Mustafa: Intensive contacts and efforts are underway to recover our funds and ensure the continued operation of state institutions.

Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa stressed the need to intensify international pressure to halt the ongoing aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip and end the suffering of hundreds of thousands of starving people by ensuring the urgent and adequate delivery of humanitarian aid to curb the spread of famine in the Strip.

Mustafa affirmed that preparations are underway at full speed for the success of the "Two-State Solution" conference scheduled to be held in New York at the end of this month. This is being done in coordination with Saudi Arabia, France, and various sister and friendly countries, ensuring unified efforts to revive a binding political process based on ending the occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state.

At the start of the weekly session on Tuesday, the Prime Minister explained that Palestinian political contacts and efforts are continuing with various parties to push for an end to the attacks by terrorist settler gangs and the recovery of our withheld funds. This is vitally important in enabling state institutions to continue fulfilling their duties toward citizens.

In addition, and in continuation of the series of measures taken by the government to ease the burden on public sector employees in light of the difficult field and financial conditions, the Council directed heads of government departments to follow up on arranging employee work schedules in a manner that takes into account the prevailing circumstances, taking into account the specificities of each department, and in a manner that does not affect productivity, workflow, or the provision of services with the required efficiency, and without disrupting services provided to citizens.

The Council also heard about the Ministry of Education and Higher Education's preparations for the General Secondary Education Examinations for students in the Gaza Strip, which will begin next Saturday.

As part of the government's initiative to localize medical services and reduce deductions from clearance revenues, the Council approved criteria for regulating medical transfers to hospitals within the 1948 territories. These criteria are limited to "life-saving" cases, and are based on specific criteria overseen by a special committee. Furthermore, the Council will study cases requiring transfer to neighboring countries if treatment is unavailable in Palestinian hospitals.

In a related context, the Cabinet approved the purchase of additional quantities of specific types of medicines to meet the growing needs of our sick citizens.

The Council also approved the settlement agreement with the South Hebron Electricity Company (SEEC) and the outstanding financial rights that have been pending for many years. The agreement includes a debt rescheduling and a commitment to pay monthly consumption bills. With this, the government has completed the governance of the five major electricity companies, while settlement processes continue with the most indebted municipalities, especially after settlements were completed with approximately 90 local authorities to date. This will enhance the efficiency of these authorities' services, raise their ratings, and enable them to obtain more development projects.

The final reading of the draft system for determining the value of financial fees for intangible heritage was approved.

He also approved the Memorandum of Understanding between the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics and Save the Children International regarding cooperation to implement activities in the field of child statistics indicators.