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Iranian researchers develop home-grown version of infra-red motion sensors

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The Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology has set up an exhibition displaying the latest accomplishments in the field of research and technology.

Among the researchers taking part in the expo is Hamid Pakbaz, who has displayed a plan on testing infra-red motion sensors.

“This sensor has applications in three sectors: in the agricultural machinery sector, in the military sector for identification, prevention and confrontation to protect lives, and in the microbiology sector to identify endangered species of animals,” says the researcher.

He says a home-grown version of this type of sensor has been developed in the country for the first time by Iranian researchers.

Ten Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza ambush

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Israeli Army

Itzhak Ben Basat, 44, the head of the Golani Brigade’s commander’s team, was killed on Tuesday in an ambush by Palestinian fighters in Gaza’s Shejaiya neighbourhood, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups.

Ben Basat is the most senior Israeli officer to be killed in Gaza since the ground invasion was launched in late October.

The Israeli army confirmed the deaths of eight other soldiers in northern Gaza, including a commander of the Golani regiment, two company commanders, a platoon commander, a company commander, and three combat soldiers.

Since launching its ground offensive in late October, 115 Israeli soldiers have been killed, while more than 300 soldiers were killed in the Hamas-led attack of 7 October. More than 18,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its bombardment of Gaza, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Among Israel’s casualties since the offensive started, 20 Israeli soldiers died from so-called friendly fire and other accidents, according to new data released by the Israeli army on Tuesday.

Most of these soldiers were killed due to mistaken identification in air strikes, tank shelling, and gunfire, the army added.

Many conflicts in world stem from US desire to impose views on others: Russia

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Russia FM Sergei Lavrov

Addressing the Federation Council (upper house of parliament, or “senate”), he pointed out that “the global situation has not improved” since his previous meeting with the Russian senators.

“Many negative developments are rooted in the insatiable desire of Washington and a small group of countries who have sworn allegiance to the US to impose their views about everything on the rest of the world,” Lavrov pointed out.

According to him, this has resulted in “the disingenuous concept of the much-vaunted ‘rules-based order’ and the tendency of [artificially] dividing countries into democracies and autocracies.”

“The meaning behind such arrangements is clear and simple and no one bothers to hide it: the aim is to preserve their – that is, the West’s – privileged position so that they can continue to achieve their development goals at the expense of others, in this case, at the expense of the global majority,” the top Russian diplomat explained.

“The Westerners are still not prepared to engage in fair and equal cooperation with other countries,” Lavrov concluded.

Yemen advises vessels not to travel towards Palestinian territoriesv

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Shipping Firms Red Sea

Houthi added on Wednesday that all ships passing Yemen should keep their radios turned on and quickly respond to Houthi attempts at communication.

He also advised ships not to falsify “their identity” or raise flags different from the country belonging to the cargo ship owner.

On Tuesday, Yemeni Armed Forces claim responsibility for a missile strike on a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea as it was heading towards an Israeli port.

Speaking at a press briefing broadcast live from the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a, spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated the strike on the oil tanker Strinda was a “victory” for the Palestinians getting killed in an Israeli “massacre”.

Saree added that Yemeni forces targeted the ship near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait with “an appropriate naval cruise missile”.

According to Saree, over the past two days, Yemeni Armed Forces have blocked passage of several Israel-bound ships.

Saree warned that the Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target any ship that “violates the terms of our previous statements.”

Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7 after the territory’s Palestinian resistance movements carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

The relentless Israeli military campaign against Gaza has killed at least 18,000 people, most of them women and children, in Gaza since. Another 50,000 individuals have been wounded as well.

On December 4, the Yemeni army targeted two Israeli ships in the Red Sea as they were attempting to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Reports revealed that Israeli shipping companies have already decided to reroute their vessels in fear of attacks by Yemeni forces.

Yemeni forces have also launched missile and drone attacks on targets in the Israeli-occupied territories of Palestine after the occupying regime’s aggression on Gaza.

