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[00:00:21] the headlines of palestinian journalist syndicate condemns
[00:00:24] Israel's abduction of press tv report and
[00:00:27] alhammed warning about her health conditions in the... regime's
[00:00:30] custody, the IRGC says it shot down
[00:00:34] another USMQ9 drone over the Iranian drones to target
[00:00:38] Palestinian civilians in
[00:00:41] of Gaza.
[00:01:01] Hello and welcome everybody, it's
[00:01:03] of 4:30 p.m. here in the Iranian capital, Tehran. You're watching Press TV's world
[00:01:06] news. Our top story for Palestinian journalists working in the
[00:01:10] occupied West
[00:01:11] of Bank reporting the news can come with serious risks and covering
[00:01:14] settler attacks to documenting
[00:01:16] of Israeli of military operations and land seizures. Journalists often find themselves
[00:01:20] working under growing pressure and facing detention and harassment. The
[00:01:24] latest case is that of press TV corresponent Nal Ahmed
[00:01:28] whose arrest has raised fresh concerns over the treatment of Palestinian
[00:01:32] journalists and her own safety while in
[00:01:34] detention.
[00:01:40] It has been three days since Press TV's west bank reporter nakamed
[00:01:44] was abducted by Israely soldiers. Regime forces arrested
[00:01:48] her a checkpoint as she was returning from
[00:01:51] a reporting assignment. Her cameraman who witnessed the incident
[00:01:54] recounts how the events unfolded. It was three
[00:01:58] female soldiers who ushered a car to stop, they demanded we hand over
[00:02:02] our identification cards, and they photographed each ID as well as took
[00:02:06] our pictures. After a short while, the soldiers ordered the team to get out
[00:02:10] of the car and follow them to a military watch tower nearby. We were
[00:02:14] forced to sit on the ground for around 45 minutes and in
[00:02:17] a that time Nakal was taken by the female soldiers to the side. Around
[00:02:20] 15 minutes later, the soldiers asked Hamed to collect her phone and
[00:02:24] laptop, and she was taken into custody. The Palestinian journalist
[00:02:28] Syndicate has condemned Israel's. continued abduction and targeting of
[00:02:32] of Palestinian journalists including Naqa Hamed. The syndicate said
[00:02:38] of in a statement that her abduction is the latest
[00:02:38] a example of Israel detaining adrenalist. It noted that Hamed has
[00:02:42] diabetes and other health problems. It warned that Hamet's continued
[00:02:46] detention raises serious concerns about her health and safety
[00:02:50] given the harsh conditions and lack of adequate medical care in
[00:02:53] of Israely prisons and detention centers. The journalist has been working as
[00:02:57] a a of Press TV correspondent since. 2024. Over the
[00:03:01] past few weeks, she has been reporting about raising settler
[00:03:05] attacks, especially in the town of Quosra, as well as Israel's
[00:03:09] land grab policies in the occupied territories. That's deem
[00:03:13] to be the
[00:03:13] a of reason she has been targeted by Israely settlers with wave of incitement on
[00:03:17] telegram channels and Israely media. The campaign has
[00:03:21] been slammed as part
[00:03:22] of the targeted effort to put psychological and
[00:03:26] a media pressure, limit the space available to journalists and
[00:03:29] of media. of outlets and obstruct press tv's coverage of Israeli
[00:03:33] of crimes from
[00:03:34] of reaching audiences around the
[00:03:39] of a world. naqal hammed was also injured in december last year while
[00:03:40] of reporting from galandia refugee camp after Israeli forces
[00:03:43] targeted
[00:03:44] her with rubber bullets.
[00:03:46] in hammed is from the village of baitin northeast
[00:03:49] of of Romala holding american citizenship and is married with three
[00:03:52] young children. hamed family contacted the youths embassy in
[00:03:56] al-quds about her arrest but has yet to hear back.
[00:04:00] Israeli news outlets cited unidentified Israeli military
[00:04:04] sources as saying hommed senian journalists by Israeli
[00:04:07] authorities. Nearly 40 journalists are currently in Israeli
[00:04:10] detention according to the Palestinian prisoner society,
[00:04:14] all of whom were abducted following the start of Israel's
[00:04:18] genocidal war on Gaza nearly
[00:04:20] a three years ago. Over half
[00:04:24] of of the journalists behind bars are being held in administrative
[00:04:26] of detention, mechanism that allows Israeli authorities to improve.
