the headlines this hour, the death doll from over 5 months of the us genocide in gaza keeps rising, now nearing 32,000. the palestine football association calls on fifa to impose sanctions against this. teams over the genocide in gaza, also on the headlines, israeli forces kill nine palestinians across the occupied west bank in 24 hours.

4:30 pm in iran's capital, tehran, this is of press tv news. thanks for joining us. over five months into the israeli genocidal war in gaza, the regime's relentless bombardment and shelling continued to claim innocent lives in the besieg palestinian territory. over hundred gazans have lost their lives in israeli strikes since wednesday. several areas, including jibalia in the north and raffa in the south have come under fresh shelling and aerial strikes. the death though from the us-israely genocide in gaza since october. 7th is now closer to 32,000, most of them women and children. meanwile the israely of army has also warned to displace people in al-shifa hospital to leave the complex immediately. palestinian media reported that the military also blew up building used as critical care unit there. israely forces attacked the hospital at the weekend, killing and entering number of people while kept laying siege to the compound. on wednesday the palestinian resistance mubed hamas released a footage showing its fighters repelling... in israely attack near al shifa,

the video shows resistance fighters targeting invading troops a tank with rockets and hand grenades. principal correspondant musa joined us earlier from the central gaza city of daryl balah. he updated us on the situation at al shuffa hospital which was attacked at the weekend and remained under siege. when it comes to gaza city, as you know the... brutal attack is still maintained and continued against ashifa and the surrounding areas of the ashifa square, dozens of the palestinian residental buildings were set on fire by the israel incubation forces, in the meantime hand thousands of the palestinian civilians, mostly women and children are still stranded and besieged inside the shifa complex after the israeli incubation forces abducted the the men and the young men from the compound, those palestinian. "the families and the

palestinan women and it children uh are experiencing catastrophic humanitarian conditions, they are deprived of their basic humanitarian needs amid the continuous and the chronic israeli bombings and the israeli gunfire of the israeli tanks, they actually release several appeals to the ridcross society and the international human rights organizations and bodies to interfere in order to evacuate them, to evacuate them and to uh stop uh the..." the eminent death that they are facing these moments, the humanitarian situation in gaza is profoundly distressing, continuous israely bombings on civilian areas have left people without shelter. let's take a listen to harrowing accounts of some of the displaced. there is us support, european support and support of the whole world with israel, they support them with weapons and planes, they mock us and send four or five air drops just to save

their faces, we were sleeping a while before preedon meal, however they bombarded the place, we are displaced persons from the north, we are not affiliated with any political party, no safe place is being left across gaza, i am saying this to the whole world, they can see what israel is doing to the poor palestinian people, we have been under bombings for six months, they are children, what have they done to deserve this ver? tired, we no longer have energy, the children in the south and the north are dying of hunger, what has baby done to die of hunger, sheet metal panels, rubble and the stones have fallen on my husband, god protected my daughter, pulled her out from the bathroom, the metal panels and rubble from the adjacent building collapsed on us, thanks god we survived, washington has taken u-turn after vedoing three guys a sease fire

resolutions at the un security council. the u.s. secretary of state, who was a trip to west asia, says that his country has circulated a new draft resolution in this regard. anthony blinton, speaking to the media, said the resolution calls quote immediate ceasefire linked to the release of hostages in the gaza strip. he also expressed hope that all council members will support the us move and that it would send a strong message, a strong signal. lincoln made the revelation on wednesday evening during visit to saudi arabia to discuss the israeli genocidal war against palestinians. this is blinkin's sixth visit to the region since the war began. the united states, israel's main backer, had previously used its veto to block the three resolutions on the gaza ceesfire. earlier we were joined by human rights activist gina rabai from the lebanese capital bayrut. she talked about the reasons behind the us push for new draft resolution on the gaza ceizfire. it is very crucial emphasize again and again the major role of the us as

accomplice in the israeli war crimes and in all this israeli uh genocide and this brutality on gaza. previously we addressed the us funding of this war by supplying weapons to the israeli regime and that if it was not for this supply, the war would have ended, because israel doesn't have the ability to exhaust its military equipment in a long-term war, especially that it is fighting on several fronts. then we spoke about the us multiple times and unilaterally blocking the way a sease fire decision by the general assembly through its veto alleged right, and now the us totally stopped its founding of the unurwa in another clear indication that it is accomplice in the israeli starvation against the palestinian civilians in gaza, not only did the us stop the funds for the erwa, but it also totally disregarded the israeli bombardments on un

facilities and workers. the us has the power easily make israel allow humanitarian aid into ghazza, but it deliberately refrains from taking. such decision, because the reasons behind starving the people of ghazza, an attempt to force the resistance in ghazza to yield into accepting israeli conditions to stop the war are for the benefits of both israel and the us. since israel is, as matter of undeniable fact, an extension of the us in west asia, and today the seasfire negotiations that are going that are ongoing non directly of course between palestinian. and the israeli regime are led by the us from the israeli side because it is about whether the us can or cannot resume this war and it is about the future of the us interest in west asia.

