Hello everyone, its 5 am in the besieg gaza strip and youre watching press tv world news. Israels genocidal war in ghaza is now its 160th day with the regime continuing to pound the blockaded territory with more air strikes and artillery fire. Israel strike hit an unra Aid Distribution Center in the Southern City of rafa, leaving five palestinians dead, and israely forces also open fire a group of palestinians waiting for aid in northern gaza, killing at least six and injuring over 80 others. A regime air ray targeted a home in the jabalia refugee camp, killing a civilian and leaving several injured, and in rafa, two civilians were killed and number of others injured after israely forces bombed their vehicle. The gaza health. Ministry says nearly 31,300 palestinians, mostly women and children, have so far been killed in israely genocide since early october, over 73,00 others have been injured. Us decision to build a temporary port off gazas mediterranean coast is a misleading measure a
Hello and welcome, youre watching world news on press tv, coming to you live from our headquarters in tehran. Thank you for joining us, my name is gisum shahmadi and these are top stories this hour. The United Nations has warned that israel could be using starvation as a weapon in its genocidal war against gaza by blocking the desperately needed aid into the war battered strip. The extent of israels continued restrictions on the entry of aid into gaza together with the manner in which it continues to conduct hostilities may amount to the use of starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime. The clock is ticking, everyone, especially those with influence, must insist that israel acts to facilitate the unimpeded entry and distribution of. Needed humanitarian assistance to end starvation and avert all risk of famine. The un rights chief also decide the rampant hunger and looming femin in gaza. He further lemented the wars inaction in the face of what he described as a manmade catast
Palestinians trying to pray at alamask on the first friday of ramadan. In other news, australia reinstates funding to the key un aid agency, anrua admit concerns about the worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza. In the us, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer calls for a partide israel to hold elections to replace Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Also, in the us, the Treasury Department announces new sanctions against three settlers and two illegal outposts. In the occupied west bank, and here in the uk, the government targets several muslim groups with the new definition of extremism. It comes after months of National Protests calling for of immediate ceasefire in gaza. Joining me to discuss all of that and more in the studio, latin american political analyst isaak bijo and via skype from new york, United States, Ashish Prasar. Ashish is a political strategist and a spokesperson for gaza voices and a former. Advisor to the uks middle east peace envoy, tony blair. Welcome to you both.
Only weekly tv show thats dedicated to investigating and exposing the Israeli Regimes global war against solidarity with the illegally occupied people of palestine. In this weeks show well be inspecting the role of zinus spirings on Us University campuses who are using covert methods to stamp out criticism of israel and crush pro palestine student groups. Akra has this report about how these zinest agents manipulate us and influence us politicians, listen to nancy pelosi at the end of january this year, and what we have to do is try to stop the suffering and gossip, this is women and children, people dont have a place to go, so lets address that, but for them to call for a cease fire is mr. Putins message, mr. Putins message, make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see, and then. I think some of these, some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere, some i think are connected uh to russia, and i say that having of looked at this for a long
Hello and welcome, youre watching world news on press tv, coming to you live from our headquarters in tehran. Thank you for joining of us. My name is gisum shah ahmadi and these are top stories this hour. The gaza strip is reeling from endless israeli bombardment with its people remaining in a state of despair and agony. The regime has carried out fresh attacks across the territory, including in arafa, where at least 14. Theres no safe area, theyre saying that this is safe area, but there are no safe areas, theyre hitting in every direction, they dont care about people, theyre hating everywhere. A number of others were also injured in the air strikes on arafa and central gaza, israels artillery shell, the vicinity of both nusiat and burej refugee camps, several neighborhoods in gaza city, were bombed as well. Israel unleashed genocide in gaza early october, over 31,800 palestinians have been killed, so far, most of them women and children. The war rages on while galzens. Observing the