A young woman was injured, Monday evening, when she was shot by the occupation forces near Hebron .

The occupation army claimed that the young woman attempted to carry out a stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction.

The Hebrew website Ynet stated that the young woman is in moderate condition, and she is from Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem.

The website indicated that one of the settlers was slightly wounded.

Today, Monday evening, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip issued an explanation about the circumstances of the death of a premature baby in Al-Shifa Medical Complex .

The Ministry stated in a statement, that on April 12, 2023, a premature newborn was born in the (28th) week of pregnancy and weighed 850 grams, and was transferred directly to the neonatal intensive care unit to harness all equipment to keep the premature newborn alive, as the chances of life for such Cases are very low. As stated in the statement.

The ministry added: On April 16, at two o'clock in the morning, the premature newborn died despite exerting intensive care and following the protocols approved in such cases.

She indicated that the father of the premature newborn came on the same day in the evening and was informed of the death, but he refused to receive the body of the newborn.

The ministry indicated that it is reviewing the death reporting policy to ensure timely and appropriate reporting.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh discussed, today, Monday, in his office in Ramallah, with the head of the Turkish Agency for Cooperation and Coordination, Serkan Kayalar , strengthening cooperation in many sectors.

The meeting was attended by the Turkish Consul General in Jerusalem, Ambassador Ahmed Reza Demirer, and the Prime Minister's Advisor for Arab and Islamic Funds Affairs, Nasser Qatami.

From Kayalar, Shtayyeh was briefed on the projects recently implemented by the Turkish agency, and the projects being implemented, especially projects for the restoration of homes and shops in Jerusalem and the Old City in Hebron, Jenin and the Gaza Strip, and the project for the construction of housing for female students at Al-Quds University.

The Prime Minister discussed with the head of the Turkish Agency ways to support clean energy projects and electricity generation projects from solar energy in order to supply them to the Palestinian camps and marginalized areas, in addition to providing technical and technical support to Nablus University for vocational and technical education and training, the construction of dams, the programming program for youth, and the establishment of a school for students. Gifted, and the hotel school in Jericho.

Shtayyeh praised the distinguished bilateral relations between the two countries, and the continuous Turkish support for Palestine at all levels, based on the spirit of partnership and cooperation.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China , Qin Gang, affirmed his country's support for the just cause of Palestine, and for the establishment of the State of Palestine according to the principle of the two-state solution.

This came during a call made today, Monday, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Malki, with his Chinese counterpart, which dealt with bilateral relations, especially with the approaching anniversary of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the State of Palestine, and the desire of the two countries to develop and deepen these relations.

Gang stressed that Palestine is a friend and partner country of China, and that his country supports the just cause of the Palestinian people, recalling the historic meeting that brought together Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the Arab-Chinese summit that took place last December in Riyadh, and affirming The Chinese president supported his country to grant the State of Palestine full membership in the United Nations and called for the establishment of an independent and fully sovereign Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the basis of the two-state solution.

Gang affirmed his readiness to make the required efforts to implement what was agreed upon between the two presidents, to continue to assist Palestine economically and politically, to support the required development projects, and China's keenness to provide the strong support required for the embodiment of the Palestinian state, and for it to become a full member of the United Nations.

He also reaffirmed that his country supports the request of the State of Palestine to become a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and supports his country in promoting efforts to achieve national reconciliation, and in supporting negotiations efforts on the basis of a two-state solution, in order to achieve stability in the Middle East and in convening an international peace conference from For a political solution to the Palestinian issue, and the need for Israel to abide by international law and implement United Nations resolutions, foremost of which is Resolution 2334.

For his part, Al-Maliki re-congratulated his Chinese counterpart on his appointment as State Adviser and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and invited him to visit Palestine and celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, and to hold political consultations at the ministerial level.

Al-Maliki also stressed the importance of the upcoming visit of President Mahmoud Abbas to China during the month of June, in response to an invitation extended to him by his Chinese counterpart during the recent Riyadh meeting, and his willingness to coordinate bilaterally with him in order to make the visit a success and achieve its desired goals.

He thanked China for its support for Palestine in all international forums, and for its steadfastness in its principled positions on the Palestinian cause and its justice. He also called on his Chinese counterpart to work to raise the level of bilateral cooperation to the level of strategic partnership and to accelerate the signing of several agreements and memorandums of understanding between the two countries, including the completion of negotiations on a free trade agreement between them.

At the same time, Minister Malki reaffirmed the position of the State of Palestine in support of friendly China, China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Palestine's full respect for the one-China policy, support for China in its stance on issues related to the campaigns targeting it in international forums, and opposition to interference in Chinese internal affairs.

Al-Maliki also praised China's efforts to restore diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and its great involvement in supporting stability, security and development in our region and the world at large.

The two ministers exchanged invitations to visit the two countries, and agreed to continue coordination in order to maintain working relations that allow for the development of bilateral relations.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh received an official invitation from his Egyptian counterpart, Mustafa Madbouly , to visit Egypt.

This came during his reception, today, Monday, in his office in Ramallah, the Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine, Ihab Suleiman.

The Prime Minister extended his thanks and appreciation to his Egyptian counterpart for the official invitation to visit, saying: "I am honored and accepted by this invitation, as it embodies the strengthening and depth of bilateral relations, the outcomes of which will undoubtedly be positive for both sides."

Shtayyeh discussed with the Egyptian ambassador ways to enhance cooperation in many fields, praising Egypt's historical role and its supportive and steadfast position on Palestine.

The Prime Minister briefed the Egyptian Ambassador on the latest political developments and the escalating violations of the occupation forces and settlers against our people, our land and our sanctities.

The Palestinians commemorate the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day. Since 1974, the Palestinian National Council , the supreme authority of the Palestine Liberation Organization, has approved the seventeenth of April as a national day of loyalty to the prisoners and their sacrifices, as a day of their victory, support and support for their right to freedom, and to honor them and stand by them and their families.

