Hamas calls for protection of right
to education, end to ongoing
Israeli aggression
October 5th, 1:27pm
(PressTV)
Palestinian children sit in their classroom on the first day of the new
academic year at a UN-run school in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip,
on September 19, 2026. (Photo by AP)
academic year at a UN-run school in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip,
on September 19, 2026. (Photo by AP)
The Hamas resistance movement has called for the protection of
Palestinians’ right to education and an end to the systematic
Israeli violations against the education sector in the
occupied Palestinian territories.
The Hamas resistance movement - has urged the international
community to exercise prompt diplomatic pressure on Israeli
authorities to halt their systematic violations against the
education sector in the occupied Palestinian territories
and facilitate unobstructed access for students and
teachers to their schools.
“After three years of educational and cultural genocide, the
fascist occupation regime has destroyed over 90% of the
school and university infrastructure in Gaza and killed
more than 1,050 teachers,” the Gaza-based group
said in a statement on Monday on the occasion
of World Teachers' Day.
It stressed that these crimes place responsibility on the
international community to criminalize and halt them,
and to support the Palestinian education sector.
“We salute the teachers and their role in our people's struggle
...despite the genocide, limited resources, and escalating
violations,” Hamas stated.
The resistance movement highlighted that the Israeli authorities’
attempts to impose their school curriculum in al-Quds will not
erase the occupied city’s Arab and Muslim identity.
It finally called on Arab and Muslim states and freedom-loving
peoples worldwide “to protect and support the educational
system in Gaza, the West Bank, and al-Quds.”
The Palestinian Education Ministry said on Sunday that Israel has
killed more than 800 Palestinian teachers and injured over 3,300
others since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in
October 2023.
The ministry called on the international community, the United
Nations, as well as education and human rights organizations
to implement immediate measures to mitigate violations and
extend international safeguards.......... to learners and
educational staff.
It also urged international labour organizations to push for the
freedom of imprisoned instructors and the restoration of
withheld compensation packages, thereby enabling
teaching professionals, to maintain a dignified
standard of living.
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US forces fled over 1,000 kms
from Iranian borders, says
top IRGC commander
October 5th, 1:14pm
(PressTV)
Fadavi said the United States .....has failed
to achieve any of its objectives in the war.
A senior Iranian military adviser said the US has withdrawn
its forces more than 1,000 kilometres from Iran’s borders,
describing the pullback as a direct result of Iran’s
authority ---- and the power of the Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
Ground Force.
Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, a senior advisor to the IRGC commander-
in-chief and former Navy commander, made the remarks in a
televised interview on Sunday night.
“The Americans fled and moved more than 1,000 kilometres away
from our borders. This ---- was not their choice; it was due to the
authority of the Islamic Republic ......and the authority of the
IRGC Ground Force,” Fadavi said.
He stressed that for the first time, no US vessels are present
in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman,
or even the northern Indian Ocean.
Fadavi said the Strait of Hormuz has been under Iran’s control for
many months and that the US has failed to achieve any of its
objectives in the war.
“The fighters who stood against the world’s material superpowers
thwarted all their goals. The enemy - the Great Satan America -
has not achieved any of its objectives in this war,” he said.
He noted that ship captains crossing the southern part of the Strait
of Hormuz have formally objected to the route but are forced to
pass due to insurance, financial, and liability concerns.
The IRGC Navy has warned that any vessel traversing
this route ..could be subjected to Iranian naval action.
“The IRGC Navy has informed the ships that if they pass through
this route -- their vessels may be targeted at any point,” Fadavi
said. “The captains..... have officially stated they are forced to
pass and would never choose this route if it were up to them.”
He added that only three to four million barrels of oil per day
are currently transiting an alternative route outside the
area officially designated by Iran, a negligible
amount compared to pre-war traffic.
US vulnerability
Addressing US military capabilities, Fadavi stated that
Washington cannot assert sovereignty in the region
---- without a physical naval presence.
“The Americans must use their vessels, because you cannot
exercise full sovereignty with air power. You can bomb the
region every day, but unless your forces have a physical
presence, you cannot impose your will,” he said.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf - says the Strait of Hormuz
won’t reopen as long as Tehran’s seven conditions are not met.
He stressed - that US vessels are “100 percent vulnerable”
to IRGC forces and that past attempts to enter the Strait
of Hormuz were met with attacks by the IRGC Navy
and Aerospace Force.
‘We target US bases, not regional countries’
Fadavi said Iran has never targeted regional countries
but has struck those US bases ---- hosted on their soil.
“We did not hit Muslim countries. We hit bases.. that were at the
disposal of Iran’s enemy - not just the enemy of Islam - but the
enemy of humanity - and were located in regional countries,”
he said.
He called on regional states to stand up to the United States,
citing Iraq’s insistence on the withdrawal of US forces and
the recent US War Department announcement.... that its
troops have left Iraq.
Warning --- against ground invasion
Asked about a potential US ground invasion, Fadavi said any
such move would be met with a response that targets US
interests ---- wherever they are.
“Any base belonging to the Americans, any vessel belonging to
the Americans, will be targeted by the grace of God,” he said.
He also dismissed US threats, saying Washington has failed in
Afghanistan, Iraq, and in its Daesh project, and will fail again.
He noted that the US military budget equals that of the entire
world, yet Washington has failed to achieve its objectives
due to the direct impact of the conflict on the global
and US economies.
The Persian Gulf Strait Authority says three Emirati oil tankers
that were struck by unknown projectiles when transiting the
Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday were already on the authority’s
Non-Compliant List.
Fadavi said Iran and Oman, as the two littoral states of the Strait
of Hormuz, have written and agreed upon the rules governing
the waterway - and are implementing them.
He also highlighted that Iran and Oman, as the sovereign owners
of the Strait of Hormuz, have jointly drafted and implemented
the governing laws for the waterway, dismissing US
attempts to impose its will.... from 10,000
kilometres away.
“We and Oman are the two parties that own the Strait of Hormuz.
We have written the rules, agreed upon them, and are applying
them,” he said. “The Americans, with all their material
power, have not been able to impose their will.”