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US, Israel should fear war not Lebanon: Hezbollah chief

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IFP Media Wire
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Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks in a televised speech on Sunday in commemoration of Wissam Hassan al-Tawil, a senior Hezbollah commander who was assassinated in an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Khirbet Selm on January 8.

Nasrallah praised Tawil as one of the commanders in the war against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria and stressed that he had also been one of the field commanders on the southern front since October 8, 2023, when the Lebanese resistance movement engaged in fire exchanges with the Israeli occupation regime in support of the Palestinians in Gaza.

Nasrallah hailed as “legendary” Palestinian resistance against the Israeli aggression after 100 days and said the regime had not succeeded in achieving any goals of its campaign “neither the explicit nor the implicit ones”.

“One hundred days have passed and Gaza and its people remain steadfast in a legendary manner that history has never witnessed,” the Hezbollah chief stated.

“The implicit goals of the Israeli war are to occupy Gaza, displace the Gazans and to turn the territory into a beach for the Israeli settlers,” he added.

“The Israeli enemy was neither able to eliminate the resistance in Gaza, nor able to eliminate Hamas.”

Underlining that the Lebanese front has been open since October, Nasrallah expressed Hezbollah’s readiness to fight and said Lebanon has no fear of war or US and Israeli threats.

“Those who should fear war and be scared of it are Israel and its settlers,” Nasrallah underscored.

“We have been ready for war for the past 99 days and we do not fear it. We will fight with no restrictions.”

Warning that the Americans must fear for their bases in the region, Hezbollah’s leader stated, “Our stance is that the Lebanese front has been for supporting and assisting Gaza and its objective is halting the aggression against Gaza. Let the aggression against Gaza stop and then talks related to Lebanon will be possible.”

Nasrallah said the resistance continues to inflict losses on the Israeli occupation but the regime has been keeping its real number of casualties “under wraps”.

“The greatest catastrophe will be when the war ends and the extent of the catastrophe that befell the entity, which the resistance in Gaza inflicted on it in the first place, is revealed,” he underlined.

He said the extent of the occupation’s concealment of its losses “is reflected in its failure to acknowledge the targeting of the Mount Meron base”, which was targeted by the resistance in Lebanon earlier in the month as part of the initial response to the assassination of the deputy head of the political bureau of Hamas, Martyr Saleh al-Arouri.

Stressing that the Lebanese resistance movement fired 62 missiles, including 40 Katyushas and 22 Kornet anti-tank guided missiles, at the base, Nasrallah stated, “18 of the Kornet missiles hit it.”

Pointing to the various resistance fronts supporting Palestinians in Gaza, the Hezbollah chief added the Americans and many Western countries worked over a period of 100 days to “silence, subjugate and thwart these fronts.”

Nasrallah underscored the continuation of resistance in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq will push the Israeli regime to “accept the conditions of resistance, and this will mean the promised victory”.

Commenting on the recent US-UK aggression on Yemen, Nasrallah said US President Joe Biden and his administration would soon find out that they committed a folly.

“Biden will quickly discover the extent of the foolishness he committed through his aggression against Yemen, and today more than ever before, it is the responsibility of every Arab, Muslim and free person to declare his support for the Yemeni people, leadership, supporters and resistance, and this is the decisive factor between the fronts of truth and falsehood,” he added.

“If Biden and those with him think Yemen will stop supporting Gaza, then they are ignorant and know nothing,” he stressed, describing the aggression against Yemen as “American and British foolishness”.

The Hezbollah chief pointed to “what the Americans did in the Red Sea”, and said, “It will harm all shipping traffic, and they did all of this in order to protect Israel.”

“What is happening in the Red Sea has dealt a major blow to the enemy’s economy,” Nasrallah continued, adding that Israel’s image “has been exposed in the world, and this is what was revealed in the International Court of Justice in The Hague”.

Referring to South Africa’s lodging proceedings against Israel in The Hague, Nasrallah stated, “Independent of the outcome of the trial, the spectacle of the occupying entity being accused, before the eyes of the world and based on irrefutable evidence, is unprecedented and has confounded the occupying entity, which relies on moral hypocrisy before the world, by denying that it is waging a genocidal war in Gaza.”

Iranian Journalists Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi released on bail

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Niloufar Hamedi & Elaheh Mohammadi

The Tehran Province Appeals Court approved the IRR100,000,000 bail for each of the said journalists. Subsequently, both Hamedi and Mohammadi were released after posting bail.