On the other hand, since 2015, the occupying state has adopted a policy of detaining the bodies of martyrs as a systematic official policy, and since that time, the number of imprisoned martyrs whose bodies are withheld has been constantly increasing. The popular campaign to recover the bodies of the martyrs held in the refrigerators of the occupation and the graves of numbers follows the general situation of these captive martyrs, which is represented by ambiguity and inhumanity. And depriving them of the most basic human rights with a decent burial.

The fact that the universities of the occupying country host these refrigerators in their laboratories to preserve the bodies of the martyrs is a dangerous fact that must be exposed at all levels, including a violation of humanitarian laws and academic ethics and an explicit violation of the basic function of higher education institutions, especially universities, to be centers for the production of knowledge in the first place, while universities are employed Israeli to strengthen the colonial colonial system.

Returning to the living prisoners, it is unacceptable to suffice with celebrating and welcoming these patient heroes upon their release. The prisoners need to be highlighted much more than any other national file or issue. We have often called for arranging national priorities. We agree on the need for national unity and ending division, and there are dues. Democracy and the need for elections and various reforms, and this is all possible internally if the political will is available, but we have to put the prisoners’ file at the top of the pyramid, as this is the humanitarian file. About 5,000 prisoners are still in the Israeli occupation prisons, including more than 160 imprisoned children, and about 30 women. A female prisoner and 1,000 administrative detainees, and I do not forget the martyred prisoners whose bodies are kept in refrigerators, whose number exceeds 120.

The file of the prisoners is one of the most important Palestinian issues in the International Criminal Court, and instead of the international community institutions pressuring the occupying state to release the prisoners, and instead of holding Israel accountable for its crimes, the prisoners and their families face an international financial attack after the PLO and the Palestinian Authority received various criticisms for their support which it provides as salaries to prisoners and their families, in the belief of the international community that the prisoners' salaries are tantamount to feeding and inciting 'violence'.

Prisoners suffer various forms of medical neglect and systematic torture that affects their physical, psychological and mental health. Hence, the Prisoners Affairs Authority, the Prisoners’ Club, the Presidency, the PLO, the Council of Ministers, and all official institutions are required to put the prisoners’ file on top of priorities. The truth about the jailer and exposing the crimes committed by Israel against our brave prisoners, violating the Geneva Charter and what was stipulated in terms of health and medical care in Article (91) of the necessity for each detainee to have an appropriate clinic, supervised by a qualified doctor, in which the detainees receive the medical care they need, as well as a system Appropriate food, sanitary isolation, hospitals, and care that is not less than the care provided to the general population. It is preferable that the treatment of detainees be based on medical personnel of their nationality, except for child prisoners. Israel violates all these rights!

The leadership, and all of us, have a responsibility to follow up on the affairs of the prisoners, the details of their daily struggles, shed light on their human stories, and send messages and requests to representatives of the Red Cross, international humanitarian agencies, and the United Nations to demand the release of political prisoners who suffer forms of torture and Israeli crimes against them.

Dr.. Dalal Erekat: Professor of Diplomacy and Strategic Planning, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Arab American University

On Monday, the Iraqi Foreign Minister announced his country's readiness to help for a "ceasefire" that paves the way for "negotiations" between Russia and Ukraine , during the visit of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to Baghdad .

The latter ruled out any mediation before the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.
It is the first visit of a Ukrainian foreign minister to Iraq in 11 years.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart in a joint press conference, describing the visit as "important".

"This visit is important for the future of the relationship between Iraq and Ukraine, and also for the future Iraqi role in helping Ukraine and Russia," he said.

Hussein stressed that his country is ready to "help the two parties reach a cease-fire first, and secondly start talks," within the framework of the contact group of the Arab League, in which Iraq has been participating for a year.

The Iraqi minister said, "We affirm over and over again that we are against war and believe in dialogue and negotiations. But dialogue and negotiations need two parties. When the two parties reach a conviction that it is necessary to start dialogue, Baghdad will be at the service of both parties."

For his part, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister ruled out the success of any mediation initiative at the present time.
"You cannot say that you support peace while trying to conquer more lands, commit more atrocities and destroy villages and towns," Kuleba said, referring to the ongoing Russian offensive in his country since February 2022.

"Whatever Russian officials say, Russia today wants war. It will take time to reach peace efforts," he said.

He stressed that "Russia must accept something very simple: stop the war and withdraw from Ukrainian territory. This will create space for diplomacy," noting that "restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity" is the "cornerstone" of any peace effort.

Ukraine, which enjoys the support of its Western partners for months, has been trying to strengthen its diplomatic relations with countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

In October, Koleba began the first African tour in his country's history, but he cut it off because of the war.

Today, Monday, the Military Occupation Court in Salem Camp issued a prison sentence against prisoner Majd Zahi Al-Saadi for a period of 17 months and a fine of 2,000 shekels.

The family of the captive Al-Saadi told Wafa that he has been detained since September 12, 2022, and his trial has been extended six times under pretexts.

The same court also transferred prisoner Jibril Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Zubaidi (36 years old) to administrative detention for a period of 6 months.

Al-Zubaidi was arrested two months ago and is in Megiddo prison. He is the brother of the two prisoners, Zakariya Al-Zubaidi, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, and Yahya Al-Zubaidi, and the brother of the two martyrs, Dawood and Taha Al-Zubaidi.

Al-Zubaidi spent 12 years continuously in the occupation prisons, where he was arrested in 2004 and released in 2016, then arrested more than once, and went on a hunger strike at the end of 2020 after the occupation transferred him to administrative detention despite the end of his 10-month sentence.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived, Monday afternoon, in the city of Jeddah, at an official invitation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to meet with His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman , Crown Prince and Prime Minister, tomorrow, Tuesday, in order to discuss and consult on the latest developments in the Palestinian cause and the situation in region, and strengthening Palestinian-Saudi brotherhood relations.

The President was received at Jeddah Airport, His Royal Highness Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Governor of Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region, a number of officials, and the staff of the Embassy of the State of Palestine.

The President is accompanied on this visit by the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Hussein Al-Sheikh, the Head of the Intelligence Service, Major General Majid Faraj, the President's Diplomatic Adviser Majdi Al-Khalidi, and the Palestinian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Basem Al-Agha.

