PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 10:58 pm - Jerusalem Time

Egypt President Al-Sisi discusses with UN Guterres the situation in the Gaza Strip

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi discussed, with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the escalating developments and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip.


The Egyptian presidential spokesman said on Monday that the call between President Sisi and Guterres addressed the need to reach a halt to the escalation, protect civilians through immediate measures to prevent further deterioration in the humanitarian situation, and provide an opportunity for diplomatic efforts to contain the situation, restore calm, and revive the peace process.


He added that there was agreement between the President and the Secretary-General of the United Nations regarding the danger the crisis poses to peace and security in the region. President Sisi also stressed the need to work seriously to find a just solution to the Palestinian issue in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions issued in the same regard, while Egypt continues its efforts to provide support for any steps. Future prospects in this regard, in addition to the important role of the United Nations in coordination with active parties in the international community to contribute to this indispensable path, to achieve sustainable peace and security in the Middle East.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 10:43 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israel army closes entrance leading to towns and villages west of Salfit

On Monday evening, Israeli occupation forces closed the entrance leading to towns and villages west of Salfit.


Local sources reported that the occupation forces closed the iron gate at the entrance, near the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, while confrontations broke out at the place, but no casualties were reported.


In a related context, a number of settlers gathered near the entrance to the village of Haris, west of Salfit, and chanted racist slogans.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 10:24 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli settlers attempt to burn a house after storming Deir Ibzi', west of Ramallah

On Monday evening, settlers attempted to burn a house after storming the village of Deir Ibzi', west of the city of Ramallah.


Local sources reported that settlers stormed the village of Deir Ibzi', under the protection of the occupation forces, and attempted to burn the house of citizen Ahmed Abdel Quddus Ghannam by throwing Molotov cocktails at him, but citizens confronted them.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 9:48 pm - Jerusalem Time

Telephone call between Palestinian President and UN Secretary-General

A telephone call took place on Monday evening between the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.


His Excellency called on the United Nations to intervene immediately to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression against our people, especially in the Gaza Strip, where the occupation threatens to cut off the humanitarian needs guaranteed by international law and international legitimacy, such as the provision of water, electricity, and food.


His Excellency stressed the importance of delivering relief and medical aid to our people in the Gaza Strip, stressing the need for the United Nations to intervene to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the Strip, and the need to carry out its duties approved by international legitimacy to provide international protection for the Palestinian people.


The President also reiterated that the only solution to all the escalation taking place in the region is the political solution by ending the Israeli occupation of the land of the State of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital.


In turn, Guterres stressed that the United Nations is making efforts to provide urgent humanitarian relief aid to the people of the Gaza Strip, and to conduct contacts with all concerned international parties in order to stop the ongoing escalation.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 9:44 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli army arrests 5 Palestinians from Jerusalem

On Monday evening, Israeli occupation forces arrested five Jerusalemite citizens.


Local sources reported that the occupation forces arrested: Omar Muhaisen, from Shuafat Camp, Musa, Muhammad Abu Rumaila, and Tayseer Obaid, from Salah al-Din Street in Jerusalem, while they arrested Saeb Derbas from the town of Issawiya.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 9:13 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli settlers storm Ein Ayoub area, west of Ramallah

On Monday evening, settlers stormed the Ain Ayoub area near the village of Ras Karkar, west of Ramallah.

Local sources reported that a group of settlers, protected by the occupation forces, stormed the Ain Ayoub area and gathered in the place.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 9:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

Confrontations with the Israeli occupation south and east of Nablus

Several young men were injured by live bullets, and dozens suffocated with tear gas, Monday evening, during confrontations with the occupation forces, south and east of Nablus.


The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus reported that three young men were injured by live bullets, two of them in the foot area, another in the chest and hand area, while another young man was injured by shrapnel in the head area, during confrontations at the Huwwara military checkpoint.


Local sources indicated that confrontations broke out between young men and the occupation forces at the checkpoint, during which the occupation fired live bullets and toxic tear gas bombs, causing dozens to suffocate.


