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Hungary blocks 50 billion euros in aid to Ukraine, slamming the EU's decision to open accession talks with Kiev. The IDF launches strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which now remains the only destination for humanitarian aid trucks bound for the region. That's RT's exclusive interview with Russia's ambassador to the UN, who has just returned from the Rafah checkpoint on the Egypt-Gaza border.

Russia's President Putin conducted his 'end of the year' Q&A session for four hours answering questions ranging from domestic issues to international challenges. Death and despair in southern Gaza, as IDF bombs pummel residential areas of Rafah and Khan Yunis, which Israel previously called safe zones. That's as a UN official says Gaza seems no longer habitable. In the West Bank city of Jenin, at least eight Palestinians are killed during an IDF raid, which lasted more than a day.

Bombshell developments on Capitol Hill as the US House of Representatives votes to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. In Gaza, locals accuse Israel of carrying out a series of executions at a school in the north of the enclave, after bodies are discovered at the site. It was being used to house refugees. Israelis rally outside parliament in Jerusalem - demanding the return of their relatives from Hamas. Over 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza. We visit the family of one of them.

All rules of war have been broken according to the UN Relief and Works Agency as it confirms to RT that Israeli forces have destroyed a UN school in north Gaza adding that over 146 of its facilities have been demolished since war began. 20 Palestinians are killed and dozens more wounded, including many children, as Israeli forces intensify attacks on Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. The House Speaker rebuffs the President's request for another 60 Billion dollars to Ukraine as Joe Biden gives Vladimir Zelensky a 200-Million consolation instead.

More than 150 countries at the UN vote for an immediate ceasefire. The US and Israel are among the few nations to oppose the move. Thousands are forced to flee to a makeshift camp on the Gaza coastline, designated a 'safe zone' by Israel. But some of the displaced question how they can survive there. Also in the United States, the House Speaker in Congress pushes back the President's request for another 60 Billion dollars to Ukraine as Joe Biden gives Vladimir Zelensky a 200-Million consolation instead.

IDF blows up the UNRWA school in the northern Gaza where it is reportedly found Hamas infrastructure. Four people are killed during an Israeli military raid on the West Bank city of Jenin. Qatar's Prime Minister warns that an entire generation of Arabs could turn on Israel, as a result of its brutal bombing of Gaza. Meanwhile, in the US a Republican Senator makes it clear there'll be no red carpet for Ukraine's President on Capitol Hill as Zelensky heads to the White House to ask for more money for his war machine.

Distressing images emerging from the West Bank city of Jenin, where several people are reported dead following an IDF raid on the Palestinian region. While in Gaza several people are killed in a central district of the strip with locals scrambling to sift through 'Israeli-bombing-raid-rubble', in a race against time to rescue survivors. More than a dozen civilian casualties are reported in overnight IDF strikes on cities in southern Gaza, as the enclave's death toll continues to climb. And Russia pushes for more humanitarian aid to Gaza, as a UN Security Council delegation visits the Rafah border checkpoint in Egypt.

Israeli strikes claim dozens of lives in southern Gaza, where the IDF is dropping leaflets urging civilians to flee the area, but locals ask, where else is there to go? A ghost town in northern Gaza that once sheltered thousands of refugees, the Jabalia encampment, which has been under relentless IDF fire for over two months. Russia condemns Washington's recent veto of a UN ceasefire resolution for Gaza as Joe Biden's top diplomat defends the US move, citing an ongoing threat posed by Hamas. And official concerns about US military funds running low, and polls showing Americans being increasingly fed up with sponsoring foreign wars overshadow a scheduled White House meeting between the presidents of the US and Ukraine.

Injured children are rushed to hospital in central Gaza, after an Israeli strike obliterates a large residential building, leaving dozens trapped beneath the rubble. Leaked IDF videos allegedly showing captured Hamas prisoners cause fury online amid questions over their authenticity and allegations of staging. The UN Chief admits the Security Council's failure to end the war, after the US vetoes a ceasefire resolution there. And speaking to RT, a prominent pan-African political figure sees links between what Africans have endured and the suffering of Palestinians over what he calls 'Western colonization'.

