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Israeli actions in Gaza not to avert its demise: Iranian spokesman

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Gaza War

Nasser Kanaani posted a message on his X account on Monday on the 100th day of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian territory.

“100,000 Palestinian victims (including over 23,000 martyrs and more than 60,000 injured) as a result of 100 days of war by the Zionist regime against Gaza, is a dark, disgraceful, and shameful record that has been kept in the pages of history and in the court of human conscience for the fake Israeli regime  and the US government forever,” he said.

“Now, the Zionist regime’s hands are devoid of the least strategic achievements and these crimes will never save the apartheid regime from the danger of collapse and they will add nothing to the regime but a downhill towards collapse as well as disgrace and international responsibility for its known supporters,” the spokesman added.

“The future belongs to Palestine and its oppressed but patient and resistant nation.”

On day 100 of the war on Gaza, Israel’s relentless bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip continues with no sign of easing, amid a growing humanitarian catastrophe and the looming threat of a regional spillover.

At least 23,968 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and 60,582 injured, according to Palestinian health authorities. It’s estimated that around 7,000 others remain unaccounted for.  The remaining people struggle to remain alive.

The United Nations estimates that 1.9 million people, nearly 85 percent of the population, have been internally displaced, while more than 90 percent face acute food insecurity.

US says expects retaliation from Yemen’s Houthis after strikes

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Yemen Houthis

While the US is still assessing the damage, officials believe the strikes had “good effect” against Houthi infrastructure in Yemen that has been used to attack shipping in the region, Kirby claimed.

The US government is now watching “very, very closely” for any potential retaliatory strike by the Houthis, Kirby said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday. He added the administration hopes the Houthis will rethink their aggressive activity in the region.

“Nobody wants to conflict with the Houthis. We’re not looking for a conflict with Yemen here. We’re trying to get these attacks to stop.”

Last week, the US and UK launched a military operation in the Red Sea in response to the actions of the Yemen-based Houthi group. The Houthis have pledged solidarity with Palestinians amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The Houthis have vowed not to stop attacking merchant vessels until Israel ends its ongoing war with Hamas, which erupted on October 7. More than 50 countries have since been affected in 27 Houthi attacks on ships, according to the White House.

Following the US-UK strikes, the Houthis announced that Washington and London interests are “legitimate targets” for the Yemeni fighters.

Russia calls on West to stop supplying arms to Ukraine if it wants talks

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Maria Zakharova

Addressing a news conference in Davos, Cassis said that efforts are being made to bring Russia into peace discussions on Ukraine mediated by other countries and stressed that a peace conference could not be held without Russia’s participation.

“If it is about some countries’ desire to find a way out of the dead end they have been brought into by Washington, this is one thing. In this case, they should stop supplying weapons to Ukraine, stop imposing anti-Russian sanctions, and stop making Russophobic statements,” she told the Izvestia newspaper.

“If this rhetoric is geared toward drawing Russia into some sort of a psychedelic process on the West’s terms to influence Russia’s principled approaches, we won’t be lured into this trap,” she stressed.

Russia’s Defense Ministry has recently published statistics detailing the aid supplied to Ukraine from abroad during the conflict with Russia. According to its figures, Kiev’s foreign backers together have spent more than $203 billion on assisting the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Some 54 countries have been providing assistance to the Ukrainian forces amid the fighting with Russia, the ministry announced.

More than 500 US and NATO spacecraft are working for the needs of Kiev. Those include 70 military surveillance satellites, while the rest are commercial but of double use, the ministry claimed in a post on Telegram.

Ukrainian troops are also relying on more than 20,000 Starlink terminals from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, according to the figures.

Kiev has been supplied with more than 1,600 units of missile and artillery equipment, over 200 air defense systems, some 5,220 tanks and armored vehicles, and more than 23,000 drones, the ministry said.

The Russian military’s estimates also claim that over 13,500 foreign mercenaries came to Ukraine to fight for Kiev. Among these were some 8,500 Europeans and over 2,700 from North and South America, while the rest traveled from Asia and Africa, it added.

Officials have estimated that a total of 5,900 visiting soldiers of fortune have been killed, while over 5,600 have fled the battlefield. The number of foreigners in the ranks of the Ukrainian military currently stands at over 1,900, according to Moscow.