In the town of Beit Furik to the east, confrontations broke out between the occupation forces and young men at the military checkpoint erected at the entrance to the town, during which soldiers fired sound and gas bombs, causing a number of citizens to suffocate.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 8:38 pm - Jerusalem Time

Confrontations broke out with Israeli occupation in Qalqilya

Confrontations broke out between young men and the Israeli occupation forces, Monday evening, in the city of Qalqilya.


Local sources reported that confrontations broke out between young men and the occupation forces stationed at the eastern checkpoint in the city of Qalqilya, during which the occupation fired stun grenades and toxic tear gas, but no injuries were reported.

ARAB AND WORLD

Mon 09 Oct 2023 8:22 pm - Jerusalem Time

Tunisia discusses ways to support the Palestinian people at diplomatic and health levels

Today, Monday, at the Carthage Palace, the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Kais Saied, chaired a working session that included: Prime Minister Ahmed El Hachani, Minister of National Defense Imad Mamish, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Nabil Ammar, Minister of Social Affairs Malek Zahi, and Minister of Health Ali Murabit. The Minister Advisor to the President of the Republic, Mustafa Ferjani, and the President of the Tunisian Red Crescent, Abdel Latif Chabou.


During the meeting, ways to support the Palestinian people were discussed at the diplomatic level and in the health field, especially by providing the Palestinian people with the medicines, surgical tools, and blood donations, in addition to directing field electric generators, especially after the power was cut off in a large part of the Gaza Strip. .


Contacts took place between the Tunisian Red Crescent and its Palestinian counterpart to determine what the brothers need in their confrontation with the Israeli occupation.


In the same context, the possibility of transporting a number of wounded Palestinians to Tunisia was discussed.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 8:10 pm - Jerusalem Time

New security tension on northern border of occupied Palestine

On Monday evening, the northern border of occupied Palestine witnessed new security tension after an anti-tank missile was fired at an Israeli site, without causing any casualties.


This comes hours after the Israeli army announced the liquidation of an armed cell that infiltrated from Lebanon and managed to injure 7 Israeli soldiers with varying injuries before being neutralized, as reported by the Hebrew channel Reshet Kan.


The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed responsibility for the attack.


In response to the operation, the Israeli army bombed targets in southern Lebanon, including Hezbollah targets.



PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 8:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

900 Israeli dead, a new death toll

On Monday evening, Hebrew Channel 12 reported that the number of Israeli deaths following the attack by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, had risen to 900.


According to the Hebrew Channel, there are about 3,000 wounded, including serious and critical conditions.


It indicated that these numbers were recorded in the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip and Israeli cities, and that the majority of them were killed as a result of the armed attack, and a group of them were killed by rocket firing.

ARAB AND WORLD

Mon 09 Oct 2023 7:52 pm - Jerusalem Time

Egypt warns against pushing defenseless Palestinians towards its borders

High-level Egyptian sources warned against pushing defenseless Palestinians towards the Egyptian border, and against some parties calling for mass exodus.


Egyptian sources said in statements on Monday evening that Egypt has intensified its contacts with all active parties of the international community to stop the escalation and stop the bloodshed of the Palestinian people.


It stressed the seriousness of the calls for displacement and that they are enough to empty the Gaza Strip of its population and liquidate the Palestinian cause itself, in addition to the fact that Egyptian sovereignty is not permissible.


The sources held the occupation authority responsible for creating humanitarian corridors, stressing the need to stop military operations immediately.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 7:19 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli settler attempted running over Palestinian citizens in Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem

A settler tried to run over citizens, Monday evening, in the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem.


Youth activist Mustafa reported that a settler tried to run over a group of young men while they were passing on the main street in the Khirbet al-Deir area, and then fled, without anyone being injured.


It is noteworthy that settler attacks against the residents of Teqoua have escalated in the recent period, and were represented by trampling and shooting attacks.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 7:17 pm - Jerusalem Time

Palestinian died of injuries by Israeli army in Hebron

A young man died on Monday evening, succumbing to critical injuries sustained during clashes in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.


According to the Ministry of Health, the young man, Montaser Abdel Hamid Zaqeq (31 years old), died after being hit in the head by live ammunition.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 7:15 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli settlers set fire to two tents east of Bethlehem

On Monday evening, settlers set fire to two tents near the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem.


