your headlines on press tv: iran strongly slams israel's attack its diplomatic premises in syria. saying the regime seeks escalate conflict in the region while evading accountability. the leader of iran's islamic revolution says the evil israeli regime will be punished for its deadly air strike on the iranian embassy in the syrian capital. and the un agency for the palestinian refugees says 176 of his staff have been killed since the start of the israeli unslaught on gaza.

hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in terron. thank you for joining us. now the united nations security council has held emergency meeting on the latest israeli attack on the... section of the iranian embassy in syria, addressing the event iran's deputy representative to the un called on the world party to vehemently denounce israel's violation of the international regulations. regretably, the absence of accountability and the council's in action has only encouraged and even emboldened this regime to continue its violation unchecked. it is high time for the security council to shoulder its responsibility and the real threat to

international peace and security. the security council must promptly promptly fulfill its duty in response to israel's reckless defiance. urgent and enforceable measures must be taken to compell this regime to uphold its obligations. israel is defying security council resolutions and shows disregard for his international obligations. syria's ambassador to the un also called the attack a grave violation of international laws and norms. he said the arab country a holds israel and the us fully responsible. the syrian official added the israeli regime would not have deared to attack other nations diplomatic premises if it wasn't for washington's blind support. the russian ambassador whose country has called for the meeting slamed the israely air strike calling it a flagrant violation of syria's sovereignty. moscow said israel's action. are

designed to further fuel the ongoing regional conflicts and must immediately stop. the leader of iran's islamic revolution has vowed of tehran will make the occupying zanas regime regret is deadly air strikes on the iranian embassy in the syrian capital, damascus. ayatollah said ali khamenei made the remark in message of condolence on the martidom of a group of iranian military advisors in monday's israeli area raid on syria. the of leader described israel as hated occupying regime. he vowed that the evil regime will be punished. khamenei also saluted the marties of the attack, including two senior irgc commanders, major general muhammad reza zahidi and general muhammad hadi haj rahimi. an israely attack has struck the consult section of iran's embassy in the syrian capital, damascus, resulting in the martidom of. brigadier general mohammad reza zahidi

and six other iranian military advisers is a profile of the general. brigadier general muhammad reza zahidi, a senior commander of the islamic revolution guards cores force was killed in an unprecedented israeli attack targeting the five-story consular building of of the iranian embassy in damascus. born in 1960 in the central iranian city of esvahan, joined the irgc in 1980 and fought in various battles during the iran-iraq war. zahidi quickly rose through the ranks and from 1983 to 1986 took command of an important brigade of irgc ground forces that was used to break enemy lines in multiple major operations. later he was promoted to commander of the irgc's 14th imam hussein division, a position he held until 1991. several years after the

war had ended. in the 2000s, zahidi served in more senior positions, including commanding the irgc's air force and also grand force. during his tenor as the irgc's ground force commander, he also spent year at the helm of the thara law headquarters, which is responsible for protecting security in the capital, tehran. zahi joined the quotz force in 2008, there he led operations in syria and lebanon and played a key role in iran's advisory support for syria's war on terror. from 2016 to 2019, the brigadier general returned to tehran. to serve as the irgc's deputy for operations. he rejoined the irgc's quods force in 2019 and served the force until his martterdom. the military wing of the palestinian resistance movement hamas has

offered is condolences on the martidom of iranian general sahi and his fellow advisors in syria. in a statement the algasar bugas denounced what it called the cowardly assassination of the iranian advisors. who died for the cause of alqs in the treasurous israeli buming, it praised the great role of general zahid in bolstering the resistance front against designs occupation over the past years. syrian prime minister muhammad hussein or news has de announced israel's recent attack on the consulat section of the iranian embassy in damascus. this is an unlawful attack we are doing. everything we can to retrieve the bodies from under this building, we have been working nonstop since the moment of the attack until now, what happened is unacceptable to common sense, as you notice as journalist, this is a crowded highway, but this enemy knows nothing except violating laws, our news made the comments

