this shooting for the sake of whats going on in the gaza strip and in defense of the palestinians by the number of palestinians who had been killed since the 7th of october is 435 palestinians only in the occupied west bay and we have to mention that the number of those who had been arrested by the Israeli Forces is today over 700. And 600 palestinians. Thank you very much for that. We appreciate it mona. From occupied romala. Thank you. The Senior Leader the Palestinian Resistance moved hamas says the group is waiting for response to a cfar proposal from israel and the us, the regimes main accomplice to the gaza genocide. Asama hamdan said the initiative put forward by hamas is a relie realistic one with clear details. He said that it provides for a swap of captives in gaza and palestinian abductees and the withdraw of Israeli Forces from gaza. Hamdan said the Palestinian Movement had during negotiations called for an end to the onslot, the return of refugees, the dispatch of aid to gaza and the start of the reconstruction of the strip. Hamdan touched upon the divisions within the Israeli Regime on the war and added that tel aviv has achieved none of his declared objectives despite the atrocities committed in gaza. He said that hamas has told intermediaries that acts of aggression against gaza must stop. Is. Systematic torture and abusive treatment of palestinian prisoners have claimed the live of another inmate. According to palestinian officials, 26yearold juma abu qanima died in an israeli prison after suffering Serious Health condition that required hospitalization. His death brings to 13, the number of prisoners who died in israeli jails due to torture and medical negligence since october 7. In the statement, Palestinian Prisoner Society said israel has significantly increased his torture and systematic medical. Negligence against palestinian detainees in the past months. Israel keeps over 9,00 palestinians in jails, many of them under the socalled administrative detention, controversial and internationally condem policy allows the regime to keep palestinians behind bars for an indefinite period of time without trial. Thousands of israelies have once again rallied and televive to protest Benjamin Netanyahu over his failure to secure the release of captives in gaza. Protesters urged netanyahu to resign and called for Holding Early elections. They vote to continue their protests until all captives netanyahu has been in hot water over his handling of the gaza war. Israel has so far failed to release any of the captives by military means. It has also failed to achieve any of the stated goals of the war. Israel has been the scene of anti netanu rallies for months. The israel premier is embroiled in series of scandals. His charges, among others include fraud and the breach of trust in three cases filed in 2019. Well, i think a lack of tech workers is the least of israels problems right now. Look, were committed to win the war, were going to win the war regardless of anything, uh, and i think that the when people. Look at the economics of israel, they want to make sure first of all were secure city and country, so our security is economic element, if hamas thinks that were going to end this with them returning to power, theyre wrong. The far bigger problem it faces is first of all, its military challenge and the resistance on every front. Welcome back to the news here on press tv. Israely war planes have carried out fresh air strikes on syria targeting damascus countryside. According to the syrian military, the missiles were launched from the direction of the occupied Golden Heights added that the countrys air defense. Intercepted and shot down some of the missiles, the offensive resulted in one soldier being injured and some material losses. The israel regime frequently targets the world ravaged arab country, particularly areas in and around damascus. The Syrian Government has on numerous occasions called on the un to force the Israeli Regime to stop its acts of aggression. Damascus says the assaults are in violation of international law, aimed at propping up terrorists. New propalestine rally has been organized in rome, this as the italian defense minister has confirmed romes arms exports to israel have continued despite a block announced last year. Max jubilee has more for rome. On saturday, thousands of people joined a new rally in the italian capital organized among the others by the movement of the palestinian students and the association of the palestinians in italy, the initiative dubbed, stop the genocide, also saw the participation of High School Students and families, people at the rally strongly condemned italys unwavering support to the Israeli Regime. Italy, that claims to be democratic nation, is a country where the government goes against the peoples will, prophets always come first even when a genocide is taking place. Im teaching my kids to never give. Up the fight and to never accept being submitted. The italian defense minister guido croseto has recently said that rome has continued to export arms to israel despite assurances last year that the government was blocking such sales following tel avivs invasion of the gaza strip. Some italian media reports recently revealed that despite the italian governments denials, the value of arms sales to israel more than tripled in december. 23 compared with the same month in 2022 and december last year was the peak of israeli bombardments on the gaza strip. Western governments have been systematically supporting zionism and israels criminal regime, not withstanding the protest again israels crimes that have been taking place across the globe. Italys support to tel aviv must stop once and for all. A solution to the onslot in gaza could be found if the International Community stopped militarily support in israel, italy its side has been actively. Israel through companies such leonard and others, if we dont make sure that the palestinians right to selfdetermination is protected and nothing will ever change. Earlier this week, more protests and initiatives in solidarity with the besieged palestinians were held in several italian cities, including milan and naples. Max chivili prest tv, rome. Hundreds of austrians have taken. The streets of the capital vienna to once again condemn the us Israel Genocide in gaza. Waving palestin. Flags, the demonstrators gathered at vienna city center, the demonstration was part of the israeli apartide we called by the bds movement, which promotes boycots against israeli products and Multinational Companies linked to the regime. Protesters said taking part in the rally was their contribution to solidarity with gaza. They said the European Countries are complicit to the israeli crimes. They also