the headlines, un humanitarian chief issues serious warning about the consequences of israel's ground invasion of rafa saying that it could lead to a slaughter. south africa says israel's ground invasion of rafa would be serious breach of the jet. convention and the icg's rooming on the gaza onslot and also in our headlines, secretary general of lebanon tesla says, the resistance movements attacks on israel only end when the aggression on the gauza strip stops.

hello and welcome everybody, it's 8:30 am here in the iranian capital tehran, you're watching press tv's world news. our top story for this half hour, israel presses ahead with its bombing campaign in the gaza strip, taking the lives of more civilians in the besieg territory. the regime fired artillery of at the city of hunyunas cutting off electricity to nasa hospital where thousands are sheltering. israel is ordered people to evacuate from the medical complex while of regime forces continue bombing areas around the hospital. israeli snipers are also hitting civilians in the yards of nasa hospital on monday, two mosks as well as an islamic university in the southern city of rafa were also targeted by israeli strikes resulting in dozens of casualties. nearly 28,500 palestinians have been killed mostly women and children since the regime launched its onslot on gaza early october. our correspondent tin gaza motiabu mosabet.

joined us earlier from the central city of deral balah with more details on the latest israeli attacks on the beside strip. at the last couple of hours, the israeli occupation forces intensified their attacks against several areas of gaza strip, despite uh that the all the all eyes are tained into rafa city, the israel incubation forces over the last hour uh attacked gaza city uh relentlessly. and intensely and let me say that as we speak these moments, the israeli war blains attacked a residental building and a zawaida refugee camp, it is located in the surrounding areas of balah city, apparently there are multiple palestinan causalities left behind that attack because the ambulances moved uh moments ago to the place to that place where that residental building was attacked. by the israeli war planes in

gaza city, as i have just mentioned that the israeli war planes uh targeted several residental buildings, particularly in arimal neighborhood and square, multiple residental buildings were flattened over the lentest israeli air strikes, in addition to that, several uh palestinian civilian cars uh were also targeted by the israeli fighter drones uh leaving dozens of the palestinians at least. uh six palestinian civilians were killed over those attacks. when it comes to the southern part of gaza's trip, we are talking about the catastrophic conditions when whether when it was about the uh continuous chronic israeli air strikes uh that hit rafaq city, these moments we are talking about multiple residental buildings were attacked by the israeli uh war planes leaving dozens of the palestinian casualitities partic. ly in the eastern parts

of the city, as you know that even in the north part of the city, the israeli occupation forces targeted and attacked a group of the palestinian civilians, including multiple palestinian journalists including the al-jazira corresponded ismail abu omar, he was critically injured by that attack and he had his leg amputated over that relendous attack, the un humanitarian chief has sounded the alarm over the repercussions of alluming israeli invasion of gaza's southern city of raffa, in a statement, martin griffith said israel's military push into rafa, where at least 1.4 million displaced palestinians have taken shelter could lead to slaughter, he said the regime can't ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion, the un official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in the city, saying the assault against palestinians quote on. the head of the un agency for palestinian

refugees expressed concern over the situation in raffa, saying there is absolutely no safe place there. um, basically uh, we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is a deeply, deeply concerning, and as you know, people are anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation. um, if this military operation is taking place, the question is, where will the civilian go? there is absolutely no safe place raffa anymore, and the fear is that the number of people killed and injured might again

significantly increase. philip lazarini made the comments after meeting with un member states in geneva, he added that it was impossible to expect over 1 million. place people crammed into rafa to move once again. lazarini also slammed the calls to dismantle honoa warning about the impact of the move. israel has accused 12 honoral employees of helping homos in its october 7th operation without providing any evidence. however, the allegation prompted the regime's western backers to suspend their funding of the agency. the un8 agency warned that it will have to cease its vital services by the end the month. africa has submitted an urgent request to the international court of justice to examine if israel's planned assault on the palestinian city of rafa and the southern gaza strip breaches a court's orders. the south african government has in a statement said it was gravelly concerned that the unprecedented military offensive against

raffa has already led to and will result in further large-scale killings. the statement also added any ground invasion would be a disastrous and irreperable breach of the genocide convention and the courts. order of january 26th. last month, the hague based court announced its provisional ruling in a case brought by south africa against israel. the world court called on israel to cease all activities that could constitute genocide against the palestinians living in the besieg territory. people around the world continue to hold rallies and marches to express their anger at israel's ongoing genocide in gaza. hundreds of spaniards have once again hit the streets of the... to madrid to denounce their government for arming the israeli regime. if the government is not going to do anything for palestine, at least keep your mouth shut. stay put and don't sell arms to israel, don't be complicit and help kill palestinian children. they killed all the children,