Today , the Occupation Court postponed the bail request of the prisoner Khader Adnan in the (Salem) Military Court, due to his very serious health condition, which reached him after 72 days of his strike, refusing his arrest.

The court decided to delay giving its response to the request until Thursday, despite the dangerous situation he was in.

The session was held in the presence of the prisoner Adnan via video conference.

During the session, the Public Prosecution threatened to implement forced treatment against the prisoner Adnan.

Note that the prisoner Adnan continues to refuse to take the supplies and conduct medical examinations.

The head of the German Federation of Banks, Christian Sewing, confirmed Monday that the risk of a "full-scale" banking crisis in Europe is "very low", despite the recent tensions in the sector since the bankruptcy of the "Silicon Valley Bank" (SVB) in the United States and the takeover of "Credit Suisse". .

"The risk of a comprehensive crisis similar to the one that occurred in 2008 is very low," said Siving, who is also CEO of Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest bank, during a press conference.

He explained that the banks in Germany and in the European Union are still very solid "and" are well provided with capital and liquidity.

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which is linked to the start-up sector, and Signature Bank in the US, and then the urgent acquisition of Credit Suisse, raised fears of a broader crisis in the banking sector.

European financial institutions, especially Deutsche Bank, suffered in the stock exchanges after that, with investors fearing a repeat of these events in Europe.

Seving stressed that the crisis "did not have any impact on the situation of banks in Europe."

He added that this is due to the fact that "the regulators have done a good job in improving the capital of banks significantly since the crisis of 2008."
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Eleven people have died of heatstroke in India after a million people waited hours in the sun for a government-sponsored award ceremony, officials said Monday.

About 20 people were taken to hospital and about 300 felt unwell during the event, which was held near the city of Bombay (west) on Sunday, when the temperature approached 38 degrees Celsius with high humidity levels, according to local media.

Senior government officials attended the ceremony, including Home Minister Amit Shah, who praised the crowd for waiting hours in the sun.

In turn, the minister responsible for the state of Maharashtra, Aknat Shinde, described what happened as a "sad and disturbing incident", pledging to provide compensation to the relatives of the victims.

And the ruling Indian Bharatiya Janata Party reported that about a million people attended the event, according to the "Indian Express" newspaper.

For its part, the opposition Congress Party accused the government of negligence and said it should face criminal charges.

Heatwaves have killed more than 6,500 people in India since 2010, while last year records were recorded in several cities across the country.

Scientists report that heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent across South Asia, driven by climate change.

And the West Bengal state authorities announced the closure of all schools, colleges and universities for a week, starting from Monday, as a result of the heat, according to local media.

India suffered last year from a shortage of coal, the main source of electricity in the country of 1.4 billion people, while demand for electricity reached its peak in light of the heat.

Many parts of India depend on trains to provide water during the summer.

Scientists also believe that the annual rainy season is becoming more intense and more irregular, leading to more floods.

In Darfur in western Sudan , Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti,” led the Janjaweed forces that spread terror in the region, before he imposed himself years later as a major player in the political and economic equation in Sudan.

At the beginning of the two thousand, Hemedti was not yet thirty years old, and he was just the leader of a small militia in western Sudan, adjacent to the Chadian border.

But he turned into a well-known war leader after many years of war in Darfur, during which atrocities were committed to suppress the rebellion of Arab tribes in the region, and former dictator Omar al-Bashir was charged with two international arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court on charges of committing "war crimes", "crimes against humanity and" genocide. Collective.” And he was able to climb to power.

At the helm of the Janjaweed, the tall man, under Bashir's orders, practiced a scorched earth policy in Darfur where more than 300,000 people have been killed and over 2.5 million displaced during the war.

Hamidti extended his sphere of influence from Darfur, where he still maintains his headquarters, to Khartoum and its corridors of power, and he established links with diplomatic circles and was able to conclude secret trade agreements to a certain extent.

The Rapid Intervention Forces, which were established in 2013, have turned into an auxiliary force for the army, which includes thousands of elements who are currently seeking to seize power.

Since the revolution that toppled Omar al-Bashir in 2019, he has been working to improve his image and win new allies.

During the revolution, the Rapid Intervention Forces were accused of forcibly dispersing a peaceful sit-in demanding democracy in Khartoum, which resulted in dozens of deaths, according to official figures.

On October 25, 2021, Hemedti supported the army chief, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in his coup that removed civilians from power.

However, with the passage of time, he began to criticize the army and al-Burhan, whom he described as a "criminal" who "destroyed the country" and "clinged to power." And he came to present himself as a defender of the civil state and a bitter opponent of political Islam, which generally supports the proof. He joined the civilians in condemning the army, noting that it defends the "achievements of the revolution" in 2019.

For months, Hamidti has become strongly present on social networks through several accounts on “Facebook”, “Twitter”, “Instagram” and “Tik Tok”, through which he addresses the youth in a country where two-thirds of the population is under the age of 30.

He was born in 1975 into a nomadic Arab tribe on the border between Sudan and Chad. He clearly maintains a Western accent when he speaks.

Hemedti was used to the tribal councils and was fond of visits to the forces or to the villages. He has traveled the country repeatedly to meet the local chiefs who were the main pillars of the Bashir regime.

Hemedti appears sometimes in the military uniform he wore for the first time in the early 2000s, and at other times in elegant uniforms that he allocates to attend political meetings as the second man in power that has become monopolized by the military since the coup in October 2021 that removed civilians from power, after a short period during which they shared power with the army. .

By sending men to fight alongside the military coalition led by Riyadh in Yemen in 2015, he gained political allies in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Hamidti, whose gray hair is black, usually wears a gold ring in each hand, and has a strong economic card, as the Rapid Support Forces run many gold mines, according to the "European Council on Foreign Relations" research center (European Council on Foreign Relations).

The United States confirms that the Russian armed "Wagner" forces present in several African countries neighboring Sudan are working with the Rapid Support Forces in those mines.

However, Hemeti's good relations with Russia are confirmed. Upon his arrival in Moscow, the day after the invasion of Ukraine, he succeeded in meeting with senior officials in the state.

In Sudan, Hemedti has been presenting himself as a referee for some time.

