European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday protested against a possible ban on financial aid to the Palestinian Authority because of content deemed hateful and anti-Semitic in Palestinian textbooks.

"The Palestinian Authority is in a critical situation and is at risk of bankruptcy if EU funding is banned. As the supreme representative (of the bloc), I will not allow that to happen," Borrell told AFP in Stockholm, where he has been participating since Friday in a meeting of European Union foreign ministers.

The EU aid amounts to 300 million euros a year.

Thus, Borrell directly opposes his Hungarian colleague, Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement in the European Union, Oliver Varhelyi, who announced Friday that the Commission will fund a "second study of Palestinian textbooks" to verify its content at the request of members of the European Parliament.

The European Parliament approved the European budget for 2021 on Wednesday, but again requested that "the union's financial support to the Palestinian Authority in the field of education be subject to the condition that the contents of textbooks comply with UNESCO standards, and that all anti-Semitic references and examples that incite hatred and violence be removed."

"We have a common interest in providing the next generation with an education that supports peace and coexistence," Oliver Varhelyi wrote on Twitter.

However, Borrell replied, "The European Commission and the External Procedures Department have dealt with this issue with the Palestinian Authority. We do not need a new study or anything that would delay the disbursement of the financial assistance that the Palestinian Authority needs."

He added, "The disbursement of European aid was delayed for two years, and this led to depriving people of the necessary assistance," warning that "it is out of the question to search for excuses to ban this financial aid. I am firm in this regard."

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy said on Saturday evening that his forces are ready to continue carrying out assassinations against Islamic Jihad leaders.

After an evaluation session, Halevy added that the continuation of the operation in Gaza means more achievements. as claimed.

He claimed that his forces had made great achievements in the current military operation, since the opening strike was launched until today.

With loud cries and tears, Umm Hadi Al-Za'anin complains about her situation after the Israeli air strikes bombed her multi-storey house in the town of Beit Hanoun, in the far north of the Gaza Strip.

The current field tension began after Israel targeted 3 leaders of the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, inside their homes and apartments in the Strip at dawn (Tuesday), which led to their death and a number of their family members in an operation that the Israeli army called the "protective arrow."

After about 35 hours of silence, the joint operations room of the armed Palestinian factions, to which the Islamic Jihad and Islamic Resistance Movements (Hamas) are affiliated, responded by launching a barrage of rockets at Israel in an operation called "Revenge of the Free".

Later, the Israeli army responded by targeting new leaders, Islamic Jihad military sites, houses, apartments, and agricultural lands in various areas of the Strip, while the armed factions continued to fire rockets at southern and central Israel.

As a result, 33 Palestinians have been killed so far, including 5 children, 4 women, two elderly people, and 6 leaders of the al-Quds Brigades, in exchange for the killing of an Israeli after a four-storey building in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, was hit by a missile.

Umm Hadi al-Za'anin, who went out to the alley of her small neighborhood minutes before her house was bombed this morning, told Xinhua, "They bombed the house... It has 100 people (persons). Where can we go, there is no shelter."

And Umm Hadi adds, while 4 elderly women from her neighbors are holding her to calm her down and ease her after her affliction, "The house is the sacrifice of my children, Jerusalem and Palestine... All money is compensated."

The scene seemed difficult among the family members, as two sisters of the grieving Hajjah contented themselves with embracing their father and wept intensely after the destruction of their homes, in which they lived their childhood and their beautiful memories, and it became a pile of rubble.

Sometimes the Israeli intelligence informs the residents of the house a short time ago to quickly evacuate it within minutes because it will be bombed by Israeli warplanes, and at other times it is targeted without prior warning in the event that wanted persons are present in it, which leads to deaths and injuries.

Umm Muhammad Bashir, while sitting on the ruins of her destroyed house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, told Xinhua that her relatives and neighbors received a call to evacuate the area within a short time, in preparation for the bombing of her house.

Umm Muhammad Bashir added, with tears falling from her eyes over the demolition of the house that housed her children and grandchildren, that "reconnaissance planes fired warning missiles at her house, and then the warplanes raided it again after a short time and flattened it to the ground."