The head of the Kisan Village Council, Musa Abayat, reported that settlers set fire to two tents located in the “Al-Qanoub” area of the lands of the town of Sa’ir, north of Hebron, opposite Kisan, close to the “Ibi Hanahel” settlement, which is located on citizens’ lands. They belong to citizens of the Al-Shalalda family, and they were used For livestock.


It is noteworthy that the settlers escalated their violations against citizens in the eastern region of Bethlehem, especially against sheep herders.

ARAB AND WORLD

Mon 09 Oct 2023 7:09 pm - Jerusalem Time

Sudan resumes diplomatic relations with Iran “to serve the common interests of the two countries”

Sudan announced Monday that it will resume diplomatic relations with Iran. This comes seven years after it was cut off and three months after a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries. Sudan severed its diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 after storming the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran.


The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Monday that Sudan will resume its diplomatic relations with Iran.


The ministry added that the decision to resume relations came after a number of high-level contacts between the two countries and that it would serve the common interests of both countries.


This comes seven years after the severing of relations between the two countries and three months after a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries.


Saudi Arabia and Iran, mediated by China, agreed to resume relations last March, which raised expectations that Tehran and other Arab countries would fully resume diplomatic relations.




In addition, no statement has been issued yet from Iran, but its Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdullahian said last July that the two countries are working to resume relations after his meeting with Acting Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq in Baku.


It is noteworthy that Sudan, which is currently going through a devastating war, cut off its diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 after the storming of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 7:00 pm - Jerusalem Time

Coverage continues... Israel continues its massacres and indiscriminate bombing of Gaza

The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression against the Gaza Strip, leaving hundreds of martyrs and thousands wounded, amid the most violent air, sea and land attacks in 3 days.


According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the number of martyrs exceeded 560, and 2,900 other citizens were injured with varying injuries, including hundreds of children and women.


According to the Ministry, there are large numbers of people infected with critical and serious conditions.


The nursery department at Al-Shifa Medical Complex was damaged as a result of the occupation’s targeting of the vicinity of Al-Shifa Medical Complex.


Several ambulances were also directly targeted, while Beit Hanoun Hospital was completely out of service due to the violent Israeli bombing.


The occupation forces continued their violent attacks, destroying economic, civil, social and educational institutions in a series of violent raids that targeted Gaza City, in addition to targeting residential buildings and homes in various parts of the Gaza Strip.


The occupation forces committed major massacres against Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip, especially after bombing homes over the heads of their residents.


Thousands of citizens took refuge in UNRWA schools seeking displacement under difficult circumstances.


While the Palestinian resistance continued to fire missiles at the occupation cities and settlements, causing serious and varying injuries and causing massive damage.


The number of Israeli deaths has risen to 800 and about 3,000 have been injured since the beginning of the operation last Saturday.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 6:55 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli army fires at Palestinians on the outskirts of the village of Qaryut

On Monday evening, Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets and rubber-coated metal bullets at anyone approaching the southern and western sides of the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus.


Local sources reported that the occupation forces have been present for hours south and west of the village, shooting bullets at anyone who tries to approach the outskirts of the village.


Yesterday evening, the people of Qaryut responded to an attack by colonists south of the village, which led to the outbreak of confrontations and the injury of a citizen to the face as a result of the attack.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 6:23 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli army attacks an ambulance crew near Al-Mazraa Al-Gharbiyya, west of Ramallah

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported, on Monday evening, that the Israeli occupation forces attacked one of its ambulances, near the village of Al-Mazraa Al-Gharbiyya, west of Ramallah, and assaulted its crew.


She explained, in a statement, that the occupation forces beat the vehicle crew, threatened them, searched the vehicle thoroughly, and detained them for a period of time before releasing them.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 5:47 pm - Jerusalem Time

Palestinian Injuries with live bullets and burning of 4 vehicles in a settler attack on farmers in Duma

On Monday evening, a citizen was injured by live bullets following a settler attack on farmers in Duma, south of Nablus.


The head of the Duma Village Council, Suleiman Dawabsha, said that settlers attacked the olive pickers near the western entrance to the town, amidst gunfire and protection from the occupation army, which led to the injury of a citizen with live bullets.