On 22 October 2023, the 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court issued its verdict after conducting court hearings, investigations, obtaining the final defense, and considering the defense motions presented by their lawyers.

According to the verdict, Mohammadi received a 6-year sentence for cooperating with the hostile government of the United States, 5 years for conspiracy against the security of the country, and 1 year for propagating activities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, regarding the 2022 unrest and deadly riots.

Hamedi was sentenced to 7 years for collaborating with the hostile government of the United States, 5 years for conspiracy against the country’s security, and 1 year for propagandizing against the Islamic Republic of Iran in that regard.

The verdict also banned their activities in political parties, groups, and factions in cyber space, media, and press for 2 years.

Hamedi and Mohammadi are currently prohibited from leaving the country until the appeal court’s decision is issued.

Hundreds of protestors and security forces were killed during the unrest and deadly riots that was sparked following the death of a young woman in police detention in Tehran.
Iran says the US, Israel and a few of their allies had fanned the flames of the riots and unrest.

800,000 Gazans facing death by starvation, thirst as mortality toll nears 24k

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War
Palestinian people buy frozen meat that was allowed into the Gaza Strip at the butcher shops as Israeli attacks continue on December 30, 2023 in Rafah, Gaza.

A statement explained that the two governorates “need 1,300 food trucks daily to overcome the hunger crisis, with 600 trucks for the north and 700 for Gaza city”.

It pointed out that Israel “is speeding up the pace of a real famine and killing 14 martyrs who tried to get food (without providing details about the deaths)”.

The Media Office warned of the army’s “deliberate and intentional efforts to cause a real famine in Gaza city and northern the enclave”.

It also highlighted the army’s continued prevention of “aid, supplies, food, and provisions from entering the governorates, as well as shooting at trucks attempting to reach them, targeting drinking water pipelines and wells, and hindering all aspects of life”.

The statement held the “international community, the United States, and the occupation” fully responsible for the catastrophic and deadly consequences of famine and thirst, demanding that they “immediately and urgently stop the war”.

Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has continued to close the crossings between Gaza and the outside world. The Rafah crossing is partially opened for limited aid entry, the exit of dozens of patients and injured individuals and several foreign passport holders.

On Nov. 24, Israel allowed small quantities of humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing, within a one-week pause reached between factions in Gaza and Israel, mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States. The pause included a hostage swap deal.

Truck entry to southern areas of Gaza has been limited since Oct. 7.

Since then, the Israeli army has waged a destructive war on Gaza, resulting in, as of Saturday, 23,968 fatalities and 60,582 injuries, mostly children and women, along with massive destruction to infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, according to Gaza authorities and the United Nations.

Israel maneuvering to drag US into wider conflict to exit Gaza quagmire: Iran’s envoy

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IFP Media Wire
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US UK Houthi Yemen

“The actions by the United States and the UK in attacking Yemen constitute a flagrant violation of national sovereignty, a breach of international law, and a transgression of the United Nations Charter,” Iravani said in an exclusive interview with Newsweek published on Saturday.

“Compelling evidence suggests that the Tel Aviv regime has effectively maneuvered to involve the US in these conflicts, aligning with its own interests,” he said, referring to the circumstances in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria as well as Iraq and Yemen.”

Iravani added that the joint military aggression exposed the so-called success of the Israeli regime’s lobbying in Washington to draw the US into “a direct war” and exacerbate the spillover of hostilities to other parts of the region.

On Friday, the US and the UK targeted five regions of Yemen with 73 missiles, including the capital Sana’a, killing at least five people and wounding six others. The US military claimed on Saturday that it conducted a new attack against a radar site that belonged to the Ansarullah resistance movement in Yemen’s capital.

President Joe Biden of the United States said he ordered the strikes in response to “unprecedented” attacks against vessels heading to Israeli ports.

Iravani emphasized that Israel has fallen short of achieving most of its stated objectives in the war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

However, the regime seeks a more-extensive crisis than the ongoing Gaza conflict to “facilitate a so-called face-saving exit from the current quagmire”, the Iranian diplomat continued.

“The Israeli regime’s requests from the United States extend beyond a mere solicitation for weapons, intelligence, financial, and political support; instead, it encompasses a desire for direct participation in the war,” Iravani stated.

The Iranian ambassador warned that a “severe humanitarian crisis” unfolds when the international mechanisms display a lack of both the will and capability to put an end to Israel’s crimes in Gaza while the region is under a stringent siege, with essential supplies such as fuel and food being denied to the people of the Strip.