As the reported death toll in Gaza surpasses 17-and-a-half-thousand people the south of the enclave, previously considered a safe zone, comes under renewed Israeli bombardment. Showing signs of physical abuse, Palestinians who have been detained by the IDF, describe the interrogation methods used on them to uncover alleged links to Hamas. While in Israel emotions run high, as protesters and relatives of the remaining Hamas hostages take to the streets of Tel Aviv, urging the government to focus on bringing back their loved ones. And Vladimir Putin is warmly welcomed in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, where he travelled this week for talks defying Western claims of Russia's isolation.

Dozens of civilians are reportedly killed in the Israeli bombing of southern Gaza, which had previously been considered a safe zone. The US faces global backlash, after Washington vetoes a Gaza ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council. Following the vote - from which the UK abstained - thousands are marching through the streets of London, demanding an immediate truce in the violence.

The IDF takes the fight with Hamas to all parts of Gaza, with losses mounting on both sides. Israel reports hitting over 400 targets, some in the south of the enclave, where thousands of displaced civilians are sheltering. The US and Israel face backlash at the UN Security Council, after Washington vetoes a ceasefire resolution. That's as Palestine says more than 17-thousand Gazans have already been killed. Vladimir Putin confirms he will be running for a third consecutive, and fifth overall, Presidential term next year.

Vladimir Putin confirms he will be running for re-election in 2024. If successful, it would be his third consecutive term as Russian President, and fifth overall. Dozens are killed and wounded in an Israeli attack on a residential building located near the Palestine Red Crescent Society Headquarters in Gaza's Khan Yunis. Indian police are on high-alert after a US-based Sikh separatist leader publishes a threat to the country's Parliament. It comes amid Washington leveling accusations that New Delhi targets Sikh nationalists.

Mourners bury their loved ones in Rafah, after the Israeli military struck the border city, despite assurances civilians would be safer there. Meanwhile, a video said to show Israel's mass detentions surfaces from embattled Northern Gaza. Angry scenes at Hanukkah celebrations in Jerusalem, where Israeli right-wingers were allowed to march in the Old City. At the same time, Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem cancel Christmas festivities, in solidarity with Gaza. Two firefighters are killed and more than a dozen injured in the line of duty as they come under a Ukrainian missile attack. We report from the scene. The US announces military drills with Guyana. That's amid the South American nation's territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela, which has only intensified after the discovery of huge oil fields in the disputed region.

The red carpet is rolled out for the Iranian president in Moscow ahead of his meeting with Vladimir Putin. The two are set to discuss the situation in the Middle East and strengthen already bold bilateral ties. The Russian President underlines that Moscow believes in a global economic model that is fair, something that he says is disregarded by Western Partners. The southern Gazan city of Rafah comes under Israeli attack, an area of the enclave refugees were ordered to by the IDF to allegedly find safety. Amid dire conditions in Northern Gaza where civilians go without clean water, the UN Secretary General says the situation has 'created appalling human suffering'.

Blasts ring out in the southern Gazan border city of Rafah, as Israel targets an area, many Palestinians had fled to for safety. With the west faltering in its attempts to solve the crisis in the Middle East, Vladimir Putin is given a royal welcome during a whistle stop trip to the Arabian peninsula, defying claims of Russia's international isolation. President Biden's multi billion dollar aid package for Ukraine and Israel is blocked in the Senate, as Republicans press for tougher border policy at home instead. Anger builds at the COP climate conference, as the biggest polluters are reluctant to help developing nations ween themselves off fossil fuels.

The colors of the Russian flag high in the skies above the UAE -Vladimir Putin receives a spectacular welcome during a visit to the United Arab Emirates on his first stop in the Middle East as his so-called 'isolation' is still on the lips of western politicians. Now he heads to Saudi Arabia. The Palestinian authority calls on the UN to stop the relentless attacks on Gaza, saying Israel's actions are organized terrorism. Under bombardment, some civilians are buried in rubble for days waiting for rescue. Palestinians gather what they can from a UN warehouse as humanitarian aid staff risk their lives in Gaza. We hear from the Palestinian Red Crescent society spokesperson.