[00:04:30] dozen people
[00:04:31] of indefinitely without charge or trial. For hammed's family,
[00:04:34] however, the case is deeply personal. Three days after
[00:04:38] her arrest, they're still waiting for answers about where she's
[00:04:42] of being held, the charges
[00:04:44] a against her, and whether she's receiving the medical care she needs.
[00:04:48] a As hammed remains behind bars, her colleagues and family continue to
[00:04:52] call for her immediate
[00:04:53] of release and for guarantees of her safety and access to proper
[00:04:57] medical care. The case of hammed as yet. another
[00:05:00] reminder
[00:05:01] of the risks Palestinian journalists face simply for
[00:05:04] documenting events on the ground. For now, her family
[00:05:08] remains without answers and the questions surrounding her
[00:05:11] abduction, remain
[00:05:13] unresolved,
[00:05:17] an Italian lawmaker has filed a parliamentary question over Israel's abduction of
[00:05:21] press tv report on the occupied west bank, the Italian journalist
[00:05:25] union has also condemned the abduction that once again highlighted
[00:05:28] concerns over Israel's deliberate targeting of journals reporting
[00:05:32] its crimes. Press TV's max reports from
[00:05:34] Rome.
[00:05:39] On Wednesday, five star movement, Low Maker Stefanas.
[00:05:42] submitted a parliamentary question to Italy's lower house addressing
[00:05:46] the Italian government over the abduction by the Israeli forces of
[00:05:50] press tv correspondent nakamed in the occupied
[00:05:54] west bank. Naka was abducted a military
[00:05:57] checkpoint near Bethlehem on Tuesday after
[00:06:01] documenting Israeli settler violence in Italy,
[00:06:04] opposition law maker Askari publicly criticized the
[00:06:08] arrest, urging the foreign ministry to mobilize its diplomatic.
[00:06:42] where she's been taken, how she is, if she's assisted by a
[00:06:46] lawyer, she is mother, her children want to know where she
[00:06:49] is. Palestinian American reporter Naka
[00:06:53] Hamed had previously been targeted while covering Israeli
[00:06:57] military operations in the occupied West
[00:06:59] Bank. Over the years, reports by international
[00:07:03] media organizations have found that the Israeli regime
[00:07:07] killed, wounded or kidnapped an unprecedented number of
[00:07:11] journalists in the... occupied Palestinian territories, trade
[00:07:15] unions and associations representing journalists in
[00:07:19] Italy have repeatedly condemned the Israeli
[00:07:22] conduct and deplored the regime's destruction of
[00:07:26] telecommunications and media infrastructure in
[00:07:29] Gaza and the West
[00:07:31] Bank.
[00:07:36] The arrest of a colleague in the West Bank forcefully brings up number of
[00:07:39] issues, including Israel's targeting of journalists in occupied Palestinian
[00:07:43] territories and in Lebanon, the public's right to know the facts
[00:07:47] on the ground from a war zone, and the fact that Israel has blocked all
[00:07:51] independent bodies must create the right conditions to discuss
[00:07:54] journalists rights in war
[00:07:56] zones. All those who
[00:08:00] want to inform the public about Israel's war crimes and crimes
[00:08:03] against humanity in the occupied Palestinin territories and in
[00:08:07] Lebanon, get arrested or killed in the worst case
[00:08:11] scenario. We must stop all this once and for
[00:08:15] all. Protesters and activists have on
[00:08:19] numerous occasions strongly condemned the Italian media for
[00:08:23] showing a bias toward Israel in the coverage,
[00:08:26] accusing them of complicity in laundering genocide and
[00:08:30] promoting an openly anti-palestinian view.