He added that settlers burned four vehicles in the area, amid clashes.

ARAB AND WORLD

Mon 09 Oct 2023 5:24 pm - Jerusalem Time

Moscow considers establishment of a Palestinian state “most reliable” solution to conflict with Israel

Russia considered on Monday that the establishment of a Palestinian state is the “most reliable” solution to the conflict with Israel, warning of a “high” risk of other parties engaging in the ongoing escalation with Hamas after the lightning operation launched by the movement against the Hebrew state from the Gaza Strip.


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed on Monday during a press conference on the occasion of the visit of Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit to Moscow that Russia and the League will work to "stop the bloodshed" in Israel and Gaza in cooperation with countries that want "permanent peace in the Middle East."


He said, "We do not agree with those who say that security can only be achieved by fighting terrorism."

He stressed that "eliminating terrorists" is a strategy that Israel has previously applied, but it has never allowed the "fundamental problem" to be resolved.


He saw the creation of “a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel... as the most reliable path to finding a solution to the” Israeli-Palestinian conflict.




Supporting these statements, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called for finding a “just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” and creating “political horizons.”

Aboul Gheit said that the Arab League rejects violence "from both sides."


Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that “the risk of third powers getting involved in this conflict is high,” calling for launching “a negotiation process as soon as possible,” according to what was reported by the Russian RIA Novosti and TASS agencies.


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PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 4:54 pm - Jerusalem Time

Palestinian Injuries by Israeli army in Hebron and Al-Bireh

On Monday, 9 citizens were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets in Hebron and Al-Bireh.


According to the Red Crescent, 5 citizens were injured by live bullets in Beit Ummar, including one in serious condition.


In Al-Bireh, 4 citizens were injured by live bullets at the northern entrance to Al-Bireh, and they were transferred to the Palestine Medical Complex.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 4:39 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli armed forces bombed Lebanese Al-Dahaira area

Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces bombed, with artillery, the Al-Dahira border area in the western sector, reaching the Lebanese towns of Marwahin, Al-Bustan, and Al-Zalutiyah.


The Lebanese National News Agency said that intense gunshots were heard at the Dahaira border, and Lebanese citizens also heard explosions in various southern regions, from the Lebanese border.


The National News Agency announced that the Israeli occupation army deployed its forces to confront what it called a possible “infiltration” from Lebanon.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 4:32 pm - Jerusalem Time

Netanyahu: Our campaign in Gaza will change the face of the Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday evening, “The war that began in Gaza will change the face of the Middle East.”


This came during a call he made with the heads of the local authorities of the Gaza envelope settlements, expressing his support for them and the settlers.


Netanyahu said: What Hamas will go through will be difficult and terrible. We are already in the midst of the campaign and have just begun it, and we must be strong in these difficult days. This matter will take time and there is a need for a strong position in these difficult days.


He stressed that his government would stand by the settlers and work to help them, calling on them to be steadfast.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 3:44 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians' homes south of Nablus

On Monday evening, settlers attacked citizens’ homes in the town of Ainabus, southwest of Nablus.


According to local sources, a group of settlers, protected by occupation soldiers, attacked the town amid heavy gunfire, gas bombs, and sound bombs. They attempted to break into and attack homes, and burned land at the entrances to one of the homes.

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 3:40 pm - Jerusalem Time

What does Israel’s declaration of war mean for Palestinians?

Israel declared war Sunday as it bombarded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes in retaliation for a major surprise attack by Hamas. The declaration came a day after an unprecedented incursion by Hamas fighters who blew through a fortified border fence and gunned down civilians and soldiers in Israeli communities along the Gaza frontier during a major Jewish holiday.

As many as 1,000 Hamas fighters took part, U.S. Secretary of State Andrew Blinken said. The rampage included an assault on a crowded music festival where authorities had removed about 260 bodies by Sunday.


Israel struck back including with airstrikes that flattened a 14-story tower that held Hamas offices. More than 400 people were reported killed in Gaza and at least 700 in Israel.


What does the war declaration mean?

Israel has previously carried out major military campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza that it portrayed as wars, but without a formal declaration.


The declaration gives the green light for Israel to take “significant military steps” against Hamas. It came as the military continued efforts to stamp out the last groups of militants in southern Israel following the attack.


