the headlines iran strongly condemns israel's attack its diplomatic premises in syria saying the regime seeks escalate conflict in the region while evading accountability president says a terrorist attack on iran's embassy in syria is a sign of israel's profound desperation and last struggle with falling regime. and the world bank says israel's onslot on gas has inflicted about $18.5 billion dollars in damage to the critical infrastructure there.

hello and welcome everybody, it's 11:30 am here in the iranian capital tehran, you're watching press tv's world news, our top story for this half hour, the united united nations security council has held emergency meeting on the latest israeli attack on the consular section 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 in violation of the international regulations. regretably, the absence of accountability and the councils 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 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 compel this regime to uphold its obligations, that he 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 the israeli regime would not have dared to attack other nations diplomatic premises if it wasn't for washington's blind support. the russian ambassador whose country had called the meeting slammed the year strike as a flagant violation of syria's sovereignty, he said israel seeks to further fuel the regional conflicts. 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

political analyst muhammad marandi from tehran to discuss the israeli strike on the consular section of iran's embassy in syria, he says israel continues its atrocities in the region because of the us political and military support. israely regime is allowed to carry out any atrocity because of western support. we've seen for decades how they've imposed a part. tide, 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 uh really no surprise when it carries out attack on sovereign countries, the iranian embassy is uh 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... and 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. a funeral has been held in the syrian capital damascus for the victims of the recent israeli air strike on the consular section of the iranian embassy in that country, press tv's ibrahim has more scores of morers have. attended a

funeral for the commanders of iran's islamic revolution guard corps who were assassinated in an israeli air strike on iran's embassy in damascus. the crime by the israeli regime is definitely a serious one. it's a violation of international laws and norms. the un security council has met over the attack. the world body must respond to this crime appropriately. according to the international law, iran has the right to give a proportionate response to the israeli attack. the funeral was attended by religious and political figures as well as syrian people. morners there stressed that the marters will be the way. we as followers of the path of martyres must not allow despair or frustration to affect us in the access of resistance. god willing we will follow the path of the martyrs with firmness and patience until god grants us victory. people

carried the marters coffens on their shoulders, promising to keep their legacy alive and to continue their path until the final victory in gaza. with. pride, sadness and grief, morners bit farewell to their hero martters and affirmed that the crimes of this barbaric regime will only strengthen their faith in the excess of resistance and its ability to defeat zionism and its sponsors. ibrahim wahdi press tv, damascus. the leader of iran's islamic revolution has vowed tehran will make the occupying zianist regime regretted steadly air strike on the iranian embassy in the syrian capital damas. made the remarks that message of condolence on the martidom of a group of iranian military advisors in monday's israeli ariel rate on syria. the leader described israel as hated occupying regime. he vowed that the evil regime will be punished. also saluted the

marters of the attack including two senior irgc commanders, major general muhammad and general mohammad hadi haj rahimi. now let's take a look at the profile of brigadier general muhammad who was killed in the israeli attack in damascus. brigadier general mohammad reza zahedi, a senior. commander of the islamic revolution guards cores kots 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 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. zahidi joined the ghots 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 martterdom. 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 rice he was speaking with his syrian c basar alassad on the phone. ricy added that the passivity. and the weak position of some arab countries have prevented the islamic world from adopting a united stance against israel and made the regime more braise and committing crimes. he described israel's insane actions as the last struggles of this falling regime. he also slammed 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 law and a sign of moral degeneration of the regime. he also expressed. his condolences to the government and nation of iran and the families of those killed in the israeli attack. and... report by world bank and the united nations shows 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 israeli 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 west bank and gaza in 2020 to the report. covers only of the first four months of the israeli genocide in gaza and embodies some aspects of the beseed