In response to this dire circumstance, Iravani said Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement, driven by a sense of human duty, has assumed the role of defending the oppressed Palestinian nation.

He added Ansarullah has declared that all shipping lines in the Red Sea waterway are secure, except for vessels associated with the Tel Aviv regime or engaged in the transportation of goods to or from Israel. This, he said, portrays Ansarullah as a proponent of humanitarian principles.

Pointing to an all-out siege, encompassing land, air, and sea, on Ansarullah for the past eight years, the Iranian diplomat said Yemen has demonstrated resilience by relying on its internal capacities despite facing protracted embargo and blockade.

Iravani added the resistance groups in Iraq and Lebanon are integral to their respective governments, with decisions subject to governmental considerations, but Ansarullah stands apart as an independent government possessing national sovereignty.

“Ansarullah operates with a distinctive status, enjoying the highest level of support from its people.”

Police chief: Perpetrators behind terror attack in southeast Iran arrested

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Police

“After the Rask incident, I promised dear Iranian people that we would take a terrible revenge on the terrorists, and now I’d like to announce that anti-terrorism police units have made considerable gains over the past few days,” said Iranian Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan on Sunday.

“The four main perpetrators behind the Rask incident were captured alive in a surprise operation, which dealt a mental blow and came as a shock to the dissident group,” added the top commander.

“They believed they were no longer on our intelligence radar,” he added.

An on-duty member of the Iranian police force was killed in a shootout with terrorists in Rask on January 10, 2024.

The terrorist secessionist group Jailsh-ul-Adl claimed responsibility for the raid.

In a similar incident, the police command center in Rask had come under attack days before.The terror attack left at least 11 dead and 8 wounded.

The group has been behind several terror attacks inside Iran that have left dozens of people killed and injured. Officials say Jailsh-ul-Adl enjoys support from the US and Israel.

The group’s operatives often sneak into Iran from neighboring Pakistan.

Iran: Natural gas exports to Iraq underway as planned

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iraq Gas

“Iran exports natural gas to Iraq through 2 exchange points. Under an agreement reached two months ago, one of the exchange points was put out of service at the beginning of 2024 for the periodical calibration process, and at the moment, exports are taking place through the second point as agreed,” said an official with the National Iranian Gas Company.

“The implementation of calibration work in the process of exports is something usual and has been done before, too, and is not limited to gas exports to Iraq,” the official explained.

Under an agreement between the two countries, Iran exports up to 50 million cubic meters of natural gas to neighboring Iraq per day.

West Asia will not witness security, stability unless Israel’s occupation of Palestine ends: Hamas

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IFP Media Wire
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Israel Army

Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Beirut on Saturday, Osama Hamdan, who also represents Hamas in Lebanon, advised the United States and the UK to give up their colonial policies and prove this by showing respect for the sovereignty of other countries and interests of Muslim people.

Hamdan said all countries of the world have become fed-up with aggressive policies of Washington and London, and will not stand idly by in the face of the brutal Zionist crimes and the genocidal war that Palestinian people are exposed to.

Israel launched its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip on October 7 following an operation by the territory’s resistance groups, called Operation al-Aqsa Storm. The regime has also imposed a complete siege on Gaza, preventing entry of fuel, electricity, food, water and medicine into the coastal territory.

The relentless Israeli military campaign has so far killed at least 23,800 Palestinians, most of them women and children, while more than 60,000 others have been wounded.

The senior Hamas official reiterated that the Israeli regime has failed to achieve any of the goals it sought through the onslaught on Gaza, despite the genocidal crimes it has committed and killing thousands of Palestinians.

“The Nazi enemy did not succeed in breaking the will and steadfastness of our great people … and they were not able to undermine the strength and determination of … the Palestinian resistance,” Hamdan added.

The Hamas representative in Lebanon stated, “The enemy has suffered a strategic loss since October 7 and will continue to suffer failure after failure as it continues its aggression against the Gaza Strip.”

He noted that the Palestinian people have foiled all the enemy’s plans so far, will thwart all its upcoming plans, and will achieve clear victory in Operation al-Aqsa Storm.

Hamdan added that the battle of the Palestinian people against the occupation and colonialism did not begin on October 7, 2023, but started long before that and continued for 105 years, including 30 years of the British colonialism and 75 years of Zionist occupation.

“The United States and its Western allies have been dealing with the Zionist entity since its establishment as a ‘state above the law’, and they are still providing the necessary support for its continued occupation.”