Umm Muhammad Bashir, who previously lost her home in 2014, also in an Israeli raid, continues, "The family members quickly left with the clothes they were wearing without taking out any belongings from the two-storey house, which includes 4 housing units."

Umm Muhammad, while wiping her tears with a piece of her clothes, recalls the trees she planted and grew up, but which were destroyed by the raid, saying, "This house means many beautiful memories to us, and it is the home of my children and grandchildren. I have no other shelter."

Palestinian activists circulated on social networking sites (Facebook) dozens of video clips that show the moment the Israeli planes targeted a number of apartments and residential houses in separate areas of the Strip.

A wide wave of sadness prevailed over a video clip of the elderly Abdel-Qader Taha, with a white beard and wearing a turban on his head, from the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, after he entered into a bout of crying intensely over the loss of his home in an Israeli raid.

The old man said while walking on the rubble of the house and banging his fist on his head, "Where do we go after the house (the house) was bombed?" Then one of his sons interrupted him, "In the street, where do we want to sit... It's all for the sacrifice of Palestine."

There was no official Israeli comment on the bombing of apartments and residential homes, except for what was issued by the Israeli army spokesman, Avicadi Adraee, in separate statements that warplanes and drones raided military sites and command headquarters of the Islamic Jihad Movement.

According to the head of the government media office affiliated with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Salama Maarouf, Israel's continuous air attacks for the fifth day in a row led to the destruction of 15 residential buildings.

Maarouf said during a press conference at Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza today that the continuous air raids on the Strip led to the destruction of 15 residential buildings, including a total of 51 housing units, total demolition.

Maarouf added that 940 housing units were damaged, of which 49 units became unfit for habitation, while the rest of the units were partially or severely damaged, pointing out that the estimated value of initial losses as a result of the military operation is approximately $5 million.
Maarouf explained that the Ministry of Social Development in Gaza provided emergency relief and cash assistance to about 100 families who lost their homes and worked to provide rent allowance and temporary housing for these families.

As a result, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, threatened to renew the Palestinian armed factions' missile strikes from the Strip towards Israeli cities, while continuing to bomb homes in Gaza.

A statement issued by the Brigades said that in light of the continued "bombing of apartments and safe houses, the Palestinian resistance will renew its missile bombardment of the occupied cities as an affirmation of the continuation of the confrontation," noting that "the resistance factions have prepared themselves for months of confrontation and we have a long breath."

On Saturday, a worker from the Gaza Strip was killed by a missile that fell in the town of Netivot, near which he was working.

And the Hebrew Channel 12 reported that the worker was seriously injured this afternoon by the fall of the missile that was fired from the Gaza Strip near Netivot, while another was injured with similar injuries.

Sources told Al-Quds.com that the worker is Abdullah Abu Jubbah (35 years old).

On Saturday, a young man was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack near the 300 checkpoint, southwest of Jenin.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the young man approached the place on a bicycle carrying a knife, and tried to stab one of the soldiers, but he was shot and killed. According to the claim of an Israeli military spokesman.

Later, the Red Crescent received the body of the martyr, Ahmed Muhammad Tabsir Atatreh, from the town of Ya`bad.

The head of the village council of Toura, Tariq Qabaa, told Al-Quds.com, quoting eyewitnesses, that the martyr was shot while crossing the checkpoint on a bicycle on his way back to his town, Ya`bad, and that the shooting was rapid and sudden without justification.

He mentioned that the martyr used to pass through the area to reach the land owned by his family behind the apartheid wall, where he works permanently.

Today, Saturday, large crowds in Nablus governorate mourned the bodies of the two martyrs, Saed Misheh (32 years old) and Wassim Al-Araj (19 years old), to their final resting place in Balata refugee camp, east of the city.

The funeral procession started in front of the Rafidia Governmental Hospital, and then to the Abd al-Rahman Mosque in the camp, where the mourners performed the funeral prayer for them, and from there to their families' homes in the camp to take a last farewell look before their burial in the martyrs' cemetery.

The mourners chanted slogans condemning the occupation's crimes against our people.