Nearly a year ago, he surprised everyone with a statement in which he considered the coup a "failure," announcing that he would intervene if the country was heading "towards the abyss."

The quiet expansion of myopia (or nearsightedness ) in all developed countries , with glasses that slow this type of vision disorder in children reported to be effective, offers hope for reducing what appears to be a major public health problem.
"Two years ago, Paul's teacher told us that he couldn't see anything written on the board in class," says Caroline Boudet, the mother of Paul and a writer in Nantes, in western France.

When Paul, accompanied by his parents, visited an ophthalmologist to check his condition, Paul was diagnosed with "great myopia", knowing that no one in the family faces this disorder in which the patient becomes unable to see things clearly from afar, due to the presence of a very large distance between the cornea and the retina. .

Then the doctor told them about a treatment, which is rather new glasses, which work to slow the deterioration of myopia. "Within a year, the result was positive because Paul's condition was stable," says Caroline Boudet.

These glasses, which are described as slowing myopia and have been sold in France for about two years, are based on combined technologies that correct visual disturbances but also slow down its deterioration in children with expandable myopia.

A study published in early April in the "Scientific Reports" magazine dealt with the development of a group of children wearing "Musmart" glasses, which were invented by the Japanese company "Hoya", within a period of six years. The study concluded that there was a slowdown in myopia and no "rebound effect" in children when they stopped wearing glasses.

Several other clinical studies have also demonstrated the effectiveness of the Styliste glasses, developed by the French company Essilor Luxottica, specifically noting that these glasses prevented children from losing more than one diopter from myopia, on average, over three years.

The glasses of the new generation work based on an innovative technology, as they are equipped with a set of fine lenses that aim to correct peripheral myopia, which is one of the characteristics of myopia, and thus slow down myopia.

The two optical innovation groups reported a slowdown in the expansion of myopia by an average of 60 to 67 percent, compared to traditional eyeglasses, when people wore their glasses for 12 hours a day.

Other specialized companies invested in the French market, such as the German company "Zeiss", which initially marketed its product in Asia.

These new glasses hold hopes for people with myopia, while current expectations indicate that half of the world's population will suffer from short-sightedness around the year 2050.

Researchers agree on the notion that among the factors that promote myopia are increased time people spend indoors, less exposure to natural light, and greater strain on near vision.

"We have tested many techniques to prevent myopia, but this is the first time that we are in front of an effective technique, and I am really amazed," says Claude Spieg-Chatz, President of the French Society of Ophthalmology.

She explained that she initially treats a child who suffers from nearsightedness by prescribing traditional glasses for him. "If his short-sightedness increases, I will quickly prescribe him new glasses," she says.

"These glasses constitute a great gain for children," says Jamie Chammas, an ophthalmologist in Strasbourg, adding, "We notice that myopia among those who wear these glasses increases less than half of what we expected."

However, the only obstacle in the matter is the price of these looks of about 180 euros, an amount that exceeds the price of traditional glasses by about 100 euros, while the guarantors do not fully cover them.

The general manager of "Hoya Vision Care" in France, Jean-Michel Lambert, believes it is necessary to adopt a better coverage system.

And last year, the Higher Authority for Health in France recognized a service provided by the eyewear department of the company, "Hoya Vision Care", considering it "simple".

In his defense of the need for the concerned authorities to bear the cost of the glasses, Lambert says that "every single diopter lost by the patient leads to an increased risk of future diseases, but if we slow the expansion of myopia, the cost will be less for society."

And when myopia is significant, i.e. exceeding -6 diopters, it leads to an increased risk of recording various damages (retinal detachment, glaucoma, early cataracts...), which may cause patients permanent visual disturbances.

The leader of the Hamas movement, Ismail Radwan , said today, Monday, "The issue of prisoners is on the list of priorities of the resistance, and we will not rest until we get your freedom."

This came during the celebration of the citizens and families of the prisoners in the Gaza Strip, the activities of the Palestinian Prisoner's Day, with the wide participation of the Palestinian factions, human rights institutions and prisoners' institutions.

Radwan warned the occupation of the consequences of continuing its aggression against our heroic prisoners, and we say to him: Your "prisoners" will not gain freedom until our heroic prisoners obtain their freedom.

He stressed that the resistance is capable of forcing this Israeli occupation to respond to its demands regarding the issue of prisoners.

"Radwan" indicated that: "The Palestinian Prisoner's Day coincides with the anniversary of the martyrdom of the lion of resistance - Abdulaziz Al-Rantisi, who carried the burden of this cause and was always striving towards their liberation. for the prisoners, and we are going until we get their freedom.”

US forces targeted at dawn on Monday a leader of the Islamic State in northern Syria who was responsible for planning attacks in the Middle East and Europe, according to what the Central Command of the US Army "Centcom" announced, and it is likely that he was killed.

The commander of the Central Command, Michael Korella, said that the operation, which was launched by his forces by helicopter, resulted in "most likely the death of the target person," and left "two other armed men dead" in the place.

Centcom explained that the targeted senior leader was "responsible for planning terrorist attacks in the Middle East and Europe."

Kurella said in the statement that the extremist organization "is still capable of launching operations in the region and should also strike outside the Middle East."

The operation did not result in the death or injury of any American soldiers or civilians, according to Centcom.

The operation took place, according to an AFP correspondent and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in the village of As-Suwayda, near the border city of Jarabulus, in an area under the control of Syrian factions loyal to Ankara.

The Observatory reported that clashes broke out in the area during the operation, during which the building in which the leader was residing was targeted with two missiles.

Residents of the area and the Syrian Observatory told AFP that the targeted person, who was previously detained by Kurdish fighters, moved to the village of As-Suwayda six months ago. They reported that he was killed and his body was handed over to his brother.

The Observatory stated that the operation also resulted in the killing of two members of the "Suqur al-Shamal" faction during the clashes during the operation, and it also reported the death of another person who was believed to be an escort of the targeted leader.

The faction confirmed the killing of the two members in its ranks, indicating that they were killed while they were inspecting what was happening.