while visiting the site of the incident earlier serious foreign minister faisal also condemned the terrorist attack in the... strongest terms, adding that israel will not be able to undermine the relations between ivan and syria. earlier we were joined by a political analyst muhammad marandi from tehran to discuss the israeli strike on the councel section of iran's embassy in syria. he says israel continues this atrocities in the region because of the us political and military support. israeli regime is allowed to carry out any atrocity because of western support, we've seen for decades how they've imposed apartide, how they've carried out ethnic cleansing, how they regularly carry out massacres in gaza, in the west bank, and

now we have a genocide, so when the west allows the israeli regime to conduct itself this way, there's really... no surprise when it carries out attack on sovereign countries, the iranian embassy is a part of iran's sovereignty and the murder of iranian officials in that building is is attack on the iranian people and the iranian state. what i find extraordinary though is that even now western regimes uh condemn the regime even in in a way in which makes it look as if they're serious. the us is definitely complicit. it's more than complicit. the united states is the senior partner in the holocaust in gaza. everything that the

israeli regime does can only be done with direct us support. iranians in several cities across the country, including the capital tfan, have held... anti-israely and anti-us protests after several iranian generals and officers were killed in an israeli attack in syria. the protesters demanded decisive response and revenge for the deadly strike on iran's embassy in damascus. fatima massumi has this report. iranians took to the streets the capital, tehran and gathered iconic palestine square at midnight after the deadly israeli attack on iran's and see in syria, they chanted death to the israeli regime and death to america as they waved palestine flags. the protesters expressed their support for palestinian people in gaza as israel's genocidal war continues unabated. when we

heard what has happened, we couldn't tolerate it, and we came here for the sake of our marters. our muslim brothers and sisters, palestinians, syrians, are all a part of our own nation. against these atrocities and the disrespect towards our nation and also the innocent palestinians. on monday iran's ambassador to damaskus hussein akbari confirmed that brigadier general mohammad reza zahidi and his deputy muhammad hadi haji rahimi we killed in the israeli attack. it is our duty to come out because we felt that even though the resistance movement is showing patience towards the israeli regime we are still witnessing that the regime. pressing ahead with its atrocities with the recent incident of the attack on the iranian council. we have gathered here at this hour

to show that the innocent marters in syria were killed injustice and impunity by the bloody hands of the zionist regime. the regime has been killing innocent people, especially children for many years. the attack came as almost six months into the gaza hostilities, the regime has failed to achieve. its objectives of destroying hamas, despite killing tens of thousands of palestinians, mostly women and children. the two slain iranian generals had been comrads of top iranian anti-terror commander, general qasem sulaymani, who was also assassinated in attack in january 3rd, 2020. general suleimani played a key role in fighting and decimating the daesh takhfiri terrorist group in the region, particularly. in iraq and syria, a large number of people have gathered

here in palestine square to strongly condemn the recent israeli attack on the iranian consular in the capital of syria damascus. reporting for press tv, tehran. israel deliberately terrorizing aid workers and disturbing humanitarian activities in gaza. the un agency. for palestinian refugees anrua says nearly 180 of his staff have been killed in israeli onslot on the wall ridden territory, several in the line of duty. the un body added that the war on gaza has witnessed the highest number of aidworker deaths ever recorded in any conflict emphasizing that humanitarian personnel must be protected at all times. the statement comes as an israeli air strike in the central city of deira balah has claimed the lives of seven international aid workers associated with with a us-based charity. the wck team

was travelling in a deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the wck logo and soft skin vehicle. despite coordinating movements with the idf, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the dairalbala warehouse where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of h. humanitarian food aid brought to gaza on the maritime route. the israely prime minister benjamin netanyahu has admitted the attack was carried out by regime forces but claimed that the raid was un unintentional. the head of the world central kitchen however has called the incident a targeted attack saying the strike indeed targeted humanitarian organizations showing up in the direst of situations where food is being used. as a weapon of war. in the meantime, international condemnations have been pouring in following the attack with the us, which is