Mesha and Al-Araj were killed this morning after the Israeli occupation forces shot them during their raid into Balata camp and besieged a house. During the raid, three civilians were wounded by live bullets, and dozens suffocated with tear gas.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned his supporters that they could pay a "heavy price" if his secular rival comes to power in elections scheduled for this weekend.

Erdogan is trying to rally his supporters ahead of Sunday's elections that put to the test his two-decade rule.

Opinion polls show that his secular rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has a slight lead over him and is close to passing the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a second round on May 28.

What contributed to strengthening the positions of the opposition was the withdrawal of candidate Muharrem Ince, who represents a third party, on Thursday, as it could have weakened Kilicdaroglu's chances of inflicting the first electoral defeat on the Turkish president.

Unusually, Erdogan avoided predicting the outcome of the most competitive elections in Turkey in modern times, when he answered a question from a journalist on television whether he would win the elections by saying, "The ballot boxes will decide Sunday."

Erdogan, 69, also acknowledged that he was having difficulty winning over the young voter base who did not remember the corruption and economic chaos that prevailed under Turkey's secular governments in the 1990s.

"There is a generation in our country that has not experienced any of the problems we have experienced," he declared in another media appearance this week.

"Don't forget... you may pay a heavy price if we lose," he said Friday at a rally in Istanbul to his supporters waving flags.

And he considered that Western governments use the opposition to impose their vision on Turkish society, adding, "O West, my nation is the one who decides."

His message appeared to resonate with religious voters such as Sanour Hanak. "Erdogan is our leader, and we are his soldiers," said the veiled 48-year-old.

But Erdogan's candid comments indicate a growing realization that he may not be able to play his trump cards.

The Turkish president gradually lost the support of key segments of the people who gathered around him during the more prosperous decade that followed his rise to power in 2003.

Some opinion polls show that the segment of young people who have never known a president other than Erdogan in their lives supports his main rival.
And the Kurds, who had previously trusted his efforts to end their cultural oppression, now support Kilicdaroglu's campaign.

And the economic crisis - the worst in Turkey in a quarter of a century, which is mostly attributed to Erdogan's unorthodox economic views - has prompted other groups to lose confidence in his government.

This left the president with little choice but to try to mobilize his hardline nationalist and religious supporters to turn out and vote in large numbers.

He appealed to his supporters to "crush the ballot boxes", accusing the West of funding his rivals in an effort to undermine Turkey's sovereignty.

"We find it difficult to explain our values to this new generation. Our young people are making comparisons not with the old Turkey, but with countries that have much better conditions than here," Erdogan said.

"The inflammatory rhetoric is designed to mobilize Erdogan's base to get out and vote, but also to cast doubt on the official results if things don't go the president's way," said Hamish Kenner, an analyst at consulting firm Verisk Maple Croft.
It seems that Kilicdaroglu, 74, is sensing signs of discontent prevailing in Turkish society

This former civil servant has tried to wage a comprehensive campaign that ignores Erdogan's personal attacks and focuses on a pledge to re-strengthen the economic system and civil liberties.

He has also surrounded himself with economists trusted by Western investors and some of Erdogan's former allies who could help attract nationalist votes.

The election brings together two leaders with contradictory visions and heightened security concerns.

Kilicdaroglu's party told AFP that the opposition leader wore a bulletproof vest at two rallies on Friday because there was a real threat to his life.

The candidate delivered an uncharacteristically terse speech during his evening stop in Ankara, where thousands waited for him in the pouring rain.

"Are you ready to bring democracy to this country? To bring peace to this country? I promise you, I am ready too," he said.

Kilicdaroglu asserts that his immediate goal after the elections will be to launch a process aimed at stripping the office of president of many of the powers that Erdogan concentrated in his hands after the failed coup in 2016.

The bloody coup attempt was a watershed moment in Turkey's history, to which Erdogan responded with a campaign that led to thousands of military personnel being imprisoned for life and tens of thousands of Turks stripped of their government jobs.