"Many of the organization's former fighters have joined the ranks of pro-Ankara factions" in northern Syria, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Since the announcement of the elimination of the "Islamic Caliphate" in 2019, US forces and the international coalition led by Washington have pursued the organization's leaders. From time to time, raids, raids, or airdrops are launched against suspected members of the organization.

These operations are repeated in areas where the organization's members hide in the province of Deir ez-Zor (east), the areas controlled by the Ankara-loyal factions (north), and in the province of Idlib, which is controlled by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra).

And on April 4, Centcom announced that a senior ISIS leader who was responsible for planning attacks in Europe and Turkey had been killed in an airstrike in Idlib.

The US forces succeeded in liquidating or arresting leaders in several operations, the most prominent of which was the killing of the leaders of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in October 2019, and then Abu Ibrahim Al-Qurashi in February 2022 in Idlib Governorate.

At the end of November, the extremist organization announced the killing of its leader, Abi al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi, in battles whose date was not specified, and it later became clear that they took place in Daraa Governorate in the south in October, in which local fighters participated with the support of the Syrian regime forces.

Despite the strikes targeting its leaders, movements, and locations, the organization is still able to launch attacks and carry out sporadic attacks, especially in eastern and northeastern Syria, and in the vast Syrian desert.

On Sunday, more than 40 people were killed in two separate attacks in the center and east of the country, launched by gunmen believed to belong to the Islamic State.

After 13,981 performances in 35 years, the curtain fell on Broadway , Sunday, on “The Phantom of the Opera”, the oldest musical in the famous New York theater district and one of its symbols, due to the great weakness in the audience’s attendance after the pandemic.

One of the show's strongest moments was the fall of the heavy and majestic opera chandelier for the last time at the Majestic Theater near Times Square, where this musical, adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber from the French novel by Gaston Le Roux, was historically shown.

The play's team, in the presence of its author, was met with standing ovations and long standing ovations when the famous chandelier appeared for the last time in the full hall, which can accommodate about 1,600 spectators, as noted by Agence France-Presse.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, who composed pieces for the coronation celebration of Charles III as King of Britain next May, dedicated this performance to his son, who died in March of cancer. "Thank you all, thank you New York for being such an amazing home for us," he said.

Daniel Wright, 56, who attended the show several times previously, said the latter was "extraordinary".

He admitted to Agence France-Presse that he cried "in many moments", as "it was a perfect show".

He added, "There are reasons why this show has continued for 35 years, as it is a timeless work that has affected many people."

Since the premiere in 1988 in New York of the story of the ghost who lives hidden in the basements of the Paris Opera House and falls in love with the ballerina Christine, the play has achieved revenues amounting to a total value of $ 1.4 billion, meaning that it attracted about 20 million spectators, and about 6,500 people worked in it, Among them are 450 actors, according to the production department. And the play "The Phantom of the Opera" imposed itself on Broadway, with its old costumes and its own orchestra, two years after its launch in London, where it continues to be shown.

In 1988, she won seven theatrical "Tony" awards equivalent to the Oscars in cinema.

However, British producer Cameron Mackintosh noted in an interview with the New York Times in September 2022 that "the world has changed." He explained that the play, which relies on the turnout of foreign tourists, has become, after the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to the closure of Broadway theaters for a period of 18 months, high cost compared to its revenues, as it needs weekly “a little less than 950 thousand net dollars.”
Each show requires about 125 people, including musicians, actors and technicians.

He pointed to a "turning point" represented by "a significant reduction in the number of well-run weeks that make up for lost weeks". And she believed that “there is only one reasonable decision that should be taken at this stage,” at a time when Broadway musicals are attracting audiences, such as “MJ: The Musical” about Michael Jackson.

But Mackintosh asserted, amid final greetings, that the play had been a success.

"In our craziest childhood dreams, we could never have imagined the success of Phantom," he said.

The announcement of stopping the show's performance revived the box office, prompting the move to be postponed from February to April, and some do not rule out announcing a tour of performances. Last tickets this week sold for more than $500 on booking sites.

The Majestic Theater will undergo major restoration and modernization.

From now on, "Chicago" will be the oldest musical in New York, with its premiere dating back to 1996, before "The Lion King".

The 41 Broadway theaters constitute the cultural and tourist lung of New York, as they attract 200,000 viewers and 300,000 per week, and their average weekly revenue exceeds $30 million.

Christina Lewis and her teenage daughter, Sparrow, who love the "Phantom of the Opera," confirmed their willingness to go to London to see the show, although they had already attended it at least 11 times.

"It's sad that the play has stopped, but we are so excited to be watching the last show. We cried so many times during it," said Lois, 36, a nurse.

Lewis and her niece have already demanded the play's return, as have others.

"Let the ghost come back!" said Richard Rodriguez, 38.

Ismail Haniyeh , head of the Hamas political bureau, received on Sunday evening the Secretary General of the National Initiative , Mustafa Barghouti, in the Qatari capital, Doha .

The two sides discussed developments and developments at the political and field levels, especially in the blessed month of Ramadan, and the reflection of the regional and international conditions on the Palestinian cause and the multiple challenges and opportunities available in light of these developments at all levels.

During the meeting, he reviewed the behavior of the occupation and its crimes in the city of Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the assassinations in the occupied West Bank, the settlers' violations and their continuous attacks on citizens, their property and lands, the repercussions of the blockade on the Gaza Strip, and the role of our Palestinian people in confronting these aggressive policies and the racist Israeli government.

They discussed means of joint national action on the basis of confronting this extremist government and its escalating violations and plans against our land, sanctities and rights, and how to achieve field unity, activate the energies and capabilities of our people, enhance their steadfastness and build their strength to confront the occupation and its policies.

The two parties stressed the need to activate the regional and international dimension to confront and isolate the occupation government and show its true face to the world, and to emphasize the failure of the political track and the occupation's denial of the rights of all our people.

Today, Monday, the Israeli Shin Bet announced the arrest of a military cell in the West Bank belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian Quds Force organizations.

According to Hebrew sources, the Shin Bet arrested two young men from the West Bank, Youssef M. and Marcel M., during the last two months, following their communication with Huda M. and Hajj Muhammad R., who belong to the Lebanese Hezbollah.