[00:08:34] Max Chively Press TV,
[00:08:36] Rome. Israeli forces and settlers
[00:08:40] have carried out new raids and attacks across. occupied West
[00:08:43] Bank, Israeli forces rated the city of Ramalo and arrested journalist
[00:08:47] Al Hassan Al-Rimawi, the latest media worker detained in
[00:08:50] connection with his journalistic work. Israel is used
[00:08:54] administrative detention to hold Palestinians in definitely without charge
[00:08:58] or trial a separate raid on Aline refugee camp west of
[00:09:02] Napulus, two palestinian men were reportedly beaten while being
[00:09:05] detained and subjected to field interrogations. Meanwhile, Israeli
[00:09:09] settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the village of Burga. east of
[00:09:13] Ramala and set fire to agricultural land in
[00:09:16] the al-Wad al Shami area iwitness the set the flame
[00:09:20] spread toward nearby
[00:09:22] homes.
[00:09:26] Israel is using quadcopter drones to target and kill civilians
[00:09:30] in Gaza. Geneva-based human rights monitor is documented at
[00:09:34] least 60 killings by these weapons from October last
[00:09:38] year until early September. The Euromet Group has spoken of a
[00:09:41] systematic pattern. deliberate killings and called for an international
[00:09:45] investigation press moti abu musabe reports from central
[00:09:48] gaza.
[00:09:52] Israel continues to use armed quadcopter jones to deliberately
[00:09:56] kill palestinian civilians in the Gaza strip. that's according to
[00:10:00] report released at the weekend by euromed human rights monitor. the
[00:10:04] geneva based group says it has documented the killing of at least
[00:10:08] 60 civilians by attacks using quad copters since the seasfire
[00:10:11] took effect.
[00:10:25] genecidal war on Gaza. Israeli forces have employed a
[00:10:28] diverse range of weapons and military equipment against Palestinian
[00:10:32] women and children. despite the ceasefire agreement, the killing of
[00:10:36] Palestinians continues unabated. the fact that these drones can
[00:10:40] identify their targets further underscores the deliberate targeting
[00:10:44] of children and women, which is seen as a flagrant violation of
[00:10:48] international law and regulations. the
[00:10:52] euromed report speaks of a continuing patent. target civilians
[00:10:56] from a children to farmers, shepherds and the displaced people returning
[00:11:00] to check on their homes. it says Israel uses military
[00:11:03] technology that allows it to identify specific individuals,
[00:11:07] track their movements and strike them with
[00:11:09] precision. undoubtedly,
[00:11:13] developing quadcopter drones as killing tools is in violation of
[00:11:17] international law and conventions that prohibit targeting civilians
[00:11:21] under any circumstances. we are witnessing firsth how these...
[00:11:25] are targeting children and women, despite their advanced capabilities to
[00:11:29] identify their targets. this calls for immediate action from
[00:11:32] mediators and international humanitarian organizations to
[00:11:36] stop the widespread killing of Palestinians. for
[00:11:40] many pedicenians, quadcter drones are perceived as the
[00:11:44] most lethal weapon due to the multifunctional capabilities beyond
[00:11:48] their precision strikes on civilians. these drones can maneuver
[00:11:52] and hover effortlessly in confined spaces. including
[00:11:55] mixshift tints, this versatility allows them to be employed
[00:11:59] militarily and beyond.
[00:12:03] every night we witness and hear the Israeli quadcopter drones
[00:12:07] hovering over our makeshift tents, usually at low altitudes
[00:12:11] and sometimes firing on the sleeping people below. few days ago
[00:12:15] my nephew was shot and injured by an Israeli quadcopter drone
[00:12:19] while a friend of mine was tragically killed under similar
[00:12:21] circumstances wide. documentary
[00:12:25] demonstrates the same truth, the Israel regime uses artificial
[00:12:29] intelligence and advanced technologies in its war on Gaza to
[00:12:33] indiscriminately kill palestinan women and
[00:12:35] children. As the genocidal war
[00:12:39] on Gaza persists, the Israeli forces, armed with
[00:12:43] cutting edge technology continue to employ more lethal weapons
[00:12:46] against civilians, the world must now ask itself what
[00:12:50] more evidence is needed before halting this Israeli
[00:12:54] madness. the central area of
[00:12:58] gaza st. rescues are
[00:13:02] continuing to recover bodies from residential building in Gaza City day after it
[00:13:06] collapsed following damage sustained in Israeli strikes, at least
[00:13:09] 21 people are so far confirmed dead and many others injured
[00:13:13] while more than 100 were me missing our course,
[00:13:16] but qad ibrahim tells us
[00:13:17] more.