Yemen advises vessels not to travel towards Palestinian territories

Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, the head of Yemen’s Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, has posted a message on the social media platform X, telling cargo ships not to head towards the occupied Palestinian territories.

Houthi added on Wednesday that all ships passing Yemen should keep their radios turned on and quickly respond to Houthi attempts at communication.

He also advised ships not to falsify “their identity” or raise flags different from the country belonging to the cargo ship owner.

On Tuesday, Yemeni Armed Forces claim responsibility for a missile strike on a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea as it was heading towards an Israeli port.

Speaking at a press briefing broadcast live from the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a, spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated the strike on the oil tanker Strinda was a “victory” for the Palestinians getting killed in an Israeli “massacre”.

Saree added that Yemeni forces targeted the ship near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait with “an appropriate naval cruise missile”.

According to Saree, over the past two days, Yemeni Armed Forces have blocked passage of several Israel-bound ships.

Saree warned that the Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target any ship that “violates the terms of our previous statements.”

Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7 after the territory’s Palestinian resistance movements carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

The relentless Israeli military campaign against Gaza has killed at least 18,000 people, most of them women and children, in Gaza since. Another 50,000 individuals have been wounded as well.

On December 4, the Yemeni army targeted two Israeli ships in the Red Sea as they were attempting to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Reports revealed that Israeli shipping companies have already decided to reroute their vessels in fear of attacks by Yemeni forces.

Yemeni forces have also launched missile and drone attacks on targets in the Israeli-occupied territories of Palestine after the occupying regime’s aggression on Gaza.

Iran says Israel’s treatment of Palestinian captives reminder of Daesh

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Hossein Amirabdollahian

“The inhumane conduct of the Zionist regime vis-à-vis Palestinian citizens held captive in the Gaza Strip is an example of the Daseh-like nature of this regime,” said Amirabdollahian during a high-profile United Nations meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday.

The comments come days after videos released on the internet showed dozens of Palestinians being stripped and abused by Israeli soldiers in a camp in northern Gaza.

The detained Palestinians, among them journalists, were forced to kneel on the ground while being searched and questioned by the Israeli guards.

Israeli regime authorities first denied the authenticity of the video but later admitted they had wrongly arrested many of those people on suspicion of being members of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

Amirabdollahian stated during the UN meeting in Geneva, which was attended by top diplomats from the West Asia region, that there was no doubt that the Israeli actions in Gaza in the past two months were blatant examples of war crimes and genocide.

He warned that the conflict would spread to other parts of the region if there is no immediate action to halt “the savage attacks by the apartheid regime of Israel” towards the people in Gaza.

Nearly 18,500 people have been killed in Gaza as a result of the Israeli attacks that started on October 7, the day on which Hamas launched a major operation into the occupied territories near Gaza, killing some 1,200 Israeli settlers and military forces.

Palestinian health ministry and WHO say diseases including chicken pox, meningitis and other infections spread in Gaza

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Gaza War

Roughly 160,000 to 165,000 cases of diarrhea have been recorded amongst children under the age of five, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official told a briefing Tuesday, describing the figure as “much more” than normal.

Cases of impetigo, meningitis, and jaundice have also been recorded in the enclave, according to Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative in the occupied Palestinian territories. WHO is trying to set up mobile labs in Gaza to analyze samples for jaundice, Peeperkorn added.

He warned that cramped living conditions are contributing to disease spread.

About 80% of the population has been displaced as the Israeli military instructs hundreds of thousands of people to move into ever smaller areas of Gaza amid the Israel Defense Forces ground offensive against Hamas. Medicines and other vital medical supplies have been choked off by the closure of Gaza’s border to all but a trickle of aid.

More than 130,000 cases of respiratory tract infections and 35,000 cases of skin rashes have been recorded, the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said in a report published Monday.

At least 4,395 cases of chickenpox, 17,511 cases of lice and 19,325 cases of scabies have been recorded, according to the report.

The spread of diseases has created additional pressures for the health system in Gaza which WHO’s Peeperkorn described as being “on its knees”.