Israel hit more than 800 targets in Gaza by Sunday, its military said. That included airstrikes that leveled much of the town of Beit Hanoun in the enclave’s northeast corner.


Hamas had been using the town as a staging ground for attacks, Israeli Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told reporters.


There was no immediate word on casualties, and most of the community’s population of tens of thousands likely fled before the bombardment.


The leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which participated in Saturday’s attack, said it was holding more than 30 Israelis among dozens of captives in Gaza. He said they would not be released until all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are free

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 3:17 pm - Jerusalem Time

619 Palestinian housing units were demolished during the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip

Israeli occupation aircraft completely demolished 619 housing units, while 5,350 housing units were partially damaged during the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.


According to the government media office, 72 towers, buildings and buildings were completely demolished, while 171 housing units were damaged and rendered uninhabitable.


He pointed out that dozens of public and service facilities, mosques and bank branches were bombed.





PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 3:09 pm - Jerusalem Time

American allegations of Iran's involvement in Palestinian Movement Hamas surprise attack on Israel

The American newspaper "Wall Street Journal" claimed on Sunday that security officials contributed to planning the surprise attack launched by the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" on Saturday on the Israeli occupation forces, and gave the green light for the attack at a meeting held in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas. And Hezbollah.


According to the newspaper, these people said that Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers had worked with Hamas since last August to plan air, land and sea incursions - the most significant violation of Israel's borders since the 1973 Ramadan War.


The newspaper claims that they added that the details of the operation were refined during several meetings in Beirut “attended by officers from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and representatives of four armed groups supported by Iran, including Hamas, which controls power in Gaza, and Hezbollah, a Shiite armed group and faction.” politician in Lebanon.


It is noteworthy that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Sunday that the US administration had not seen any evidence of Tehran’s involvement in the sudden Hamas attack, and in an interview with CNN broadcast on Sunday, Blinken said: “We have not yet seen evidence that Iran directed this attack.” "Or she was behind it, but there is definitely a long relationship."


A US official involved in the alleged meetings told the Wall Street Journal: “We do not have any information at this time to confirm this account.”


In response to a question about the alleged meetings in Beirut, Mahmoud Mardawi, a senior Hamas official, said that the movement planned the attacks on its own, explaining, “This is a Palestinian and Hamas decision.”


The Wall Street Journal quotes a spokesman for Iran's mission to the United Nations as saying that the Islamic Republic supports Gaza's actions but does not direct them.


The spokesman said: “The decisions taken by the Palestinian resistance are completely independent and unshakably consistent with the legitimate interests of the Palestinian people... We are not concerned with the Palestinian response, as it is taken by Palestine itself only.”


A direct Iranian role would bring Tehran's long-standing conflict with Israel out of the shadows, increasing the risk of a broader conflict in the Middle East. Senior Israeli security officials vowed to attack the Iranian leadership if it was proven that Tehran was responsible for the killing of Israelis.


The newspaper claims that the broader plan of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is to create a multi-front threat that can strangle Israel from all sides - Hezbollah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the north and Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank.


The Israeli occupation government claimed that at least 700 Israelis were killed in the attack, and Saturday's attack "shattered the country's aura of invincibility, leaving Israelis wondering how their vaunted security forces could allow this to happen," according to the newspaper.


Israel blamed Iran, saying it was behind the attacks, albeit indirectly. “We know that there were meetings in Syria and Lebanon with other leaders of the terrorist armies surrounding Israel, so it is easy to understand that they tried to coordinate,” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said on Sunday.


Hamas publicly acknowledges that it receives support from Iran, and Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi spoke on Sunday with the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, Ziad al-Nakhalah, and the head of the Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh.


Senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah said that Iran has put aside other regional conflicts, such as its open conflict with Saudi Arabia in Yemen, to devote external resources to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to coordinate, finance and arm anti-Israel militias, including Hamas and Hezbollah, according to the newspaper’s claim.


The United States and Israel have designated Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations.


The newspaper says, “The aim of the strike was to strike Israel while it appeared distracted by internal political divisions around the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” Senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah said that the attack was also aimed at disrupting the accelerating talks brokered by the United States to normalize relations between the kingdom. Saudi Arabia and Israel, which Iran considers a threat.”