It claimed that the two agreed to work on smuggling and trafficking in weapons to the West Bank through the use of criminal entities, and they collected information about the occupation's activities in the West Bank and the interior, and recruited others to carry out military operations.

While the sources confirmed, Hezbollah members communicated with the two men through encryption software and private "emails".

Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a citizen from the town of Dura, south of Hebron .

According to local sources, the forces arrested Ahmed Munif Qazaz, after they summoned him for interrogation in the "Etzion" camp, north of Hebron.

On Monday, three planes transported about 100 prisoners who were being held by the coalition supporting the Yemeni government, led by Riyadh, to Yemen, the day after a major prisoner exchange operation that lasted for three days and included about 900 prisoners from both sides of the Yemeni conflict , according to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the coalition on Monday.

Jessica Mossan, media advisor to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told AFP that two planes each transported 48 prisoners from Abha in southern Saudi Arabia to Sanaa, the Yemeni capital under Houthi control, while a third plane transported eight prisoners from Abha to Aden, the temporary seat of the recognized government. internationally.

For his part, the official spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki announced, "The completion of the exchange of prisoners and detainees by releasing 104 Houthi prisoners from the coalition."

This brings to 973 the number of those released since Friday.

The conflict in Yemen began in 2014, and the Iran-backed Houthis took control of several areas in the country, including Sana'a. The following year, Saudi Arabia intervened at the head of a military coalition, exacerbating a conflict that left hundreds of thousands dead and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

Al-Maliki said, "The initiative is an extension of previous humanitarian initiatives from the Kingdom related to prisoners."

Musan indicated that the "unilateral" release process that took place on Monday "is outside the negotiations that took place in Switzerland last month," during which the Houthis and the government reached an agreement to exchange about 900 prisoners.

"The ICRC facilitates the transfer and provides logistical support, in addition to carrying out other procedures," such as interviewing former detainees, Musan said.

And she affirmed that the committee "welcomes" the Saudi initiative, saying, "We are pleased to see that humanitarian considerations are being taken into account in order to reunite families," adding that this "will give the detainees' families great relief."

The recent exchange process coincided with diplomatic efforts resulting from the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement, aimed at consolidating a long-term ceasefire and putting the bloody war in the impoverished country on the path to a solution.

Al-Maliki confirmed that today's release also comes to "support efforts aimed at stabilizing the armistice and creating an atmosphere of dialogue between the Yemeni parties to reach a comprehensive and sustainable political solution that ends the Yemeni crisis."

You set foot on the streets of the Egyptian city of Nabruh in the Dakahlia Governorate in the Nile Delta. At first glance, you will imagine that you are in a coastal area, although it does not overlook the sea, due to the smell of salted fish emanating from its many shops, which the Egyptians call "Al Fesikh".

"Nabruh is the castle of Fesikh in Egypt," said Sherif Al-Yamani, 44, the owner of one of the most prominent shops selling Fesikh in Nabroh, to AFP, while opening a wooden barrel covered with paper.

The barrel and a number of other barrels near it contain a quantity of fish.

Al-Yamani continues, "We master this profession, and I have been working in this field for 26 years. I learned it from my late brother, who had more than 40 years of experience in it."

He tells that more than a hundred years ago, there were three or four families who started the craft of salting fish. With the passage of time, a large number of residents became skilled in the craft, and the demand for buying fesikh from Nabaruh, "whether on holidays, seasons, or others, became very good," adding, "We receive customers from all governorates of Egypt."

The ancient Egyptians knew Fesikh more than four thousand years ago, according to the prominent Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, who confirmed in statements in the past that the center of Fesikh or salted fish for the Pharaohs was in Esna in the south of the country.

"In our archaeological discoveries, we uncovered traces proving that the ancient Egyptians salted fish to extend its edibility and for workers to eat it while building the pyramids," Hawass said.

Al-Yamani says that the demand for buying fesikh was high in the week preceding the month of Ramadan, indicating that fasting people fear feeling thirsty if they eat fesikh during the month. After fasting, "everyone is anxious about it."

Al-Yamani attributes the reasons for the popularity of al-Fesikh in Nabaruh to "cleanliness and salting.. We leave al-Fesikh as it is, we only use salt and water with fish."

In other governorates, the producers or sellers of al-fesikh may resort to adding some spices during the salting process, according to al-Yamani, who says that he is keen on respecting the desire of customers who, according to him, tend to prefer the original taste.

In the place, workers are active in rowing the fish one above the other in a specific way after filtering it from the water inside wooden barrels, and they sprinkle coarse salt between the layers of fish, down to the last layer in the barrel. Then they put a plastic bag on the face, and a quantity of salt on top of it to protect it from anything leaking into it.

Some people can't stand the strong smell of fish in the place, but many enjoy eating its meat. Thus, salted mullet or fesikh remains one of the most controversial meals and foods in Egypt.

Karim Abdel-Gawad, a customer of Al-Yamani shop, told AFP, after he bought a quantity of fesikh for him and his family, "I drive my car from the Gharbia governorate to buy fesikh from Nabaruh ... it has a different taste," adding, "experiments do not work with fesikh.. no." You must buy it from a place you know."

During the spring festivals, which are the seasons in which Egyptians eat this meal the most, cases of food poisoning are sometimes attributed to Fesikh.
But Al-Yamani says, "Al-Fisikh is innocent of what is rumored about him, so the way the seller deals with him is the decisive point."

There are certain standards for the preparation of fesikh, it should not be salted while it is still wet, just as there is a certain amount of salt that must be used, to avoid causing poisoning.

Fesikh was affected by the wave of high prices in Egypt. Al-Yamani says, "We did not imagine that we would sell at these prices in Nabroh, but the demand for Al-Fusikh was not affected," he said.

The price of this fish currently ranges between 220 and 240 pounds (about 7 to 8 dollars), per kilogram of large size.

From Cairo, Muhyiddin Abd al-Warith, a police officer, came to Nabrouh to buy fish, and he says that the city is "the source of al-Fassikh," indicating that he is visiting it for the first time, but in the past he used to ask his relatives to buy fish from the place, which is about 150 kilometers away. of the Egyptian capital.