Only 11 out of the enclave’s 36 hospitals are even partially functional, Peeperkorn said in the briefing, emphasizing the challenges posed by short staffing and surging patient numbers.

“The doctors are really forced to prioritize who receives care and who doesn’t. And they are treating many of the serious cases actually straight away in the corridors or on the floor or even in the chapel,” he added.

UN General Assembly passes resolution for ceasefire in Gaza

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United Nations General Assembly

Tuesday’s resolution passed with 153 countries voting in favour, 23 abstaining and 10 countries voting against, including Israel and the United States. While the resolution is non-binding, it serves as an indicator of global opinion.

The vote comes as international pressure builds on Israel to end its months-long assault on Gaza, where more than 18,000 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of them women and children. More than 80 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have also been displaced.

Relentless air strikes and an Israeli siege have created humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territory that UN officials have called “hell on earth”. The Israeli military offensive has severely restricted access to food, fuel, water and electricity to the Gaza Strip.

Tuesday’s vote comes on the heels of a failed resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Friday, which likewise called for a humanitarian ceasefire.

The US vetoed the proposal, casting the sole dissenting vote and thereby dooming its passage. The United Kingdom, meanwhile, abstained. Unlike UNGA votes, UNSC resolutions have the power to be binding.

After Friday’s scuttled UNSC resolution, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the extraordinary step of invoking Article 99 of the UN Charter, which allows him to issue warnings about serious threats to international peace. The last time it was used was in 1971.

But the passage of the non-binding UNGA resolution on Tuesday likewise faced US opposition.

Both the US and Austria introduced amendments to the resolution to condemn the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, which marked the start of the current conflict.

Israel’s envoy Gilad Erdan railed against calls for a ceasefire, calling the UN a “moral stain” on humanity.

“Why don’t you hold the rapists and child murderers accountable?” he asked in a speech before the vote.

“The time has come to put the blame where it belongs: on the shoulders of the Hamas monsters.”

The administration of US President Joe Biden has firmly supported Israel’s military campaign, arguing that it must be allowed to dismantle Hamas.

But as Israeli soldiers level entire neighbourhoods, including schools and hospitals, the US has found itself increasingly at odds with international opinion.

In remarks on Tuesday, however, Biden sharpened his criticism of the US ally, saying that Israel was losing international support due to “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.

The US, which has strongly criticised Russia for similar actions in Ukraine, has been accused of employing a double standard on human rights.

Iran blames US for supporting Israeli genocide in Gaza

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Hossein Amirabdollahian

The Iranian foreign minister made the comments during a speech at a high-level meeting called “The Situation of Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Rights” in Geneva, Switzerland. 

The full text of the speech by Amirabdollahian is as follows:

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful 

Your Excellencies, Ministers and Honorable Guests,

I am pleased to be attending this significant meeting. 

We are sharing our viewpoints in Geneva today at a time when the Israeli regime’s military strikes and genocide in Gaza continue through the killing of women, children and ordinary people. 

Please pay attention to figures and statistics carefully. Around 18,000 civilians, more than 12,000 of whom women and children, have been killed. 

A humanitarian ceasefire was violated by the Israeli regime. The exchange of the Israeli regime’s captives with over 9,000 Palestinian prisoners ground to a halt. 

The United States blatantly vetoed a resolution proposed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that highlighted an end to the war, the establishment of a ceasefire, the reopening of the Rafah and Abusalem border crossings, the dispatch of humanitarian aid including medicines, food and fuel, and the prevention of the forced displacement of residents of Gaza. 

Today, the United States openly supports the killing of women and children by the Israeli regime. 

The Israeli regime has spoken of using an atomic bomb against residents of Gaza. They are capturing and killing Palestinian men using the same style and method as the ISIS. Look at the images posted online in the virtual space. The Israeli regime’s behavior is the same as the ISIS’, and the United States keeps fully supporting the war against civilians. 

Dear guests,

We believe that the Israeli regime is merely an occupying and apartheid regime. Hamas is a Palestinian freedom movement against the occupation force.