Kilicdaroglu wants to return power to parliament after Erdogan seized it through a controversial constitutional referendum.
This will require that the opposition win the legislative elections that are held to coincide with the presidential elections on Sunday.

However, opinion polls showed that Erdogan's right-wing alliance is ahead of the opposition bloc in the legislative elections.
But the opposition may win a majority if it gets the support of a new left-wing coalition that represents the Kurdish vote.

On Saturday, the Palestinian resistance continued firing rockets from the Gaza Strip towards the Israeli settlements and cities.

The resistance targeted the cities of Ashkelon, Ashdod and Netivot, and the towns and settlements of Sderot, Eshkol and the western Negev.

Al-Hilal Saudi club president Fahd bin Nafel refused to comment on the possibility of bringing in Argentine world champion Lionel Messi to strengthen his ranks next season, considering that the group has "more important than one player".

A source familiar with the negotiations revealed to AFP on Tuesday that the best player in the world seven times will play with Al-Hilal under an "extraordinary and huge" deal: "Messi's deal has been completed. He will play in Saudi Arabia next season," without indicating the club he will play for.

He added, "The contract is exceptional. It is huge. We are in the process of finalizing some small details." While the player's father and agent, Jorge, insisted that his 35-year-old son had not decided his destination yet, "there is no agreement with any club for the next year."

Despite several reports linking Messi and Al-Hilal club, sources with the record-holder in the number of times the Saudi league won told AFP that the capital team was not in direct contact with his French team, Paris Saint-Germain, whose contract with the "mosquito" expires at the end of June. June.

And after Al-Hilal was crowned the Saudi King’s Cup title on Friday, at the expense of Al-Wahda, by a penalty shootout 7-6 (1-1), Bin Nafel answered questions from journalists about the possibility of bringing Messi in, saying, “Do not ask me about Messi.

I will not tell you. If anything comes out of the media center, you'll get it."

In the analytical studio after the match, Ben Nafel said from the field, to the sound of the fans' shouts, "Messi, Messi": "The group is more important to me than a player. Any star who comes to our club should know that we are a big club. We aim to add and improve. If you focus on someone, you lose." the group".

Al-Hilal partially compensated for its decline in the domestic league, which it achieved in the past three seasons, by winning the King's Cup title, noting that it reached the final of the Club World Cup, where it lost to Real Madrid of Spain, and the final of the AFC Champions League finally when it lost its title to Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan.

When asked about the possibility of completing the league with reserve players, Bin Nafel replied, "This is a matter for the coach alone."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Rome on Saturday, where he is scheduled to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican, and Italian officials led by President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Georgia Meloni.

Zelensky arrived at Ciampino Military Airport, where he was received by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Taiani.

Zelensky's account on Twitter stated, "In Rome today. I will meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and the Pope," putting it within the framework of "an important visit that brings us closer to Ukraine's victory."

Taiani also welcomed via Twitter the Ukrainian guest on a visit "during which we will renew our commitment alongside the Ukrainian people in defending freedom and democracy."

Zelensky's visit is accompanied by strict security measures in Rome, including police patrols and the deployment of personnel at major intersections, according to AFP journalists. The authorities also issued orders to prevent unauthorized drones from flying over the capital, and deployed a number of snipers on the roofs of buildings.

Pope Francis (86 years old) previously received Zelensky in the Vatican in February 2020. The Supreme Pontiff always prays for peace in Ukraine and for the victims of the war.

The Pope also received in the Vatican last month, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal, who invited him to visit Ukraine. He was also asked to help return children who had been taken by force to Russia.

For her part, Meloni visited Kiev in February to show her country's support for Ukraine, despite the close relations that Italy had with Russia before its invasion of Ukrainian lands.

Meloni said at the time, during a joint press conference with Zelensky, "I wanted (to come to Kiev) to reaffirm Italy's full support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, and to reaffirm that Italy has no intention of weakening" this support.

Today, Saturday, the government media office in the Gaza Strip confirmed that the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza is in its fifth consecutive day, during which 33 people were killed, 30% of whom were women and children, and 147 civilians, 60% of whom were women and children, were wounded, and 147 citizens, 60% of whom were women and children, were injured. .