As the Zionist regime’s most dedicated ally, the United States has supplied Israel with more than 10,000 tons of military equipment since the onset of its military aggression against Gaza.

Washington has also cast its veto against all the United Nations Security Council resolutions that called for an immediate ceasefire across the territory.

Iran President: Israel must leave occupied Palestine as occupation does not bring legitimacy

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ebrahim Raisi

“The continuation of occupation brings neither ownership, nor legitimacy,” said Ebrahim Raisi at a conference on Palestine held in the Iranian capital, Tehran on Sunday.

“Which legal system and legal school of thought in the world would accept that continued occupation leads to ownership and legitimacy?, he asked rhetorically.

The President once again reiterated Iran’s backing for Palestinian people and their struggles to defend themselves against Israel.

“We have announced loud and clear on numerous occasions that support for Palestine and resistance groups are on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s agenda,” noted Raisi.

“Who can be indifferent toward people who have been oppressed across the world? Anyone who legitimately defends themselves, their religion and their families should be supported,” the president underscored.

He further highlighted that the Israeli regime should be driven out of the occupied territories and brought to justice.

“Occupation should end, and the occupier should be punished and should pay compensation,” he said.

President Raisi added the issue of Palestine is the most important issue not only in the Muslim world, but in the entire world.

The president also lauded resistance by people in Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Yemen against excessive demands, oppression and tyranny.

“If the oppressor refuses to accept logic, dialog and negotiations, then the only logic against its power would be resistance,” said Raisi.

Turkey says bombed ‘terrorist targets’ in Iraq and Syria

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IFP Media Wire
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Turkish Troops Syria

“Air operations were carried out on terrorist targets in the regions of Metina, Hakurk, Gara and Qandil,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

The nine Turkish soldiers were killed during clashes that followed an attempted intrusion at their military base near the northern Iraqi city of Metina, the ministry added, revising upward an earlier toll. Another four soldiers were wounded.

Turkey’s armed forces reported on Saturday evening that they had targeted 54 locations, including caves, bunkers, shelters and fuel dumps belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the YPG (People’s Protection Units).

The YPG is a Syrian Kurdish militia which is a central element of US-allied forces in a coalition against Islamic State.

Ankara has operated several dozen military posts in the area for the past 25 years in its decades-old war against the PKK, a group blacklisted by Turkey and many of its western allies as a terrorist organisation.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held an emergency security meeting on Saturday in Istanbul to discuss the surge in attacks on troops in the region. The country’s foreign, defence and interior ministers attended, as well as the head of the armed forces and the intelligence service.

Meanwhile, 113 people were arrested for suspected links with the PKK in nationwide raids on Saturday, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Mass protests held in Israel against Netanyahu government

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IFP Media Wire
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Israel Hostages

Protesters calling for the dismissal of the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu and the return of hostages from Gaza closed Ayalon Street as part of their protest actions, said Channel 12.

It added that the closure of the street was an unusual step.

Police reportedly arrested eight Israelis on charges of participating in the street closure.

The closure coincided with thousands of Israelis demonstrating in the center of Tel Aviv to demand the release of the hostages held in Gaza, according to Channel 12.

An estimated 120,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv to participate in a rally marking 100 days of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to rally’s organizer, the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum.

Hundreds also reportedly demonstrated in the city of Haifa to demand the immediate resignation of the Netanyahu government, accusing it of failing to manage the war in Gaza.

Egypt and Qatar, along with the United States, are spearheading efforts to reach a second temporary pause in Gaza.

The first pause was reached in November that resulted in the release of 105 detainees held by Hamas, including 81 Israelis, 23 Thai citizens, and one from the Philippines. There were 240 Palestinian prisoners who were released by Israel.

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas carried out an attack on Israeli settlements near Gaza, resulting in the death of 1,200 Israelis, injury to 5,500 and the capture of at least 240 hostages.

Israel estimates the presence of “137 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip”, according to media reports and statements from Israeli officials.

Israel’s military chief has said that only “increased military pressure” can secure the return of the remaining captives being held by Hamas in Gaza.

In a televised statement on Saturday ahead of the 100th day of the war in Gaza, Staff Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi warned against any let-up in fighting as he stressed that Israeli forces are using “all means” to bring the captives home.

“We must continue to operate in enemy territory, not allow extortion attempts for a ceasefire that seemingly will not bring about real results,” Halevi continued, adding, “We must continue applying pressure and that is exactly what we are doing.”

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