Currently, we are witnessing war spreading day by day in West Asia and the region, a war that could turn into an uncontrollable explosion any moment. We believe war is not the solution.

Indubitably, the United States and the Israeli regime will never be able to destroy Hamas as Hamas has its roots in Palestinian people. The Israeli regime cannot secure the freedom of its captives by means of war. The solution would be a political one, only. 

All should respect the United Nations holding a real referendum among all original residents of Palestine.

The apartheid regime’s war and genocide should stop immediately. All governments should be actively involved in sending humanitarian aid to Palestine. We sternly warn that the consequences of this genocide threaten international peace and security. If genocide and war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank continue, the United States will have to incur further repercussions as a result of its ongoing support for the Israeli regime. 

One should bear in mind that complicity in genocide will have dire consequences. 

Thank you for your attention

Israel begins flooding Gaza tunnels with seawater “on a limited basis”: US

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Hamas

The Israelis are still unsure of whether it will work, the official said, but they assured the US that they are being careful to only test it in tunnels where they do not believe hostages are being held.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s office announced it believes 135 hostages are still being held by Hamas, some of whom are believed to be US citizens.

The Israeli military noted earlier this month that it destroyed at least 500 tunnel shafts in Gaza and located more than 800 around the Palestinian enclave. The IDF said last week that many of the tunnel shafts “were located in civilian areas” and inside civilian structures.

In 2021, Hamas claimed to have built 500 kilometers (311 miles) worth of tunnels under Gaza, though it is unclear if that figure was accurate or posturing.

Also on Tuesday, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that troops inside Gaza are operating deep underground.

“They are locating Hamas infrastructure and destroying it,” he added.

He went on to say that Hamas’ infrastructure in Gaza City and the northern area of the Gaza Strip was on the verge of collapsing. IDF operations were being conducted above and below ground.

“Our troops also descend deep underground to locate [Hamas] bunkers, command centers, communication rooms and weapon storages,” Gallant continued.

Senior Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan said during an address that Israel has so far failed to take back its captives held in Gaza by armed Palestinian groups, indicating that Israel has failed in one of its major goals of its assault.

Hamdan added that Israel’s military campaign is not only failing to secure the captives but endangering their lives altogether.

“Do not try as you will not succeed in freeing the captives alive,” Hamdan continued, stating, “All you do is endanger their lives.”

Biden says Israel losing support for Gaza war, suggests Netanyahu make change

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Biden Netanyahu

Biden reiterated his support for Israel amid the war but told a group of donors at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has to change, and with this government, this government in Israel is making it very difficult for him to move”.

“Bibi’s got a tough decision to make,” Biden stated, referring to Netanyahu.

“This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” he continued, adding the government “doesn’t want a two-state solution.”

Biden on Monday called his commitment to Israel “unshakeable”, but he stressed, “They have to be careful. The whole world’s public opinion can shift overnight. We can’t let that happen.”

While the White House has supported Israel’s military campaign against Hamas, it has increasingly stressed concerns over causalities in Gaza and the need for humanitarian aid. It has also made clear its support for a two-state solution, a concept Biden has long advocated for.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu on Tuesday said that while he appreciates the support from Biden for destroying Hamas, there are disagreements between them about potential next steps for the region after the war.

“Yes, there is disagreement about ‘the day after Hamas’ and I hope that we will reach agreement here as well. I would like to clarify my position: I will not allow Israel to repeat the mistake of Oslo,” he added, referring to the Oslo Accords that were signed at the White House in 1993 for Palestinians and Israelis to recognize the other’s right to exist.

He vowed to block any attempt to install the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Gaza after the war with Hamas, putting him in direct opposition to the US, which wants to see the body rule the coastal strip after the war.

Biden, during the Tuesday fundraiser, reiterated his support for Israel and his stance against antisemitism in the US and elsewhere.

“The safety of the Jewish people [is] literally at stake,” Biden stated.

Prior to the conflict, Biden had called Netanyahu’s government the most conservative in Israel’s history and urged the prime minister to pull back on the nation’s controversial judicial overhaul.

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