The office stated that the outcome of the martyrs and injuries indicates the nature of the Bank of Goals that the occupation leaders are talking about, saluting our steadfast people in the face of aggression.

Salama Maarouf, the government media office, said, in a press conference held at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, that the occupation destroyed 15 houses, with a total of 51 housing units, completely demolished, and damaged 940 housing units, of which 49 housing units were unfit for habitation, and the estimated value of the initial losses amounted to nearly 5 million. dollar.

He pointed out that the agricultural sector suffered direct losses and damages exceeding $3 million as a result of the ban on exporting more than 1,000 tons of agricultural products, the suspension of the fishing sector, and damage to large agricultural areas and farms for citizens.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said on Saturday that it would renew its missile strikes on the occupied cities, affirming the continuation of the confrontation and the "revenge of the free."

The Brigades indicated in a statement that this bombing will come in light of the continuation of assassinations and the bombing of apartments and safe houses.

She added, "The resistance has prepared itself for months of confrontation, and we have a long spirit and a great loyal popular incubator."

Six members of the US Congress submitted a draft resolution that would force the US administration to implement the Palestinian Genocide Prevention Act.

The draft resolution, which was adopted by Representatives: Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Betty McCollum, Jamal Bowman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cory Bush, calls on the US administration to recognize the Nakba, to describe the establishment of the State of Israel.

The legislation includes advancing a clause requiring the US administration to implement the “Elie Wiesel” law to prevent genocide and atrocities of 2018, to provide support and protection for civil society, and to “work to monitor, document, prevent and respond to atrocities.”

The Elie Wiesel Act requires the State Department to provide specialized training for foreign service personnel “who will be assigned to a country that has experienced or is at risk of committing mass atrocities,” including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, as well as submit an annual report to Congress on efforts to prevent atrocities in such countries.

The resolution also accuses Israeli officials of the "growing threat of a second Nakba" and affirms the right of return for Palestinian refugees.

The draft resolution called for restrictions on the use of military aid to Israel, an end to US diplomatic support for the destruction of Palestinian homes, or the forcible resettlement of Palestinians, and for the US to "refrain from building any diplomatic facility on land confiscated by Israel."

Oscar-winning American actor Jamie Foxx has been discharged from hospital and is in the process of recovering from “medical complications,” his daughter and his agent announced Friday.

And the 55-year-old star was transferred last month to a hospital in the state of Georgia in the southern United States, where he was filming a movie for Netflix.

Since then, no details have been revealed about the actor's medical condition, which has led some to speculate that his condition is deteriorating.

But his daughter, Corinne Fox, made sure to dispel the rumors in an Instagram post on Friday.

She expressed her dissatisfaction with the media speculation, saying, "My father was discharged from the hospital for weeks and he is recovering. He was even playing pickleball yesterday," which is a popular sport in the United States that combines elements of badminton, table tennis and tennis.

Jamie Foxx's agent confirmed the information to AFP, without providing further details.

During his career, Jamie Foxx won, in particular, an Oscar in 2004 for his remarkable performance of the character of singer Ray Charles, the legend of soul music, in the biopic "Ray".

Also, he was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the movie “Collector” in the same year, and he also imprinted minds in the recent period through his performance as a slave who yearns for freedom in the Western movie “Django Unchained” by Quentin Tarantino.

On April 12, Corinne Fox wrote on Instagram that her father had "suffered medical complications," but "fortunately, with immediate intervention and good care, he is making a full recovery."

And the actor himself wrote on Instagram last week that he "appreciates all the love" he's received.

The United States is making efforts to support attempts to document the damages suffered by Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion, hoping to use it after the war ends to seek compensation, according to a letter seen by AFP on Friday.

The United Nations General Assembly, in a non-binding vote in November, endorsed the idea of creating an "international record" documenting the damage across Ukraine from the war waged by Russia since February 2022.

Earlier this year, Maria Bejinovic Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, suggested that the Strasbourg-based council take over the registry.