[00:13:21] 21 bodies were recovered from beneath the rubble of assaada building.
[00:13:25] West of Gaza, including 12 children and five
[00:13:28] women. After 15 hours of continuous rescue and
[00:13:32] search operations. According to Gaza civil defense, around
[00:13:35] 100 Palestinians got trapped under the rubble the collapsed
[00:13:39] building. The six story building contain 24 apartments
[00:13:43] and served as a shelter for more than six families. Six
[00:13:47] extended families, those whose homes were destroyed as
[00:13:51] result the expanding so-called yellow line in the eastern bars the...
[00:13:55] strip that is actually taking control over 70% the
[00:13:59] ghaza strip, which is as result compressing more than 2 million
[00:14:03] Palestinians more in the western parts the Gaza strip, so
[00:14:06] those families had limited options, but to stay in dangerous areas as
[00:14:10] Israelation regime is still hindering the entry the
[00:14:14] reconstruction materials into the Gaza strip, according to Gaza civil defense
[00:14:18] as well, the major obstacle is the lack of heavy machinery and the lack of
[00:14:22] machinery that is designed to save the lives. to rescue those
[00:14:25] who are still alive under the rubble after 15 hours, the the
[00:14:29] civil defense announce that the the the machinery they have are not
[00:14:33] designed to save the lives, but designed actually to break down the slaps
[00:14:37] of concrete instead, which could be fatal for those who are still atrabed under
[00:14:41] the rubble until this moment. this actually serves as
[00:14:45] reminder that the Israel incubation regime is still hindering the entry
[00:14:49] the heavy machinery, the entry the reconstruction materials into the gaza strip
[00:14:53] and is still deteriorating. the conditions for the many the Palestinians
[00:14:57] and forcing them to stay in very dangerous areas across the Gaza
[00:15:00] strip.
[00:15:05] The Israeli military has launched a fresh wave of attacks on southern Lebanon
[00:15:09] intensifying its strikes, despite a US broker cease fire agreement.
[00:15:13] Several towns and villages in Tier and Nabatia districts are
[00:15:17] the targets the latest strikes, our correspond and hot tells us
[00:15:20] more.
[00:15:25] Israelis are insisting every night on conducting
[00:15:28] many air strikes, massive earth strikes that are
[00:15:32] using 100 pounds and 20 pounds
[00:15:35] bombs, sometimes ' above or they are
[00:15:39] targeting nabatia alfa and the hill of Alir
[00:15:43] they are still targeting that region added to
[00:15:46] it and the shiif arnon
[00:15:50] area including under the bofor castle where the
[00:15:54] Israel is right now they said that they are
[00:15:57] positioned so despite all of
[00:16:00] this operational dominance they are speaking
[00:16:04] about all the time they are still using - strikes
[00:16:08] to deal with any thing they want to deal with,
[00:16:11] because it's not even fact that
[00:16:15] there are any kind of threats in that region, they are most the
[00:16:19] times using these earth strikes to conduct
[00:16:23] more or inflict more destruction on these areas
[00:16:26] and also they are using nighttime to cause maximum
[00:16:30] psychological effect on the people regarding the shock waves
[00:16:34] and the impact that is heard and all south
[00:16:38] Lebanon by the way and even to areas including
[00:16:42] Mount Lebanon and West Beqa when they conduct these very heavy
[00:16:45] strikes on the hill tops of South Lebanon.
[00:16:49] Also, after this, the focus the military
[00:16:53] effort the Israelis is
[00:16:57] focused now on Almansouri region in the western
[00:17:00] sector on the coastal region.
[00:17:03] Al-Mansouri is the main urban area and the last main
[00:17:07] urban. area between uh the borders
[00:17:11] 10 kilometers or 11 kilometers
[00:17:14] south of al-mansouri and tire
[00:17:18] city.