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 has been displaced due to the ongoing israeli air strikes and bombing. un secretary general has denounced as uncontionable the killing the israeli killing of several international aid workers on duty in the gaza strip. the devastating israeli air strikes that killed world central kitchen personnel yesterday bring the number of aid workers killed in this conflict to 196, including more than 100. 75 members of our own un staff, this is unconshanable, it

demonstrates yet again the urgent need for immediate humanitarian sease fire, the unconditional release of all ostages and the expansion of humanitarian aid into gaza as the security council demanded in its resolution last week. the resolution must be implemented without delay. meanwile the un agency for palest. refugees honor says, the war on gaza has witnessed the highest number of aid worker deaths ever recorded in any conflict, an israeli air strike left seven aid workers associated with us-based charity world central kitchen dead in the gaza strip on monday, the head of the charity called the incident a targeted attack, saying the strike indeed targeted humanitarian organization showing up in dire situations when food is being used as a weapon of war. the israeli killing of the world. central kitchen aid staff has drawn international reactions, western countries have called on israel to

offer an explanation. well, the israely military has launched fresh attacks on civilian areas in southern levidon, and we're now joined by our correspondent mariam sallin who is standing by with an update on the story, mario. yes, body, well we know that the israelis have heavily bombarded the natural reserves of the towns of ramya and the outskirts of itashab, we know at least 60 phosphorus bombs uh were fired uh on the natural reserves of ramia, which is considered one of the biggest, one of the largest in the country, we also had some 20 artillery - missiles that were targeted also on these two towns and addition to another... 20 missiles that were targeted that were launched from the tanks, from the israeli

tanks on that side. now we know also from israeli reports that that could be a sign that there was a hizballah operation in the in that side, which is considered the eastern part of the border, since there were a sirens that were sounding in the eastern side of the gilli region and those settlements there, and usually when you have that type of... from the israeli army, that usually signifies that hizbullah was able to inflict heavy losses upon the israelis and we're not just talking about destruction of maybe settlement or the destruction of the post and devices and hardware, but we're also talking about losses within the israeli military personnel, perhaps soldiers, which is something of course the israelies don't admit to, but it is clear and evident from their... report that there are usually many uh israeli soldiers that are taken to hospital, in

addition to the fact that you have lot of officials and even commanders and officers from the israeli army that are talking about the heavy price they are paying um on the northern side which is of course the occupied palestinian territory in the galile region so that means although they have not they are not admitting to it officially they are losing soldiers on the ground in that area so also we know that very important that yesterday we had attacks against civilian areas where we did which led to the killing of woman in one of the towns which is in south lebanon. and so hisballah also retaliated for that um with very large salvo of of catusha rockets against one of the settlements which had not been targeted before which is hazif and this is close to nahareya and this probably is settlement which could probably have not been evacuated

fully yet and so hizballah is like sending messages as usual to the israelies they were basically 'if you escalate, we are going escalate, we're going to launch further um attacks into the further settlements, not only those that are close to the border, of course there is still a lot of speculations, lot of people are saying that hizbullah will also retaliate for the attack in damascus against the iranian consulate, since we have seen this before in the past, hazbillah has considered now this con this confrontation, this battle as one when it's comes to the resistance front and so when there is attack um against areas also in syria, hezballah also within its operations launches a retaliation for that, but we have learned also from experience that hazbullah takes their time when it comes to finding the right attack, the right targeting and the right target uh to be able to hurt the israelis uh

a manner that surprises the israelis themselves, we have for example the maroon airbase that was something that really surprised the israelies, so we're still waiting to see if there is going to be something new target, new method of retaliation from hazbillah, but with that said hezballah has still maintained the rules of engagement, we may say it's not rules of engagement since it is a different type of war, it is perhaps a limited scope, limited geography, specific targeting, surgical operations, if we may call it from hazbullah um but the the issue is that hazballah is still trying to basically uh make sure that civilians are still safe in in in lebanon and not allow the israelis to go further in their attacks to launch full scale attacks again wars excuse me against uh the the civilians in lebanon. thanks lot mariam presties mariam

saw joining us from the lebanese capital berut. moving on the isamic resistance in iraq. says it is carried out new anti-israeli strike targeting the regime's high fire airport in support of palestinians in the gaza strip. the iraki resistance said the operation was carried out using drones that added that the attack was in response to the massacers committed by israel against palestinian civilians including women and children and the elderly. the group said that it will continue its operations against israeli strongholds. in recent months the islamic resistance in iraq has carried out series of attacks against israeli positions. it has also... hit us military bases in iraq and neighboring syria in retaliation for washington support for the israeli genocide in gaza. international woods day is annual pro-palestinian event marked on the rather the last friday of the holy month of ramadan. the day was designated by founder of the

