of your headlines on press tv, iran strongly condemns israel's attack its diplomatic premises in syria, saying the... team seeks escalate the conflict in the region while evading accountability. president raise says the terrorist attack on iran's embassy in syria is a sign of israel's profound of desperation and last struggle of falling regime. and the world bank says israel's on slot on gaza has inflicted about $18.5 billion dollars in damages to the palestinian territory's critical infrastructure. of

hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in tehan, thank you for joining us, the united nations security council has held emergency meeting on the latest israeli attack on the consul action of the iranian embassy in syria, addressing the event, iran's deputy representative to the un called on the world body 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 embolden this regime to continue its violation unchecked. it is high time for the security council to shoulder its

responsibility and address 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 zahradi said israel is defying security council resolutions and shows disregard for its 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 holds israel and the us fully accountable. the syrian official added that the israeli regime would not have dared to attack other nations diplomatic premises if of it went for washington's blind support. the russian ambassador whose country has called the meeting slammed the air strike as a flagram violation of syria's sovereignty. he said israel seeks to further fuel the regional conflict. china's envoy also

condemned israel's attack as a grave violation of the un charter and international law and a breach of the sovereignty of both syria and iran. earlier we were joined by a political analyst sad muhammad marandi from tehran to discuss the israely strike on the consulate section of iran's embassy in syria. he says israel continues with this atrocities in the region because of the us political and military support. let's take a listen, 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..." west allows of

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 do not 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 uh direct us support. the leader of

iran's islamic revolution has vowed tehran will make the occupying zinus regime regret is deadly strike on the iranian embassy in the syrian capital them. made the remark in message of condolence on the martydom of a group of iranian military advisors in monday's israeli aerial raid on syria. the leader described israel as hated occupying regime. he vowed that the evil regime will be punished. khamenei also saluted the marters the attack including two senior irgc commanders, major general mohammad riza zahidi and general mohammad hadi haj rahimi. iran's president says the terrorist and criminal attack on the iranian embassy in syria is a sign of israel's profound desperation and helplessness. ibrahim rasy was speaking in a phone conversation with a syrian counterpart bashar al-assad. he added

that the passivity and weak position of some arab countries has prevented the islamic world from adopting a united stance against israel and made the regime more brazent in committing crimes. described israel's insane actions as the last struggles of this falling regime which does not respect any humanitarian and international principles. he also slammed the us and its western allies for providing financial, weaponry and media support to israel. assad for his part condemned israel's attack as violation of international laws, as a sign of moral degeneration of the regime. he also expressed his condolences to the government and nation of iran and the families of the... was killed in the israeli attack. an israeli attack has struck the consular section of the iran's embassy in the syrian capital, damascus, resulting in the martidom of brigadier general muhammad riza zahidi and six other iranian military advisors is a profile of the

general. brigadier general muhammad reza zahidi, a senior commander of the islamic revolution guards cores. gots force was killed in an unprecedented israeli attack targeting the five-story consular building of the iranian embassy in damascus. born in 1960 in the central iranian city of esvahan, zahidi 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 grand. 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 qutz 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 gots force in 2019 and served the force until his martur them. syrian prime minister mohammed hussein or noos has denounced israel's recent attack on the conunsulat 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 noticed 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 makdad condemned the terrorist attack in the strongest terms adding that israel will not be able to undermine the relations between iran and syria. the military wing of the palestinian resistance movement hamas also offered his condolences on the martidom of iranian general zahidi and his fellow advisors in syria. in a statement, the algasan brigades denounced quote, the cowly assassination of the iranian advisors who died for the cause of alqs in the treasurers is really boming. now 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 ivan's embassy in damascus. fatima massumi has disrupted. report, iranians took to the streets of the capital, tehran and gathered iconic palestine square at midnight after the deadly israeli attack on iran's embassy 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. our muslim brothers and sisters,

palestinians, syrians are all a part of our own nation, and there is no difference between us, two of our generals were martered, so we have gathered here to show our readiness for retaliation. we are asking the islamic republic of iran to take serious action 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 zahedi and his deputy mohammed hadi haji rahimi were killed in the israely 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 is pressing ahead with its atrocities with the recently. 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 sulaymani played a key role in fighting and decimating the daesh tacfiri terrorist group in the region, particularly in iraq and syria. large number of people have gathered here in palestine square to strongly condemn

the recent israeli attack on the iranian consuler in the capital of syria damascus. fatih massumi reporting for press tv, tehwan. ramadan in iran where ancient traditions blend with modern celebrations to create a truly unforgettable spiritual journey where everything comes alive with the spirit of the holy month, a unique experience like other. these and more on this edition of iran today. welcome back, a joint report by the world bank and the united nations shows the israely