[00:17:22] Saudi Arabia has carried out fresh air strikes on Yemen as the ongoing aggression
[00:17:26] continues to inflict heavy losses on civilians. According to Yemeny media, the war
[00:17:30] planes targeted three telecommunications towers in
[00:17:34] Yemen's Thaies province, two other Saudi air strikes on this.
[00:17:37] the city of Abs and Hajja province killed one civilian and wounded another
[00:17:41] while destroying four vehicles and damaging house. the latest
[00:17:45] Saudi air strikes come with major ansara gains along Yemen's red sea
[00:17:49] coast. the movement has captured strategic positions and islands near
[00:17:53] the Babbal Mandeb straight. it has launched missile and drone attacks against
[00:17:56] targets in southern Saudi Arabia in retaliation for the
[00:18:00] Saudi
[00:18:01] aggression
[00:18:06] and Iran says has destroyed the 53rd US MQ9
[00:18:10] drone over Qashm Island. The drone was destroyed by the
[00:18:13] advanced air defense systems the IRGC's aerospace force operating under
[00:18:17] the country's integrated air defense network. MQ9 is a
[00:18:21] primary unmanned aerial vehicle used for surveillance and targeted
[00:18:25] strikes. This is a 53rd such drone downed by
[00:18:29] Iranian forces since the start the US-Israeli war on
[00:18:32] Iran. According to a Washington Post report, the US military
[00:18:36] has roughly... 25% of its reaper drone fleet
[00:18:40] during the conflict in addition to at least 45
[00:18:44] aircraft.
[00:18:48] Iran's acting defense minister says US missile defense systems including
[00:18:52] that and patriot have faced significant challenges encountering
[00:18:56] Iran's advanced missile and drone capabilities. brigadeer general
[00:19:00] said that until yesterday US military forces had
[00:19:03] remained confident in their weapons and military capabilities on
[00:19:07] what he called baseless claims by President Donald
[00:19:11] Trump. He said, however, that the reality on the battlefield had
[00:19:15] shown otherwise, meanwhile, the commander the Islamic Revolution Guards Core
[00:19:19] Ground forces warned that Iran would respond forcefully to any
[00:19:22] miscalculation by its adversaries. Iranian officials have repeatedly
[00:19:26] warned that the country remains fully prepared to defend itself against
[00:19:30] Danny hostile
[00:19:30] action.
[00:19:35] Iranians have marked 200 nights of gatherings that began following the
[00:19:39] outbreak of war over six months ago, they say their continued
[00:19:43] presence is demonstration of national unity and resistance to foreign
[00:19:46] pressure a time of profound political and security
[00:19:50] challenges.
[00:19:56] ۲۰۰ شب حامی کشور
[00:19:58] شدیم.
[00:20:02] مشک گره کرده رهبر
[00:20:04] شدید.
[00:20:08] 200 nights, nearly six months, and once again huge
[00:20:12] crowds are out on the streets of Tehran as well as other cities
[00:20:16] across the country. What began during the opening days the
[00:20:20] war has developed into recurring nighttime ritual:
[00:20:23] Iranian flags, chance, and tonight,
[00:20:27] milestone. I've been coming to these nightly
[00:20:31] rallies since the 35th night and I haven't missed a single night.
[00:20:34] I'll keep coming for as long as our leader wants. is
[00:20:37] here, we've been taking part in these nightly
[00:20:41] rallies for 200 nights for two main reasons:
[00:20:45] first, to demand justice for the blood of our martered leader,
[00:20:49] and second,
[00:21:52] Well the fourth day the annual IAA general conference is underway in the
[00:21:55] Austrian Capital Vienna, the prohibition of attacks on nuclear
[00:21:59] facilities is at the top the agenda of today's discussions. For more
[00:22:03] details, we were earlier joined by our corresponderinish from
[00:22:07] Vienna.