The 46-nation council, established in 1949, seeks to support democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Its members plan to hold a summit meeting Tuesday in Reykjavik to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In a message addressed to the meeting, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield expressed Washington's readiness to provide funding for the emerging registry, and to be an "associate member" of it.

"As President Biden has stated, the United States is committed to holding Russia accountable for its war of aggression against Ukraine," Thomas Greenfield wrote in a letter to Boric, seen by AFP.

"Creating a registry documenting the damage caused by Russia's brutal war is a critical step in this effort," she added.
The World Bank estimated in March that Ukraine needed $411 billion for reconstruction.

And the United States promised in March to support another international effort to create a special court to try the crime of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Before traveling to Reykjavik to represent her country at a meeting of the Council of Europe, Thomas Greenfield discussed by phone with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba efforts to extend the work of an agreement to export Ukrainian grain brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, according to a spokesman for her.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar confirmed in a statement on Friday that the completion of the understanding to extend the grain export agreement, which expires next Thursday, is imminent.

On Saturday, two citizens were killed, and 7 were wounded, by Israeli forces’ bullets, after they stormed Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus.

According to the Ministry of Health, the two martyrs are Sa’ed Jihad Shaker Mashah (32 years old) and Adnan Wassim Yousef Al-Araj (19 years old).

According to the Red Crescent, there are among the wounded, two cases described as serious.

Special forces stormed the camp and surrounded a house, before military reinforcements arrived.

The occupation forces withdrew from the camp without knowing the fate of those inside.

On Saturday, Hussein Sheikh, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, called on the United States, the international community, and the Arab countries to work to pressure the occupation authorities to immediately stop the aggression against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip.

In his statements, the Sheikh also demanded international and humanitarian institutions to intervene quickly to open the crossings with the Gaza Strip and transfer the injured for treatment.

The Sheikh saluted the steadfastness and steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the face of the Israeli war machine.

Two young men were killed, hours apart, in two new murders in the occupied territories.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the young man, Muhammad Zaarourah, in his twenties, was killed and wounded, along with another, when they were shot by unknown persons, at dawn on Saturday, in Kafr Manda in the Lower Galilee.

The young man, Osama Marwat (24 years), was killed on Friday evening, when he was shot in the city of Nazareth.

This brings the death toll to 68 since the beginning of this year.

The Israeli occupation authorities' ban on introducing more means of ventilation and air conditioning into prisons compounds the suffering of the prisoners in the summer, and the summer heat becomes a collective punishment practiced against the prisoners, in clear violation of their most basic rights.

insistence on suffering

The occupation authorities continue to prevent the introduction of additional fans for prisoners, and prevent the installation of air conditioners in prisons, especially those located in areas with high temperatures and humidity, in parallel with poor ventilation and overcrowding, which causes additional suffering to prisoners, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club, Qadura Fares confirms to "Quds." dot com.

Fares says: "The lack of good ventilation and the presence of an overcrowding in the number of prisoners, and the lack of sufficient fans, and therefore this means affecting the prisoners and causing suffering for them, especially the sick prisoners."

According to Fares, the Israeli occupation authorities continue not to respond to the repeated demands for additional fans or the installation of air conditioning, especially in prisons that are located in nature and bad weather conditions. To increase ventilation and expand windows, but Israel does not respond to anyone, even international institutions that do not put pressure on Israel.

An international right

The prisoners have the right, according to Helmi Al-Araj, director of the Center for the Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights "Hurriyyat", in an interview with "Al-Quds" .com, to have appropriate means and living conditions as the most basic rights guaranteed to them by international humanitarian laws and international agreements, but what is happening is preventing the means of cooling and ventilation In the summer, or heating in the winter, it causes them health, psychological and physical suffering, and Israel may use it as a collective punishment against the prisoners.

Al-Araj indicates that in light of the climate change we are experiencing, and in light of the overcrowding and lack of proper ventilation, the prisons become very hot in the summer, and the prisoners need additional fans or means of air conditioning, as those fans that already exist are at the detriment of the prisoner, but they are also few. .