call for immediate ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. Our correspondent attended the rally and interviewed some of the demonstrators. Lets see what they had to say. We are demonstrating here because today is the 160th day of the genocide, they now propose the new idea of bringing relief supplies to gaza by ship, but i think the real plot is to drive out the people in gaza by ship again like 1948. The second thing is that we are here to say that the genocide and the starvation must stop, aid supply. Must be brought in through the land crossings and not by air or ship. The us has the power to demand that from israel. We are also here to demand immediate end to the occupation. Im here to support a justice cause, which is palestine, especially during those time, were just as is being hijacked by those who control the power and they misrepresenting what we, what humans should do, how they should. Support each other whether the east, west, north, south, doesnt matter, at this particular time is not about west and east, its about to be with just with be with human, and palestine is not for palestinian us, for every human being, is for everyone who suffers in this world who feels whats human to be. I am here because i am an antifascist, and as an antifascist i have to be an antizionist, and to stand, i have to stand with the Palestinian Resistance for the colonization of palest. Sign and we have uh we are unconditionally solid sol solidar with the palestine and palestinian solidarity and if you uh take seriously the claim to decolonize the world and the global south you have to stand with palestine i come to these protests because when i was 14 or 15 um had to introduce the topic of uh you know the the gaza conflict to my class in school, so before we got any of the kind of propaganda that they do teach in schools here, i got to do my own research and did, and i think like anyone who does even a half hour of research on the subject, i very quickly kind of recognized the horrors and ever since then its been very dear to my heart, and now with everything thats happening, im just glad that there are people that are coming every. The us presence on the territory of the republic of niger is illegal and violates all the constitutional and democratic rules which would require the sovereign people in particular through its elected representatives to be. The government revoked with immediate effect the military accord that allows military personnel and civilian staff from the Us Department of defense on the soil. The declaration came just day after a senior us delegation left niger following a threeday visit to renew contact between the two countries. Us relations with niger faces challenges after a military coup alted the western back president in the african. Last year, however, the us still stations a desert drone base. Niger has previously severed military ties former colonizer, france. Itch. In the country to withdraw after nearly decade. Voters across russia are casting their ballots in the final day of a president ial election that is all but certain to extend president Vladimir Putins rule by another six years. Voting took place at polling stations across russias 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 3day election that will continue until sunday. In the run up to the vote, putin boasted about battlefield successes in ukraine, where the Russian Troops have recently made gains. He also cited economic growth, saying the countrys economy has proven to be resilient despite western sanctions. Puts victory appears highly probable, as none of the three other candidates in the race is a prominent challenger. The current election marks the eighth president ial election in russia. This will be putins. Joint hydroelectric projects will soon be inaugurated, giving it another boost to their bilateral relations. The announcement was made during the azerbaijany Energy Ministers recent visit to tehran. Gisumi shahmedi has more. A growing Strategic Partnership between azerbaijan and iran in the Energy Sector on full display. A collab operation that promises to Bolster Economic Development and Energy Security beyond 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 rs 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 atas river, vital waterway on the iran azerbaijan border with construction progress reported at 96 . Dam uh is uh providing for the water reservoir, it is 1. 6 billion cubic meters of resource, the klz galaxy is a little. Bit uh smaller, its only 50 thousand, but together it is, its also make already uh the big amount of Water Resources, at the same time we together for two countries have 280 megawatts uh of uh Electricity Generation projection. The strategic importance of these hydroelectric projects extends beyond National Benefits signaling move towards Greater Energy independence and regional cooperation. Including the creation of an energy bridge linking azerbaijan, iran and russia by connecting iran and russias power grids through the republic of azerbaijan. This follows decisions made two weeks ago during the 17th iranrussia joint Economic Commission in tehran to boost economic relations in different fields. This joint project can not only allow us to expand cooperation in hydroelectric power, but it can also pave the way for more projects that we intend to collaborate on. Managing shared Water Resources for Energy Production lays the ground workork for more mutually beneficial cooperation, which is why the president s of both countries will be attending the inaugural ceremony. The projects are in the final stages, promising a significant boost in iranazerbaijan bilateral relations, all in line with president Ibrahim Raisis policy to expand relations with neighboring countries. Gisum shah madi press tv, tehran. Is for this additional world news, thanks for being with us, this byebye for now, bismillahirrahmanirrahim. ونحن نسبح بحمدك ونقدس لك قال اني اعلم ما لا تعلمون، وعلم ادم الاسماء كلها، ثم عرضهم على الملائكه فقال، فقال انزئوني. When israel began its aggression against the palestinians in the gaza strip, it didnt anticipate the resistance fighters of hamas to put up such a fight. Now after five months of this onslot, his economy is doing so poorly that he needs to pull his reservis from the battlefield to help it with his economy, while going after more money to continue the genocidal war. Hi, im kaviy, welcome to economic divide. Coming up in this program, were going to take a look at the israeli economy, the key sectors that have been affected, also the large gdp trop uh that was. 19. 4 and the lack of investments which has affected large segments the society, including the labor shortage. Then israels tax sector, something that has been