Today, Monday, the citizens revived the activities of the Palestinian Prisoner's Day , in the various governorates of the West Bank .

Citizens gathered in the city centers in response to the call of the national and Islamic forces and the institutions and activities of the prisoners, with the participation of the families of the prisoners and the freed prisoners, to commemorate this memory, then marches were launched that roamed the streets of the main cities.

The participants raised Palestinian flags, pictures of the prisoners, and banners emphasizing the freedom of the prisoners, amid cheers for the prisoners and patriotic songs emphasizing their freedom and showing their suffering.

The deputy head of the Fatah movement, Mahmoud Al-Aloul , said in a speech during a stand in the city of Ramallah, "Every day is a day for the prisoner, but this day came to remind the world of the prisoners' suffering and sacrifices, which are never equaled. forget them.”

Al-Aloul recalled the prisoners, their leaders, child prisoners, female prisoners , and sick prisoners, and said: "We entrusted the prisoners to keep working for their war and the freedom of our people in full and undiminished."

Al-Aloul stressed that the prisoners, with their unity, thwarted the policies of the Israeli occupation government, headed by Itamar Ben Gvir , which targets the prisoners with racist procedures and laws.

Yesterday evening, Sunday, the forces and events lit the flame of freedom in front of the square of the Baladna Cultural Center in the city of Al-Bireh.

Marches and events took place this afternoon, at Al-Manara Circle in Ramallah, at Ibn Rushd Circle in the center of Hebron, and in Martyr Yasser Arafat Square in front of Jenin Governorate, while an event was organized in front of the Red Cross office in Jericho, and another in front of Martyr Abu Ali Iyad Square in The city of Qalqilya, in addition to an activity at Bidya High School for Boys in Salfit.

Other activities will be held this evening, in front of Gamal Abdel Nasser Square in the center of Tulkarm, in the Bab Al-Zaqaq area in the center of Bethlehem, in front of the Martyrs' Square in the city of Nablus, and in front of the Martyrs' Circle in Tubas.

The European Union , France and Spain provided 26.3 million euros to pay social allowances through the National Cash Transfer Program for the benefit of 106,596 vulnerable Palestinian families.

“Social protection is a priority and a basic human right that must be preserved and protected by governments around the world,” said EU Deputy Representative Maria Velasco.

She added that the special social protection system, which includes the cash transfer program to support the poorest and most vulnerable, is currently facing unprecedented challenges due to the chronic financial crisis of the Palestinian Authority.

She pointed out that this contribution, co-financed by Spain and France, confirms once again our common European commitment to the Palestinian people, while we continue to call for the regular and continuous disbursement of social allocations through this program.

In turn, the head of the French Cooperation, Guillaume Robert, said: “In these difficult times, France is proud to support the Palestinian government in meeting the needs of its population, through social allowances for the most vulnerable groups. With the help of our contribution, many poor and vulnerable Palestinian families will receive much-needed support from the Ministry Social Development This support is essential to help reduce poverty and alleviate the social and economic crisis in Palestine.”

For his part, Head of Spanish Cooperation Ventura Rodríguez García said, "For many years, Spain has been providing reliable and predictable support to the Palestinian government, in order to provide basic public services to the Palestinian population, and to play its role and contribute to the reduction of multidimensional poverty.

Our support this year is focused on "fulfilling the urgent needs of the most vulnerable families identified by the Ministry of Social Development to receive social assistance."

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, Head of the Supreme Ifta Council, Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein , called on citizens to observe the crescent of the month of Shawwal , after sunset on Thursday, Ramadan 29, 1444 AH, corresponding to April 20, 2023 CE.

The Grand Mufti urged everyone who sees the crescent to review the Palestinian Dar Al Iftaa office located in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, or the nearest fatwa department to his area, to testify, with the possibility of contacting one of the following numbers:

02-6260042, 02-6260102, Fax: 02- 6262495, Mobile: 0599-111984, Mobile: 050-5-748584

He noted that at least two good witnesses are required to prove sighting of the Shawwal crescent, because it is a departure from the worship of fasting.

Today, Monday, the captive movement affirmed that the real revival of the Palestinian Prisoner's Day and its fulfillment is represented in the practical and real pursuit of liberating the prisoners from the occupation prisons , and achieving our freedom is a duty for all the sons of this living cause, and we expect actions, not words, from you.

The movement said in a statement, on the occasion of the Prisoner’s Day, “The Prisoner’s Day is not just deaf pictures and loud slogans, but rather a day for sounding the alarm that our bleeding has not stopped. To seek to rescue 4,900 prisoners from prisons, including 31 women, 160 children, and more than 1,000 administrative detainees, including hundreds of patients and the elderly.

She added, "The prisoner is one of the symbols of our living cause, and he remained - and still is - representing the living, patient, patient pillar of this cause, despite the fierce war waged by the occupation against him and its failed attempts to detach him from his cause and cast him into oblivion."

And she continued: "The basic role of the prisoner is to defend his sanctities, on top of which is the place of the Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace -, for which he gave years of his life, and this role will continue and will not stop until the completion of the comprehensive liberation of the prisoners and the prisoners, and we will remain The staunch freedom fighters to defend our just causes, until the end of the occupation and its expulsion from all of Palestine.

The captive movement indicated that the Israeli occupation sought and continues to seek permanent aggression against the prisoners and captives, and with the grace of God Almighty, the prisoners succeeded with their steadfastness and patience and the support of our people in repelling the aggression, and our valiant resistance and the leadership of our people were able to curb the aggression of the occupation against the prisoners.

She emphasized that the prisoners’ message to all segments of our people is that the issue of the inclusive prisoners and their unity that they established inside the prisons in the face of the jailer requires all Palestinians to end the division and confront the occupation united in all arenas. Necessity precedes the inevitability of national unity.

A Moscow court on Monday sentenced dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison after convicting him of several charges, including "high treason", in the context of the repression practiced in Russia since the start of the invasion of Ukraine .

Kara-Murza, who was close to the prominent dissident Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated in 2015, was one of the last Kremlin critics who were not imprisoned or exiled abroad.