The newspaper points out that based on the peace agreements with Egypt and Jordan, expanding Israeli relations with the Arab Gulf states could create a chain of US allies linking three major choke points for global trade - the Suez Canal, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Bab el-Mandab, which connects the Red Sea.

ARAB AND WORLD

Mon 09 Oct 2023 2:47 pm - Jerusalem Time

Lebanon's Mikati: Priority is maintaining security, adhering to Resolution 1701, and stopping Israel’s violations

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed, “The government’s priority is to maintain security and stability in southern #Lebanon, continue calm on the Blue Line, adhere to Resolution 1701, stop the ongoing Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty by air, sea, and air, and withdraw from the Lebanese territories that are still occupied.”


After following up on the situation in the south through a series of international, Arab and local contacts, he confirmed that “friendly and brotherly countries are keen to keep Lebanon safe from the repercussions of the explosive situation in the Palestinian territories, and to protect it.”


Mikati reiterated that "fortifying Lebanon in the face of stormy developments requires accelerating the election of a new president and stopping the existing political tensions. The danger threatening Lebanon does not affect a specific group or one political faction. Rather, it will have, God forbid, serious repercussions on all Lebanese and on the situation." The entire Lebanese people.


The Prime Minister continued, "In these difficult circumstances that the region is going through, it is no longer acceptable for internal tensions and divisions to continue over issues that have been overtaken by imminent events and potential repercussions. Let the positions of incitement and incitement stop, and let all wills unite in a phase that is, without exaggeration, one of the most dangerous phases that Lebanon is going through." “The region is the most uncertain in terms of expectations, options and possibilities.”


Regarding the Palestinian file, the caretaker Prime Minister said, “What is happening inside the Palestinian territories is an inevitable result of the Israeli enemy’s approach against the Palestinian people and their rightful demands. The solution to this conflict open to blood begins with the international community assuming its responsibilities in pressuring Israel to force it to return to the peace option with its considerations.” “The well-known Arab Peace Initiative, which was issued by the Beirut Summit in 2002, and anything other than that is a further spiral of violence that will not benefit anyone.”

PALESTINE

Mon 09 Oct 2023 2:10 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli prison admin. continues to impose retaliatory measures against Palestinian detainees

The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said on Monday that the occupation prison administration continues to implement retaliatory measures against detainees in all prisons.


According to the latest developments documented by the Prisoners’ Club, the Ofer Prison administration today cut off electricity and water to the detainees’ sections, and in Nafha Prison, they withdrew the tools that the detainees use for cooking, completely isolated the sections from each other, and prevented them from going out to ( Al-Fura) prison yard.


In the Negev prison, the prison administration transferred all Gaza detainees outside the prison without knowing the destination to which they were transferred. The prison administration also deliberately cut off electricity and water to the detainees’ sections from time to time, and this was recorded in most prisons.


The Prisoner's Club added that sick detainees were denied transfer to prison clinics.


Earlier, and over the past two days, the occupation prison administration implemented a series of other retaliatory measures, which included closing sections in all prisons, withdrawing the limited number of television stations available to detainees, increasing jamming devices, stopping visits to detainees’ families, and extending the detention of detainees from 96 hours, to 8 days, and prevented from meeting with a lawyer, during the first four days of detention.


According to the Prisoners’ Club, raids were also recorded in a number of prisons, including “Naqab,” “Megiddo,” and “Damoun,” where female detainees are held.


The day before yesterday, the repressive forces stormed the detention section of the “Damoun” prison, using poisonous gas, cutting off their electricity, isolating the female detainees’ representative, Marah Bakir, and transferring her to the “Jalama” prison.


In light of this, the female detainees decided to take protest steps by returning meals and rejecting the so-called “number” procedure.


In Megiddo prison, the repressive forces stormed the sections, isolated them from each other, and took away the electricity.


The Prisoners' Club warned against aggression against detainees or harming them. He renewed his call on all international human rights institutions to play their necessary role at this current stage.


The number of detainees in the occupation prisons is more than 5,250, including 39 female detainees, 170 children, and more than 1,300 administrative detainees.