the regime stounchest ally expressing deep concern over the strike. australia has also slammed the attack attack as completely unacceptable. the uk meanwhile has urged israel to provide an explanation. our correspondent moti abusabe joined us earlier from the central gaza city of deral. to give us an update on the situation in the war ravage strip. he says israel has continued with the strikes against residential buildings across the besieged territory. let's take a listen. the israeli forces committed at least seven opponing massacer claiming the lives of 71 palestinian civilians in addition to injuring roughly 130 others. these numbers actually uh talk the whole number of the palestinian uh civilians who have been killed since the... beginning of this onslot on gaza strip to roughly 32,920 palestinian civilians over the last

couple of hours the israeli war planes destroyed a original building in the eastern part of their balah city particularly in abujin town which is located in the eastern part of their balah city but while when it comes to khanuni city the western parts of kanuni city particularly the vicinity and the surrounding areas of the nasar medical complex witnessed more destruction. as more residental buildings were blown up by the israeli occupation forces in that area, while the eastern b of canun witnessed also another israeli strikes and attacks against the resultant. buildings there uh when it comes to wafa city, the number of the palestinan civilians who uh were uh killed over the last attack that turkey blaze and during the last night amounted to 10 palestinian civilians including five five palestine and its children after they were attacked while they were slaving inside their house, the israel incubation forces destroyed their house over

their heads, the islamic resistance in iraq has carried down fresh attacks on israeli positions in response to the regime's ongoing genocide in gaza. the umbrella resistance group says the attacks reaffirm is determination to continue striking israely strongholds, a correspondent muslim salim reports from baghdad. the islamic resistance in iraq has been standing in solidarity with palestinians in gaza by carrying out retaliatory operations in the region. resistance forces. iraq has started their operations by striking number of us military bases in iraq and syria in response to washington's support for israel. the operations have now entered new phase as israeli positions have been directly targeted in various locations such as haifa, ilat and elsewhere. we have always been firm in our

stance to support the people of palestine. the palestinian cause is central to the access of resistance that has supported the people. of gaza by striking israeli positions. the regime's positions, whether it's force in the mediterranean or elsewhere, are targeted using ballistic missiles, drones and all other weapons by our brothers in yemen, lebanon, and here in iraq. the operations are clear evidence that the axis of resistance works in harmony and has the strategic potential and the means to pressure israel and those states that support the systematic killing of innocent civilians. the intensification of the attacks on israeli positions shows that the massacers being committed by the regime in gaza will not remain unanswered. the second phase of the operations, which directly targeted israeli positions, proves that regional resistance groups are able to inflict serious damage to israel's maritime and airspace interests.

resistance groups in iraq and across the region have approved their ability to respond to the israeli crimes against innocent civilians. they vowed that their operations will intensify even more as long as the genocidal war on gaza continues. muslim sulenpress tv, baghdad. the syrian capital, damascus has hosted a political symposium to commemorate the international quds day. the event revolved around the significance of a flood operation and its repercussions in the region. iran's ambassador said a meeting that the country will make proportional response to israel's attack. back on iran's embassy in damascus. our correspondent ibrahim wadi reports from damascus. under the title flood the free, and as part of the activities scheduled to commemorate al-quds international day. the permanent committee of al-qads international day organized a political forum this tuesday at alasad

library in damascus. the iranian ambassador said that defending palestinians is the duty the free world. "we will continue to defend palestine because it is a fundamental principle, not a time-bound interest. all free people in the world must support the palestinian people as today we witness the zionist entity committing various crimes from killing innocent people to the recent attack on the embassy building. the response of islamic republic of iran will be proportional to the zionist assassination crime. during the ceremony, syrian and palestinian researchers and specialists focused on the need to preserve the achievement. ments made in operation, they condemned the israeli criminal aggression against the iranian embassy, we offer our condolences to the islamic republic of iran on the marterdom of brigadier general mohammed raza zahidi and his comradtered in the zionist attack on the iranian embassy building in damascus, we afirm serious solidarity with iran, which is