After a closed-door trial, the court announced that it had convicted Kara-Murza of "high treason", spreading "false information" about the Russian army and illegal work for an "unwanted" organisation, according to an AFP journalist.

As a result, he was sentenced to 25 years in a prison complex whose regime is harsh.

Russian news agencies quoted his lawyer, Maria Eismont, as saying that Kara-Murza will appeal the verdict, denouncing "gross violations of procedure" during the trial.

Firefighting teams said Monday that they had brought under control over the past night a fire that destroyed 930 hectares on Sunday in southwestern France , on the border with Spain .

"It was brought under control at around 02:00 (0000 GMT) after destroying 930 hectares," a spokesman for the fire department in the Pyrenees-Oriental department told AFP.

And he indicated in a tweet that French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanan would visit the site of the fire "to assess the situation and provide support to the 500 fire and rescue personnel who rushed to the site to put out the fire and the residents of the area who were severely affected."

The fire broke out on Sunday morning between the communes of Cerbier and Banyols-sur-Mer, and up to 540 firefighters were deployed to try to put it out.

This is the largest fire recorded so far in France during the year 2023, and it broke out in a part of the country that suffers from a great lack of precipitation and dry soil.

An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced 10 military personnel to prison terms over the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane near Tehran in January 2020, according to the Judicial Authority News Agency.

The most prominent defendant, the head of the air defense unit, was sentenced to ten years in prison for acting contrary to directives issued by the command.

Kamal Nine other soldiers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one year to three years, according to Mizan Online Agency.

The agency reported that the official of the "Tor M-1" air defense unit "fired two missiles" at the plane "against orders from the command center and without obtaining permission and in violation of directives."

The names of any of the convicts were not mentioned, but they include four members of the air defense unit, the commander of an air defense base, and an officer at the control center. Convicts can appeal the verdicts, according to the same source.

For its part, the Victims' Families Association said on Twitter that it "does not recognize the courts of the Islamic regime," and added, "We demand an impartial international court to look into this crime. We aspire for fair trials in a free Iran."

Three days after the tragedy, the Iranian armed forces admitted that they had "accidentally" shot down the plane bound for Kiev.

Tensions between Iran and the United States were running high at the time of the incident.

At the time, Iran's air defenses were put on high alert in anticipation of an American attack, after Tehran fired missiles at a military base in Iraq that was used by American forces.

The missile launches came in response to the assassination of the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, by an American drone near Baghdad Airport.

All 176 passengers on board were killed in the downing of the plane in 2020, most of them Iranians and Canadians, and many of them hold the nationalities of the two countries.

Also, 11 Ukrainian citizens died in the accident.

In November 2021, the Iranian judiciary announced the start of the trial of the ten military personnel in Tehran against the background of the downing of the plane.

At the time, he indicated that "103 people filed a complaint with the Public Prosecution," demanding "an impartial investigation ... to identify those responsible and prosecute them."

In January of last year, Iran announced that it had started paying compensation to the families of those killed.

The deputy head of Iran's Civil Aviation Authority, Arash Khodaei, said that "the amount of $150,000" has been transferred to some families of the victims, while "the process" of compensation for other families has begun.

The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted him as saying that the payment "does not violate their right to take legal action".
In 2020, Iran offered to pay "150,000 dollars or its equivalent in euros" to each of the victims' families.

At the time, Ukrainian and Canadian officials sharply criticized the ad, saying that compensation should not be settled through unilateral declarations.

A Canadian court ruled to pay more than $80 million in compensation to the families of six of the victims, in a decision revealed in January 2022.

That same month, an Iranian couple sued three senior Iranian officials over the deaths of their children in the incident, an Iranian newspaper reported at the time.

A group of countries, led by Canada, called in December for arbitration to settle claims against Iran, a first step that could lead to a case being taken to the International Court of Justice, a move families of victims have long called for.

The lawyer for the Affairs of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners, Hanan Al-Khatib, conveyed, after her visit to the female prisoners languishing in Damon Prison , a message on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, which falls on April 17 of each year.

Here is the text of the message:

"On Prisoner's Day, we wish freedom for all prisoners, and that there will be a serious stand for the sake of male and female prisoners, and that we wrest freedom because it is our right, as the right is taken and not given."

"We call on all leaders and factions to take action and to make the prisoners' file a top priority."

"We do not want to take action for the sake of the prisoners on a special occasion. We ask that there be constant concern for us, our families and our families, and that there be an intention to release us. Our cause is just and we are tired of slogans."

The prisoner, Yasmine Shaaban, devoted these words to all the female prisoners, in commemoration of the day:

On the day of the prisoner, we will write stories and anecdotes, we will write a history written by the years of life and written by the will of a people who sacrificed the most precious thing they possessed their freedom, we will write a story called Palestine, about the love of a land that refuses to rise up with everything in it, we will write about a father, a brother and a mother, we will write about the sons and daughters of the homeland, About the martyrs of the families who died in the cemetery of honor and dignity without farewell and without family, they died with the hope of a near future to dominate the epic of freedom, we will write about judgments told with imaginary stories, we will write about the women of history who stood firm against the occupier and made from their cells houses of honor and generosity, defying their will and proving to the whole world that they are They are not numbers that can be counted, but they are a revolution that leads a nation to find lost freedom in the depths of prisons. We will write about the cubs of Palestine who grew up before their time and carried on themselves a message of honor and dignity to reach the whole world, to say we are here and this is our land, and what was taken from us by force will be taken back by force. We will write about The epics of captivity, about a revolution made by the heroes of families, about sacrifices written with water and salt, to snatch their right to stay despite the usurper’s nose, we will write about a sun lost behind prison fences and walls, about a night without moon and stars, about trees, about planting, about the soil of the homeland, about details We miss her, but she is imprisoned in our hearts like our imprisoned bodies. We will write about longing, about love for the streets and alleys of our lanes that are lost in our memories. We will write about the smell of bread and coffee. We will write and write and write until the pen dries up. Freedom rises up, full of hope for a soon meeting, as my son Ibrahim said, “Palestine will be settled.” For your sake, O Palestine, a thousand times over.