"the israeli economy already shrink almost 20%. the israeli economy is very dependent on the exploration of palestinian workforce, what was done in agriculture with high-tech irrigation?" not have the labor from foreign sources, which was bad in any case.

welcome back to the news here on press tv. the palestine football association. has called on football's international governing body, fifa to impose sanctions against israeli teams over the regime's genocide in gaza. the palestinian association said six other member nations have endorsed its proposal, asking fifa to put it on the agenda of its upcoming congress in may. added that the regime's onslot has killed nearly 100 football players and destroyed or seriously damaged the entire football infrastructure in gaza in clear violation of international law. palestinian officials said at least five football clubs. based in israeli settlements in the occupied west bank are members of the regime's football association. they said such inclusion implicitly recognizes israel's sovereignty over the settlements, which goes against international law and fifa's obligations. the u.s. israel genocidal war in

gaza has caused huge public outcry around the world with calls a getting louder to boycott or to impose sanctions on the occupying regime. the western country... have so far refused to heat those calls from their own citizens. they also continue to show their double standards by blacklisting those who extend support to the oppressed palestinians, but at the same time supplying the israeli regime with arms and money. to keep spilling the blood of palestinians. firstly we discussed the issue was said muhammad marande, a university professor and political analyst in techron. let's take a listen. genocide in gaza is clear for everyone to see, even in the west, people are increasingly recognizing the fact that the israeli regime is carrying out a holocaust, but as you rightly pointed out, "the ban against the russians or belarus or others is

has been put in place not only by bodies linked to sports, but also all other institutions, european institutions and elsewhere, the the russians are punished, but the israelis are not punished, the israely regime is not sanctioned, only a handful of people..." in the west bank settlers have been sanctioned and that's for show, but whole entire countries are sanctioned by the europeans and americans, iran, syria, venezuela, cuba and yemen, other countries have been completely destroyed, russia also sanctioned, but the israeli regime despite carrying out this genocide, despite it going on from months and despite it being the first genocide to take place in front of the eyes

the global community, the west is doing nothing to stop it. this regime has conducted fresh raids on different areas across the west bank. four palestinians are killed in tokaram and another killed in romalla during the incursions, bringing the death tholl in the last 24 hours to nine. earlier we spoke to our romala correspondent to monacandial on the seemingly unending israeli violence in the occupied territories. lest night was yet another bloody night here in the occupied west bank, the israeli forces killed two more palestinians in nur shams refugee camp during military raid and taking death at all in noor sham's refugee camp into karam 24 where the israeli military had already had already conducted earth strike a group of palestinians and they killed two palestinians

there, the israeli military claimed they were preparing to carry out anti-israeli operations inside the lands occupied in 1948. later the israeli forces raided norshem's refugee camp exchange of fire continued for several hours and only in less than half an hour the israeli forces left toul karim refugee camp after killing two more palestinians, you have to mention that in addition to those four palestinians who were killed in north sham's refugee camp, the israeli military had already uh had also conducted another airstrike earlier engineer refugee camp and killed three palestinians, so it seems that we are speaking about nine palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours. in northern the occupied west bank, in the center of the occupied west bank and in

southern the occupied west bank. the islamic resistance in iraq has announced a new operation against an israeli target in solidarity with the palestinians in the gaza strip. the iraki resistance said its latest operation targeted power plant in tel aviv in the occupied palestinian territories using drones. the group said anti-israely operations will continue in support of palestinians in gaza and in. response to the israely massacres of innocent civilians, the new attack came just the day after iraq's islamic resistance hit israel's bangorian airport with drones for the second time. the bike resistance has carried out series of attacks against israeli targets in the occupied territories in recent months. it has also attacked us military bases in iraq and neighboring syria in retaliation for washington's role in the israeli genocide in gaza. the head of the palestine foundation of pakistan. sabir abu mariam says the iraqi resistance has extensively shown its support for gaza with various attacks against israel,

we we we are witnessing and we are observing that the lebanon and syria they are existing in the border of occupied palestine, but iraq and yemen, they are little bit far, especially yemen is so far, but the both of them, yemen and they are clearly standing with the people of palestine, with the cause of palestine through their resistance, through their arms, through their sacrifices and especially. the the islamic resistance in as in the second phase of resistance activities, first they had stopped ships in the mediter mediterranean sea and now in the second phase they are continuously attacking in the talab also in talabiv and also the bingorian airport, it is the clear message