islamic republic of iran imam komeini back in 1979 in solidarity with palestinians muslims world. will mark this year's day on the coming friday or a correspondent in paris has asked some french citizens about the event and its importance in the muslim world, let's take a listen, what's terrible is when you feel that there's real discrimination against the people of gaza, all the western governments in the world today support and do not criticize israel and it's so very unfair, in fact there's a laz fair at we as citizens must openly support palestine constantly. in france we expected too much from our government's foreign policy and we have been lead on yet again. however, we cannot abandon palestine now. we must keep demanding justice for them victim. there are so many victims in

palestine, children, women, it's so bad that i can't even watch the videos anymore. it's very, very hard for all humanity to see this and to see that certain governments won't even stand up against what's so very, very wrong. it's so important to keep fighting for palestine, because our politicians aren't doing anything at all. however, that doesn't mean the population isn't aware of what's going on and doesn't want to support all these people who are suffering for nothing. there's a famine that's being exploited by israel to better control the people. they should have gone about things differently, but that's how the israelies are. this is going to be like ireland or yugoslavia where there are endless conflicts in the un is completely overwhelmed by events, unless they

are stopped now. a controversial republican easter commemoration was held in northern ireland city of dairy, masked men from the police linked with the paramilitary organization, the new ira march through the city to mark the easter rising against british. 1916, a correspondent reports from derry. easter monday is traditionally the day of a controversial and tense parade commemorating the armed uprising against british colonial rule in ireland. on the state the dairy 1960 committee holds its parade, the organization is linked to the republican party, siriu, which means liberation, and the paramilitary organization, new ir. the gregan estate is a disadvantage working glass area with strong republic. can support during the northern irish war from 1968 to 1998, parts of derry were nogo area for the occupying british army. until today, support for revolutionary republicanism has been strong and visible on

the streets. on monday a marsh took place in the center of gregon. carefully observed by police drones and helicopters, you firing masks in balaclavas, carried fireworks and petrol bombs. last year, there were violent clashes between protesters and the police security forces blocked the march. no police presence was visible on the ground this year. after a mar through their state, the parade goffered at the republican monument in the cementry where many is republican army members are buried. the proclamation of the irish republic was read. thomas mcdonald, we declare the right of the people of ireland to the ownership of ireland and to the unfair control of the irish destinies to be sovereign and indefesable. the long usarption of that right by foreign people and government has not extinguished a right nor can it ever be extinguished as set by the destruction of the irish people. the main speaker stress the continued commitment to armed struggle against imperialism. as long as ireland is on free, the only honorable attitude for irish men and women is to have the attitude of rebellion, we are here to stay. he also stressed the solidarity of

republicans with the palestinian resistance in gaza. we stand shoulder to shoulder of the palestinian people and the right to defend themselves or couldn't really change their occupier and anyway they deem necessary. from the river to the sea palestine will be free. an unnotified republican easter parade was held in the republican cragon esta. in past years erupted when the northern irish police attempted to stop the parade, this year's march concluded peacefully, but the presence of several dozen mask men on the streets was a stark reminder that resistance to british rule and imperialism is still ongoing in ireland. dita reinish, reporting for press tv from derry. turkey's main opposition party has won local elections in the two. cities of istanbul and ankara, analys say richard talan's defeat is due to two main reasons, one the economy, and the second is his weak stance towards gaza. russian reports from istanbul. president 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 election. 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 murat 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 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 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 islam is supporting akp were expecting a different stance from the war on gaza. the opposition party did not only win istanbul but also sease several

districts from akp. more than 61 million were eligible to vote, voters turnout was registered at 76% across 81 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. if they want to ask erdogan and his party. rasan saglam, press tv, istanbul. that's a rap for now, but stay tuned, we've got lots more to come here on press tv. see you in a bit. the rivers of mesopotamia are going through their most critical times. with the deaths of

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