[00:22:11] The agenda item on the attacks to nuclear facilities uh
[00:22:15] will be discussed in the afternoon, we can expect a heated discussion, there
[00:22:19] will be joint statement delivered uh that uh
[00:22:23] has been drafted by Russia, China and Iran and
[00:22:27] signed by number of other countries, so far it has
[00:22:30] not been uh published the joint statement, so we don't
[00:22:34] know who uh which countries will sign
[00:22:38] this statement, we can expect that
[00:22:42] the allies of Russia, China and Iran like Ganisha, Burkina
[00:22:46] Faso, Nicaragua, Cuba, Belarus, Sudan.
[00:22:51] uh will sign it, I'm hearing also that South Africa
[00:22:55] will sign it, probably also Brazil, maybe Pakistan,
[00:22:58] Indonesia countries uh like like
[00:23:02] that, this agenda item and this
[00:23:06] uh joint statement is in direct relation to the
[00:23:10] attacks the uh in June
[00:23:13] 2025 on nuclear facilities in iran in
[00:23:17] spring but also the ongoing attacks on uh
[00:23:20] Russian nuclear facilities by Ukraine,
[00:23:23] most most importantly the attacks on
[00:23:27] Sapuricianal nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear power plant
[00:23:30] in
[00:23:32] Europe. United
[00:23:36] States Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in three years
[00:23:39] and
[00:23:40] a bit to curve inflation driven by soring fuel prices at the US war on Iran.
[00:23:44] the central bank the US said the rates were highed by 25
[00:23:48] basis points bringing them uh from
[00:23:50] 3.75% to 4%. the decision was made despite
[00:23:54] fierce opposition from President Donald Trump who had called for interest
[00:23:58] rates to be lowered. it also comes just weeks before uh the
[00:24:02] US mid-term elections. fed chair Kevin Wars said the move
[00:24:06] was because inflation is too high and it has been for too long. crude
[00:24:10] oil prices have soared since the imposed usrally war on Iran in
[00:24:14] February. Brent Crude is currently trading over $104 a
[00:24:17] barrel and uh the US is seeing record high diesel
[00:24:20] prices with the average price reaching over $6 a
[00:24:24] gallon, roughly double the level year
[00:24:27] ago,
[00:26:32] '
[00:27:52] 20 days that was all the time Mohammad Ali Khalaha had
[00:27:56] in this world, he was born in Gazby in Iran a time when the
[00:28:00] country was already at war, but War was never supposed to define his
[00:28:04] life. He was supposed to grow up, sleep safely in his mother's
[00:28:08] arms. Here his seven-year-old brother laugh and slowly discover the
[00:28:11] world around him. Instead, his life lasted just
[00:28:15] 20 days during a US- Israeli air strike on
[00:28:18] Tehran, residential building in the Majidi area was
[00:28:22] strike. Muhammad Ali, his mother, his seven-year-old brother, and several
[00:28:26] other family members were killed while visiting relatives at their
[00:28:29] home. The explosion was so powerful. that the baby's
[00:28:33] body was thrown out the house. he was only 20
[00:28:37] days old. he was not a soldier, he was not a
[00:28:40] politician, he carried no weapon and had no role in the conflict. he
[00:28:44] was simply baby. wars are often described through statistics,
[00:28:48] how many missiles were fired, how many buildings were destroyed, how
[00:28:52] many people were killed, because the true cost of war is not
[00:28:56] measured only by numbers, sometimes
[00:28:59] it is measured by silent cradle, by a tiny piece
[00:29:03] of clothing that will never be worn by room where a
[00:29:07] baby's cries will never be heard again.
[00:29:10] that is why the story of Muhammad Ali is more than the story of one
[00:29:14] victim. it forces simple question: when
[00:29:18] war reaches baby's room, what happens to our ideas of
[00:29:22] security, humanity and the value of human life? for many Iranians,
[00:29:26] muhammad ali's name carries even deeper meaning. in
[00:29:29] shia muslim tradition, the name aliaskar. recalls the youngest
[00:29:33] son of Imam Hussein a baby who became one the most
[00:29:37] powerful symbols of innocence and suffering during the tragedy of
[00:29:41] Karbala, centuries separate Aliasgar from Mohammad
[00:29:44] Ali, different wars, different times, different
[00:29:48] places, but the image is painfully familiar. A
[00:29:52] defenceless child caught in violence, he did not choose and
[00:29:56] could never understand.