In late November, Zelensky announced that Ukraine would switch from attacking to building fortifications, acknowledging that the counteroffensive, which had begun in early June and aimed to cut Russia’s land bridge to Crimea, had ended without success. Moscow estimates that Kiev has lost over 125,000 troops and 16,000 pieces of heavy equipment, including a lot of Western-supplied hardware, in its failed attempts to advance.

Since then, President Vladimir Putin and his Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu have both said that Russian forces have been holding the initiative in the conflict.

The flow of foreign military aid to Kiev has significantly reduced in recent months. In the US, Republican lawmakers are resisting attempts by the Biden administration to push through another $60 billion in assistance for Kiev, while Hungary has vetoed the EU’s planned four-year, €50 billion ($55 billion) aid package for Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told recently CNN that authorities in Kiev “don’t have a plan B” if the US funding doesn’t arrive in time.

Moscow has repeatedly warned that deliveries of weapons to Kiev by the US, EU and their allies will not prevent it from achieving the goals of its military operation and will only increase the risk of a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. According to Russian officials, the provision of arms, intelligence-sharing, and training of Ukrainian troops means that Western nations have already become de-facto parties to the conflict.

Hamas says destroyed 1,000 Israeli military vehicles in past 100 days of Gaza war

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IFP Media Wire
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Hamas

Abu Obaida, the spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades, which is Hamas’ military wing, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday.

“During these 100 days, we have destroyed or rendered out of service about 1,000 Zionist military vehicles that had infiltrated the Gaza Strip in its north, center, and south,” he said.

The regime began its brutal military aggression following Operation al-Aqsa Storm by Gaza Strip-based resistance movements. Its genocidal war has killed nearly 24,000 Palestinians so far, most of them women and children, while leaving over 60,000 others injured.

The spokesperson confirmed that the brigades have conducted “hundreds of successful military operations” throughout the past 100 days, adding that the battle against the occupation forces “is expanding day after day and is burning this enemy and all those who supported and assisted it”.

Abu Obaida also scoffed at the Israeli regime’s claims about alleged gains during its military aggression on Gaza.

“The alleged achievements that the enemy announces about controlling or destroying what it calls weapons depots, ready-to-launch missile platforms, and kilometers of tunnels are ridiculous…and the day will come when we prove that these claims are false.”

Abu Obaida also rejected any prospect of negotiations with the Israel regime before a complete and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, saying, “Any talks before stopping the Israeli aggression are worthless.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, Abu Obaida reflected on the situation of Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip.

He asserted that “the fate of many enemy captives has become unknown in recent weeks … due to the Zionist aggression and most likely, many of them have been killed”.

“The rest [of Israeli captives] remain in imminent and significant danger every hour, and the enemy bears full responsibility for their safety,” he continued.

US showed its aggressive nature by striking Yemen: Iran’s president

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IFP Media Wire
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US UK Yemen Attack

In a phone call with Head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat on Sunday, Raisi said all freedom-seeking nations in the world condemn the US aggression against the Yemeni people.

He added the Yemenis have resisted the aggression of foreign powers for years and are still playing an effective role in defending the oppressed Palestinians.

The president praised the Yemeni people’s support for the Palestinians and placed a premium on maintaining security of shipping lines for countries.

Raeisi stated Israel was a genocidal regime for committing crimes against Palestinian civilians, particularly women and children in Gaza.

The president reiterated Iran’s principled stance on the support for the Palestinian people and emphasized that Israeli aggression will end with the final victory of the Palestinians.

In their first assault in the early hours of Friday, the US and Britain, backed by Bahrain, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands, struck more than 60 targets at almost 30 locations in Yemen, killing five people and injuring six others.

The Yemeni fighters have been attacking commercial ships transiting the Red Sea in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, and have said they will continue until Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip.

Israel launched its hostilities in Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas resistance carried out an unprecedented operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

So far, the Tel Aviv regime has killed nearly 24,000 people, mostly women and children, in Gaza.

During the Sunday phone call, the Yemeni official reiterated his country’s steadfastness in the fight against Israel in support of the Palestinian people.

Biden “running out” of patience with Netanyahu over Gaza war: Report

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IFP Media Wire
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Biden Netanyahu

Citing US officials with knowledge of the matter, the Axios news website reported that Biden and senior American officials are getting frustrated with Netanyahu and his refusal to comply with the administration’s requests concerning the conflict in Gaza.