there's no one left. the protesters gathered in front of the foreign ministry building on monday. they slammed the israeli offensive in southern gaza and called for boycotting the regime. some. the held palestinian flags enchanted slogans calling israel a terrorist state. people in the canadian cities of vancouver and toronto also took to the streets. in solidarity with the palestinians and chanted hands off rafa in reference to israeli threats to invade the southern gaza city. an emergency protest outside the uk prime minister's office to try and stop. an imminent massacre, called for by the palestine solidarity campaign and a coalition of other similar organizations. week after week, pro-palestinian protesters have come out in huge numbers to demand that the british government call for a permanent, immediate cease fire in the gaza strip and to

terminate its military and political support for apartied israel, and the are galvanized by the knowledge and hope that the pressure they're ramping up on the british government will even eventually stir action, in a sign of that pressure working, only hours before the protest, the uk's foreign secretary david cameron joined other european leaders to caution the netanyahu regime to think twice about its mass incursion into the southern gaza city of raffa, which shelters 1.4 million displaced palestinians. we are very concerned about the situation and we want israel to stop and think very seriously before it takes any further action, but all what we want is immediate pause in the fighting and we want that pause to lead to a ceasefire, sustainable cease fire without a return to further fighting. hands off gaza, but while that may seem like a change in the

uk government's tone, the protesters here say it doesn't go far enough. what kind of disturbed and dystopian world are we in? we're asking for peace is... because that is the options. that israel is giving them, another demand here, an end to uk arms sales to israel, according to the campaign against the arms trade, between 2015 and 2022, the uk licensed more than half billion dollars worth of weapons to tel aviv. our uk government should be having no trade with israel, let alone arms trade, let alone trading equipment that kills palestinians. the fourth national demonstration of the year, is planned for february 17th. organizers say they're expecting hundreds of thousands to turn out

to hold the british government's feed to the fire. saied up press tv, london. on tuesday, law makers from the opposition parties held a flash mob outside italy's lower house calling for a sice fire in the gaza street. the protest was staged while the chamber of deputies was voting on

very weak motion was passed by the lower house, the approved motion doesn't acknowledge israel's genocide and doesn't condemn the regime for its crimes, it even confirms italy's suspension of funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees, international law must be. enforced after 40 years of un resolutions, israel must now comply. it's time to recognize palestine as a state, first and foremost. meanwhile, the bulk of italy's mainstream media continues to aid and abat israel's massacre in gaza, marginalizing palestinian voices. at the weekend during national song contest which brings tens of millions of viewers together, rapper called for a stop the israeli genocide during his. on stage, the aftermath saw a fly of condemnations by pro israel figures,

including the israeli ambassador to italy, which led to apologize from the national tv broadcast management. artists should be free to say what they think and journalists must be able to do their job, embassies should not medle in our internal affairs, we must stop the ongoing massacre in gaza, that's it. protests against national broadcaster. decision to apologize to israel have been held in naples and turin over the past days. during this protests, clashes between pro-palestine activists and the police have led to several injuries and arrests. max chivily, press tv, rome. after the occupation of palestinian lands and creation of the israeli regime, both sides. came to realize the power of cinema in getting their messages across. the israeli regime used cinema to

show the territory it had occupied as heaven on earth in order to entice jews from all over the world to migrate to the occupied territories. on the other hand, although belatedly, palestinians also learned to use the power of media. and cinema to make their voice heard across the world, was new battlefield for both sides. welcome backes leader says a lebanese resistance movement will stick to its anti-israel operations until the aggression against gaza stops. sayid hasan naso said this is moral duty. a strategic interest for lebanon. he made the remarks in a televised speech in response to criticism that the movements anti-israel

operations could endanger the arab country. he argued that a weak israel would benefit the whole region, while a strong israel would pose a greater threat. he said, if the regime emerges victorious in the gaza war, it may decide to invade lebanon again as it did in the 1980s. nasa said israel only understands the language of force since it doesn't respect international. resolutions also touched a flurry of visits by western delegations to levidon, he said their only purpose is to get security guarantees for israel so settlers can return to their homes in areas near lebanon, all of these delegations which came, which brought with them proposals and ideas and suggestions and mechanisms, they all come with one goal, which is israel's security, protecting israel, stop, stop attacking the israeli

position. said the delegations are not acting as mediators, but instead present israel's proposals as their own, proposals and expect has to accept them. he said the western delegations are not even ready to help lebanon retrieve its territories occupied by israel said the israeli enemy is not in a position tempos conditions on lebanon. as the israeli on saw on gaza has entered its fifth month, the international community is increasingly showing solidarity with the palestinian cause by joining the boycott movement. the movement aims to isolate israel economically, politically and culturally until it ends its occupation and depression the palestinians. earlier in our explainer program we elaborated on the issue. the us