war on gaza has caused damages of around 18.5 billion dollars to gaza's critical infrastructure. the report says the structural damage caused by the israely carpet bombing of gaza has affected every sector of the palestinian territory's economy. the damages are equivalent to 97% of the combined gdp of the world bank and gaza, the west bank and gaza. in 2022, the report covers only the first four months of the israeli genocide in gaza and embodies some aspects of the besieg strips humanitarian crisis as well. it has found out that more than half of the territory's population is on the brink of famon. the report also said over 70% of the palestinians in gaza have been displaced due to the ongoing israeli air strikes and bombing. israel deliberately terrorizing aid workers and disrupting humanitarian activities in gaza. the un agency for palestinian refugees, onrua says

nearly 180 of the staff have been killed in israeli onslaughts on the warridden 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. deiroballah has claimed the lives of seven international aid workers associated with a us-based charity. the wck team was traveling in a deconflected zone in two armored cars branded with a wck logo and soft skin vehicle. despite coordinating movements with the idf, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the dairal balah warehouse where the

team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to gaza and the mari time route, the israely prime minister benjam netanyahu has admitted the attack was carried out by the rasian forces but claimed that the raid was unintentional, the head of the world central kitchen however has called incident a targeted attack saying the strike indeed targeted humanitarian organizations showing up in the diarus of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war, meantime international condom nations have been pouring in following the attack with the us, which is the regime staunchest ally, expressing deep concern over the strike. australia has also slammed the attack as completely unacceptable. the uk meanwile has ageged israel to provide an explanation. a

correspondent moti abusabe joined us earlier from the central gaza city of deral balah to give us an update. in the situation in the war ravish 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 apponing massacers claiming the lives of 71 palestinian civilians in addition to injuring roughly 130 others. uh, these numbers actually uh took 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 ridental building in the eastern part of deril balakh city, particularly in abul ajin town, which is located in the eastern part of deril balak city. while when it comes to khanuni city, the western part of khanuni city, particularly the vicinity and the surrounding

areas of the nasa medical complex witnessed more destruction as residental buildings were blown up by the israeli occupation forces in that area, while the eastern b of kanunis witnessed also another israeli strikes and attacks against the residental buildings there. when it comes to wafa city, the number the palestina civilians who uh were uh killed over the last attack that took eblace and during the last night amounted to 10 palestinian civilians including five five palestinian 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 out fresh attacks on israeli positions in response to the regime's ongoing genocide in gaza. the umbrella resistance group says the attacks reaffim is determination to continue striking israely strongholds. our correspondents

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 in iraq have 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 have supported the people of gaza by striking israeli positions. the regime's positions, whether it spots 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." 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 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 there are. operations will intensify even more as long as the genocidal war on gaza continues. muslim salim press tv, baghdad.

the syrian capital, damascus has hosted the political symposium to commemorate the international goods day. the event revolved around the significance of the flood operation and its repercussions in the region. iran's ambassador said at the meeting that the country will make proportional response to israel's attack 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-qod's international day, the permanent committee of al-qod's 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 witnessed the zinanist 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 achievements made in operation. they condemn the... we offer our condolences to the islamic republic of iran on the marterdom of brigadier general mohammed raza zahidi and his comrades who were martered in the zionist attack on the iranian embassy building in damascus. we afirm syria 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's 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. alaxaf flood operation overthrew and buried all the sectarian projects sown by western colonialism. and the zionist entity. what makes al-quds international day this year special is the steadfastness of the resistance and the people of gazza who thoughted the goals of the israeli enemy. the symposium concluded that al-qutz international day has consolidated the concept of resistance. while operation proved that with strong faith the oppressed palestinian people can achieve victory over designist occupation. ibrahim wahdi press tv damascus. turkey's main opposition party has won the local elections in the two key cities of istanbul and ankara. analys say recep tayp erdogan's 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 rejap 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 admitting 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 imamo. with a 12% difference, i will persist in my endeavors for this city, we will be present among the people in the streets following president's guidance, our nations 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 la 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 support.

the opposition party did not only win istanbul but also sease 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 why? because first he did not raise the retirement salaries. early we used to vote.

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. rashan saglam, press tv, istanbul. and that's it for this hours bulletin. thank you for being with us, take care and bye-bye. for us humans, air is the most important natural element along with water, food, light and warmth. air pollution can have short-term and long-term effects on human health.

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