“The situation sucks and we are stuck. The president’s patience is running out,” Axios quoted one US official as saying.

The report also noted that Biden has not engaged in conversation with the Israeli prime minister for the past 20 days.

The last phone call between the two men, which occurred on Dec. 23, was described as “tense”.

“There is immense frustration,” another US official told the Axios.

Among the US requests from Netanyahu are the release of the Palestinian tax revenues Israel is withholding, Israel’s inaction to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, Netanyahu’s rejection of the US plan for a reformed Palestinian Authority to have a role in post-Hamas Gaza and a reduction in Israeli operations in Gaza.

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who the Axios said has been in close contact with the American officials about the conflict, stated, “At every juncture, Netanyahu has given Biden the finger.”

“They are pleading with the Netanyahu coalition, but getting slapped in the face over and over again,” the senator told the Axios.

Israel has launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group which Tel Aviv claims killed 1,200 people in Israel.

At least 23,968 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and 60,582 injured, according to Palestinian health authorities.

According to the UN, 85% of the population of Gaza is already internally displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure is damaged or destroyed.

Israel committed horrific crimes during 100 days of Gaza war: Palestine foreign ministry

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

In a statement released on Sunday, the ministry said that 100 days have passed “and the Israeli occupation has turned Gaza into an uninhabitable place, committed horrific crimes, and forcibly displaced approximately 2 million people”.

The ministry also strongly denounced unwavering support by the US-led Western countries for Israel during the continued brutal aggression.

“Hundred days have passed and some countries are still unconvinced that the occupation’s massacres have eroded Israel’s ‘defense’ argument. These countries need to reassess their support for the war,” the ministry added.

The ministry noted that “the international community was, once again, failing to implement international resolutions related to the Palestinian cause”.

Meanwhile, the ministry also condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments in which he pledged “to continue the genocidal war in defiance of both the international community and the role of the International Court of Justice”.

“States that have enabled, encouraged and participated in Israel’s genocide are also complicit in these attacks against the Court and its officials.”

On Saturday, the Israeli prime minister stated that the ICJ was not able to stop Israel’s war in Gaza.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague began hearings on Thursday over a charge that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

South Africa, in an 84-page suit filed against Israel at the top UN court on December 29, asked the top court to urgently declare that the Tel Aviv regime has breached its responsibilities under international law since October 7, 2023, when it launched hostilities in the besieged territory.

At least 23,968 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and 60,582 injured, according to Palestinian health authorities.

It’s estimated that around 7,000 others remain unaccounted for. The remaining people struggle to remain alive.

UN rapporteurs say half of the population are starving, and nine out of 10 are not eating every day.

Schools, mosques, churches, Hospitals and ambulances have been a frequent target of regime strikes which have left only a handful of the medical facilities partially operational.

AFC Asian Cup 2023: Iran seals a comfortable win against Palestine

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IFP Media Wire
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Iran Football Team AFC 2023

As Israel’s war on Gaza wages on its 100th day, Palestine opened their AFC Asian Cup 2023 campaign against Iran.

Huge cheers greeted the Palestine squad before their national anthem was played as the Iranian fans showed solidarity with their Middle Eastern counterparts, with some holding the Iran flag side-by-side with the Palestine colours.

Fans of Iran and Palestine also paused for a moment’s silence for Palestinian victims of the war in the blockaded enclave. Since the start of the aggression, Israel has killed more than 23,800 Palestinians, mostly women and children. Nearly 60,300 Palestinians have also been wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Goals from Karim Ansarifard, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Mehdi Ghayedi and Sardar Azmoun gave Iran all three points while Tamer Seyam scored a consolation for Palestine

Iran got the game rolling in a vociferous arena, striking a goal in the match’s first minute, leaving the Palestinian defence surprised.

The early goal in the match edged fans in their seat as Iran loomed in ball possession, eventually scoring another goal in the 12th minute of the game.

Continuing to press down, Iran shot in another goal before half time, showcasing their dominance in the tournament.

Finally, before the end of the first half of the game, the Palestinians got their break, striking a goal into the back of Iran’s net.

After the half, Iran reigned in its dominance as substitute Sardar Azmoun taped in a goal from close range.

The United Arab Emirates beat Hong Kong 3-1 in the other Group C match on Sunday.

US, Israel should fear war not Lebanon: Hezbollah chief

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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.

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