israeli genocide. war as well into its fourth month, and as the genocide continues, so have the actions taken by people around the world to boicut israel in one form or another, from protest to products, even the israeli regimes's academia. let's first take a look at the protests that have broken out after the genocidal war. we took a look at the timeline from october 7th to november 24th, and these are the pro palestine rallies, as seen here on this map. a couple of... points here, the us pretty wide spread, but looking at europe, it is massive, it's all over europe, especially in the uk, and these are pro israeli protests of note here is that only the us and the uk gained traction for israeli supporters, at least for the most part, and these are the tallies: there were over 7,200 pro- palestine protests, 845 were

pro israel and 245 were neutral protests with pro-palestine rallies. to have occurred in 118 countries, unprecedented. before the us israeli genocidal war broke out boycutting israel had already taken shape in one form or another, inflicting damage and losses to israel, for example: 10.5 billion dollars of losses per year, a result of thousands of job losses due to a full israeli boycott, or $33 million dollars of money that israel allocates just to fight bds. "there are other areas as well that you see here, from losses to israeli farmers, which is now worse due to the israeli aggression, to student councils and associations, to artists and culture. the boycutting of products linked to israel made in israel, or that israel in one way or another benefits from lies in one of the core tenants of bds movement. it has come up with

its own list of targeted brands. their campaign is divided into..." or categories, consumer boycots, boycots of brands that have a proven record of complicity and abuses against palestinians, divestments, pressure on governments and institutions to stop doing business with companies that enable the israeli occupation of palestinian lands, pressure, and this calls for people, institutions and organizations to pressure brands and services to end their complicity and abuses against palestinians and organic boycots, grassroots boycots have brands that openly support israeli violence against palestinians. since the operation alaksa flood and the ensuing us israel genocidal war, there have been many products that have been on the list to boycot depending what part of the world you're at. the list is pretty long and wide and in many industries, especially brand names. as you can see here,

these are just someum of the products and yes after the genocidal war, companies are feeling the losses. from the israeli onslot, especially in their international operations. the current boycott around the world against famous brands like mcdonald's is coming from organic grassroots campaigns, not initiated by the bds movement, biting into their profits. in december 2023, it was reported that starbucks lost approximately $11 billion dollars in value, erasing 9.4% of the company's total value. comparable sales in mcdonald's international rose. 7% and the quarter widely missing estimates of 5.5% growth, also pizza hut reported same store sales declines of 2%, missing expectations of 0.6% growth. the pizza chain's us same store sales shrank 4% while its international same store sales were flapped. now some surprising

forms of boycot or happening at some universities and college campuses in the us. take columbia university. it is called a colombia specific boycot list shared on social media, and these are the companies targeted with alternatives recommended like morton williams restaurant to be. placed by hmart or applebees, starbucks with a joe coffee or broadway, and sweet green with samats gourme or jun, and it is working. another boycot action against israel, companies associated with israel's illegal settlements made public by the un, but now with the genocidal war, interests in these companies have increased. the office of the united nations high commissioner for human rights has identified 100% 25 businesses with ties to illegal israeli settlements considered illegal under international law. these are some of the companies which are

included in that list, some of the most notably air bnb, expedia and motorola. when arab speaking countries should be helping gaza and palestinians, it turns out to that they are stabbing them in the back. normalization is one thing, but to increase trade with the israeli regime during the onslot and... aggression, these countries which have normalized relations with the israeli occupation have increased their imports from israel with morocco leading the group. this includes other countries such as egypt, jordan and the uae. this is happening as israel is committing war crimes in the gaza strip and launching daily assaults in the occupied west bank. and finally, there is this form of israeli boycott, although unofficial, and it's boycotting israel in the... global academia. israel is being unofficially boycotted in global academia says a report, according to the national council for civilian r&d. there have been

cancellations of invitations to joint conferences, rejections of articles and publications and grants to israeli researchers and more, all of which could seriously harm israel's scientific and economic standing. so boycots do have an effect on israel's economy, and the longer. israel continues its us-israeli genocidal war, the losses will continue for israel, something that it cannot afford. israeli forces have abducted more than 7,000 palestinians across the occupied west bank since the regime's genocidal war started in gaza. several rights advocacy groups said in a joint statement that palestinins abducted by israely forces included about 220 women, more than 440 children and nearly 40. the regime has also issued nearly 3,500 administrative detention orders including against women and children since last october, israel's inhumane administrative

detention policy allows the regime to keep palestinians in jail for indefinite periods of time without charges or trial. according to palestinian sources, israel is currently keeping more than 9,00 palestinians, behind bars, nearly 3,500 of whom are held under administrative detention orders. that's wrap for now, but stick around, there's plenty more to come here on press tv, see you in a bit.

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