facing these attacks due to the hysteria of the defeated entity in its war against the palestinian people in gaza. "the researchers considered that al-quds international day should be an opportunity to increase public pressure on the international community to force the israeli regime to stop its war on gaza. the zionist enemy is trying to send message that resistance comes a high cost through the destruction of gaza, killing and genocide, unaware that our peoples cannot be intimidated, alaxa flood operation overthrew and buried all. the sectarian projects sewn by western colonialism and the zionist entity. what makes al-qads international day this year special is the steadfastness of the resistance and the people of gaza who thought said the goals of the israeli enemy, the symposium concluded that alqu's international day has consolidated the concept of resistance while operation proved that with

strong faith the oppressed palestinian people can achieve victory over designest occupation. ibrahim washi, press tv, damascus and turkey's main opposition party has won the local elections in the two key cities of istanbul and ankara. analys say recepan defeat. is due to two main reasons, one is the economy, and the second is his weak stance towards gaza. rasan saglam reports from istanbul. president tayyib erdogan has accepted his party's defeat in the local elections, from the headquarters of his justice and development party, also known as the ak ruling party in ankara, erdogan appeared with his wife thanking his supporters for participating in the elections and his loss, erdogan assured that the results were a turning point for his party and vowed to respect the nation's decision. for his turn, the akp candidate murad kurum expressed his gratitude to his supporters and

the promised to continue working for istanbul. kurum, who was a former environment minister, lost the istanbul mayoral election for his opponent akram imam molu with a 12% difference. i'll persis in my endeavors for this city, we will be present among the people in the streets following president erdogan's guidance. our nation's message are of most importance and we are committed to interpreting and acting on these insights for better future for our country. turkey's opposition republican people's party delt a severe blow to president erdogan and his party by winning major cities and several provinces in the country. analys say this is the result of neglect from the ruling party to the voters's demands in previous elections. among several issues, the economic crisis and erdogan's inability to control the lira drop was the main issue for voters. another one was his double standards on gaza, which forced many of his supporters to vote for other islamist parties. what happened in local elections is punitive voting from the

people we expected the ruling justice and development party to lose in both istanbul and ankara. once again, but this surprising results shows that there is major setback and that their supporters are trying to send the message economy alliances and parties performance decline during 22 years are part of it. however, the main issue is that islamists could supporting akp were expecting different stance from the war on gaza. the opposition party did not only win istanbul but also sees several districts from akp that were considered a stronghold of the ruling party. turkish people believe that a change is needed and that both the ruling party and opposition need to work for the sake of the country and its people. i think that recep tayip erdogan deserved. why? because first he did not raise the retirement.

one provinces, the local elections results are alarming for the ruling party, many are considering it a chance for opposition parties to unite and start preparing for the 2028 presidential run if they want to ask erdogan and his party. rusan saglam, press tv, istanbul, and with that we come to the end of this bulletin. thank you for listening, take care and bye-bye.

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iraq, pakistan, aman, qatar, the uae, saudi arabia, cuba, venezuela, china and russia have all slamed the israeli air strike on iran's embassy in damascus, syria, yet the so-called flag batters of international law and conventions in the west have kept mum about israel's blatant violation of international law. the leader of iran's islamic revolution has vowed that iran will make the occupation regime regret, it's

deadly air strike on. iran and embassy and damascus. welcome to the spotlight. i'm your host. let's get it started. these are my guests in this episode of the spotlight. now independent. journalist is joining me out of damascus, also with us is richard mutters, he's a journalist and commentator in vienna. now welcome to the show. now beginning uh with the vanessa, let's first talk about the what the motive could be behind this uh operation, some - of the the majority actually of the experts and analysts that we've spoken to, speaking of provoking iran, israel trying to provoke iran into engaging in war so that israel could have spread further instability and insecurity across the region. your thought on this? well, i think uh, just before christmas last year, joav

gallen made it quite clear that they needed a victory in this war in order to survive, so in the middle east, so this is an existential war for israel, it's been evident since october the 7th. that they are desperately losing the war in gaza against the relatively ill equipped palestinian resistance, they have had to evacuate from the northern occupied territories more than 100 thousand settlers as far as we know in the contained war against hisbollah in southern lebanon, and so now they deem it necessary to expand the war, particularly into syria because we have to remember that this is the fourth in a series of attacks in the last seven days, um, and all of these attacks have been carried out in conjunction with an upsurge in attacks by the terrorist groups.