Israel says it has taken its war to the city of Khan Yunis in Southern Gaza, as civilians are forced to flee from the very areas they had previously been assured by the IDF, would be safe. Ukraine's president scraps plans to address US lawmakers as reports emerge of a rift between Washington and Kiev, over the failures of the much hyped counter offensive against Russia. Niger rips up its defense and security partnership with the EU as the West African nation continues to break its ties with the West.

Devastating Israeli strikes kill at least 50 at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza and Khan Yunis in the south according to reports. Israeli tanks reportedly take aim near the Palestinian Red Crescent's ambulances. It comes as the W.H.O says Israel demands supplies to be removed from medical warehouses within 24 hours. Iran accuses the US of having a hand in Israel-Hamas conflict, as Tehran's top diplomat visits Moscow for a dialogue between Caspian States.

The night sky of southern Gaza is lit up with Israeli bombing, as the IDF vows to unleash the same level of devastation there, as it wrought in the north. That is as the Red Cross sounds the alarm over the scale of violence. But that power comes at a price and it's one Congress seems increasingly uneasy about paying. And the Cop 28, cop-out the UN climate conference is mired in controversy, as Western nations demand the global south cut their emissions, while failing to wean themselves off fossil fuels.

Southern Gaza is bombed by Israel following statements by the IDF that attacks there will be equal to the strikes that leveled the North. The IDF announces that the bypass road located along the coast will be open for civilians to head South, as the previous corridor has turned into a battlefield. A Red Cross spokesperson says there are no safe places left in Gaza. And India's ruling party reins supreme in state elections, ousting the opposition in two of the country's largest regions.

After reducing much of northern Gaza to ruins, Israel says it will now focus its attention on the south. That is despite having previously told Palestinians to head there, for their own safety. We hear the very latest from the embattled region. Hospital floors become make shift treatment areas, as doctors struggle to cope with the sheer volume of patients. That is as at least 700 Palestinians are reportedly killed in a single day of strikes on Gaza. A multi-national East African force pulls out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after Kinshasa questioned its effectiveness and refused to renew its mandate. Ukraine's President faces the flak from top officials and the relatives of soldiers after the counter-offensive against Russia, fails to deliver any tangible results.

Over 60 Palestinians are reportedly killed in an IDF strike on the town of Khan Younis in southern Gaza the second such attack on the area in two days. Distressing images from central Gaza, where refugee camps have also been struck by the IDF, with at least 15 people reportedly killed overnight. Many children are among the casualties. And as the war in Gaza rages on protests sweep across Europe, with thousands showing solidarity with the Palestinians, while demanding an end to arms shipments to Israel.

Israeli bombs reduce a large housing complex to rubble in southern Gaza as the area endures multiple strikes since the truce broke down on Friday. A local reporter says medical facilities are in the direct line of fire. Distressing images from central Gaza, where refugee camps have also been struck by the IDF, with at least 15 people reportedly killed overnight. Many children are among the casualties. Paris police say the suspect in a deadly stabbing attack near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday claimed he was motivated by the deaths of Muslims in the Palestinian territories and Afghanistan. And as the war in Gaza rages on protests sweep across Europe, with thousands showing solidarity with the Palestinians, while demanding an end to arms shipments to Israel.

Death and grief spread across Gaza as Israeli bombings return to the enclave. At least 200 people have been killed since Friday, according to Palestinian authorities. A local journalist spoke to us from the territory's south. As Qatar says it is in talks to mediate a new truce, Israeli officials reportedly say they are prepared to consider it. And the death toll rises in Gaza, South Africa's leader brands Israel's offensive a 'war crime'. We hear exclusively on the conflict, and other issues, from a former president of the African nation.