not only for zinis regime, not only for illegitimate israel but this is the special message this is the very strong and special message to the government of the united states, which is the most criminal which is the most biased, which is the most inhuman government in the world and which is the supporting systematic and organized genocide of gaza with israel, so this is the message to us, the european council of president charles has called on the european union to prepare for war and to enhance its military capabilities and bet escalating tensions with russia over the war in ukraine. price corresponded max chilly reports from braum. the recent european council president charles michelle's warning that the european union needs to ramp up its military production and

shift to a war economy mode in response to an alleged threat posed by russia has sparked international. alarm and mixed reactions in europe. earlier this week, michelle wrote an opinion editorial run by media specialized in eu affairs, that if europe wants peace, it must prepare for war, arguing that although the eu's military manufacturing capacity has increased by 50% since the start of the ukraine russia war in 2022, far more was needed. our european awakening is just beginning to take shape. and i would like to tell you what i feel, the time has come to create a real union of defense coupled with a true defense single market. michelle added that the european union must finally take responsibility for its own security. for decades, the european union has relied heavily on the united states and the western military alliance nato for its security.

analysts believed that the dependency on external powers. by the 27 member block has resulted in a complete loss of its own geopolitical and strategic autonomy. at this point in time the eu cannot be militarily independent, it can't adopt autonomous strategies. today, europe must create its own defense system, so that in 30 years time, it can really be geopolitically autonomous. if we continue to put national interests ahead, individual states, including italy would lose geopolitical relevance. michelle's remarks come as ukrainian and international politicians and experts are warning that ammunition shortages are resulting in the losses of territory to russia. michelle is trying to keep germany under pressure, demanding together with the french government that berlin provide ukraine with long-range

trust missiles taurus. german chancellor schuls has so far said no to this request to avoid the war escalation. adding that his country has already provided key with arms for 7 billion euros while france is struggling to pay for ukraine military aid. on wednesday, the italian former prime minister juseppe conte accused the current prime minister giorgia meloni of dragging italy into world war ii after having turned the country into irrelevant subjugated power. max chively press tv rome. we move to diversify afghanistan's trade routs. the afghan acting government is planning. invest in iran's chabahar port. first series rahmatallah bhagwan has more from kabul. afghanistan's reliance on pakistan for access to international markets has been a longstanding challenge. however, recent disputes have pushed the taliban authorities to seek alternatives. the taliban have said they will invest around $35 million dollars

in iran's chaubahar port, located in the country's southeast. the move aims to reduce. afghanistan's economic dependence on pakistan, which has been murdered by political friction and trade disruptions. chabahar is one of the most important economic and trade roots for afghanistan. the islamic emirate of afghanistan tries to have a strong bilateral economic and trade relations with iran as part of its economic policy. this port allows afghanistan to broaden its trade with iran, west asia and europe. that's why we are specially focused on chabahar and seek. invest there. analysts believe this could be a turning point for afghanistan's international trade relations. they say that iran has been an ideal trade partner for afghanistan and accessing to. the benefits of charbahar port for afghanistan include its short distance with the country's borders. it allows goods to enter our country

a low price. it is especially suitable with the overall economic situation of afghans. another benefit is that it opens a big route for our exports which is entire need of expansion. when we become able to expand our exports, our economy will grow rapidly. as the taliban governments. seeks to diversify its trade roots and reduce its reliance on pakistan, the decision to invest in iran's chabahar port marks a significant shift in afghanistan's economic strategy. experts say the outcome of this move will not only impact afghanistan's relations with pakistan but also ship the geopolitical dynamics in the region. iran and afghanistan have the potential and opportunity to cooperate in many fields. trade and industry in particular can bring the two. neighbors closer in a very volatile region, press tv, and that does with

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we must not become part of south africa's problem, we must remain part of their solution. "we must not aim to impose ourselves our solutions, our favorites in south africa, damn it, we have favorites in south africa, the favorites in south africa are the people who are being repressed by that ugly white regime. we have favorites. i also want to say a word about the situation in israel. the more we learned about the attack, the more horrifying it becomes. more than 1,000, 1,000 innocent lives lost including at least 27 americans. these guys

make, they make al-qaeda look pure, they're pure, they're pure evil, but i said from the beginning, the united states make no mistake about it, stands with israel, united states stands with israel.

we can. the west bank in israel, as a result the genocidal war, is still suffering from lack of economic activity or low economic activity. many stores uh are still uh closed, tourism at record low levels and lack of workers top of everything else is playing the economy. whether there's a chance for the palestinians to get back on their feet or for israel's economy to get jump started is the subject of this edition of economic divide. coming up in this program, palestine's economy, first we're going to take a look at the gdp decrease for the fourth quarter minus 33%, then the west bank gdp, that was a low of minus 22%. so, there is obvious concern there.