Al-Araj believes that in light of the high heat, every prisoner needs a fan on his own! This means an increase in the cost for the prisoners, and is an annoying matter in light of the overcrowding, bearing in mind that finding means of ventilation or heating is required by the occupying state according to international laws, not by the prisoner.

Heat and cold is a punishment!

The weather conditions, from the summer heat or the bitter cold in the winter without proper air conditioning, have become an additional punishment imposed by the Israeli occupation state on the prisoners, Helmy Al-Araj confirms.

According to al-Araj, the lack of means of cooling or ventilation causes additional suffering to the prisoner, especially from the sick, especially those who suffer from asthma or sinuses, and in light of insufficient ventilation, and in light of overcrowding, the suffering increases, and what is happening is collective punishment of prisoners that affects their lives.

Al-Araj indicates that Israel benefits from overcrowding in prisons economically, because reducing overcrowding means that it requires the presence of additional departments or prisons, and this means other financial budgets, which Israel does not want, noting that the issue of overcrowding in prisons may rise to the level of torture. Psychology of the prisoner.

Al-Araj notes that the failure to provide a suitable living environment for the prisoner explains the reasons for the increase in diseases among the prisoners, including serious and chronic diseases, which are suffering whose causes are complex, the most important of which is neglect and the failure to create a suitable living environment for the prisoners, in contravention of human rights and international agreements.

The Israeli army announced, on Saturday morning, that its forces were subjected yesterday to an anti-tank missile fired from the northern Gaza Strip.

An Israeli military spokesman claimed that the missile landed in an open area in the cover, causing a fire.

He indicated that there were no injuries or damages.

For the fifth day in a row, the Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against the Gaza Strip, while the resistance is still responding to it, by firing rockets at the settlements and cities bordering the Strip, and at times extending the oil slick to Tel Aviv and occupied Jerusalem.

During the night hours, Israeli warplanes launched a series of raids on separate targets in the Gaza Strip.

Those planes destroyed two houses in Gaza City, one of which belonged to the father of the martyr Bahaa Abu al-Ata in al-Shujaiya neighborhood, and the other belonged to the Muhanna family in the Yarmouk area.

It also launched raids on agricultural and vacant lands in separate areas, causing several injuries.

Here is a direct and updated follow-up to the aggression on the Strip:

- 3 injuries in Israeli shelling near Al-Awda Towers in the northern Gaza Strip.

- The resistance launches a missile salvo.

- The occupation bombed a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

- The occupation bombs empty lands in the northern Gaza Strip.

- The resistance launches a new missile salvo.

- The occupation bombed a house for the Salmi family in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

- The occupation bombs lands in separate areas of the Strip.

- The occupation destroys a house in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

- Damages in the yard of a settler building in Netivot by resistance missiles.

- A young man was injured in an air strike on a motorcycle in Rafah.

- The occupation bombs lands in separate areas of the Strip.

- The occupation bombs two houses for the Al-Shinbari family in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.

The occupation bombed a house in Bir al-Na'ja, in the northern Gaza Strip.

- 3 injured as Iron Dome missiles hit citizens' homes in Rafah.

- Two injured in the bombing of a house in the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.

- Occupation aircraft destroy a house in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

- Two injured in the bombing of agricultural lands in the northern Gaza Strip.

- The resistance is bombing Ashdod, Ghan is annihilating, and Netivot.

- The resistance launches a missile salvo at Ashkelon.

The resistance threatens to launch rockets.

A warplane bombards empty lands in several areas of the Gaza Strip.

- A warplane destroys a house for the Kafarneh family in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip.

- The occupation destroys a house in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

- Occupation planes bomb agricultural land near Qlibo hill, north of the Gaza Strip.

- The resistance fires several rockets towards the town of Sderot.

- Occupation aircraft bombed agricultural land east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

- Occupation aircraft bombed land north of the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.

- The resistance launches several missiles towards the settlements bordering the southern Gaza Strip.

- Occupation aircraft bombed land east of Gaza City.

Iron Dome attempts to counter several missiles fired from the northern Gaza Strip.

On Friday evening, the Israeli occupation forces assassinated Iyad al-Hassani, the most prominent leader of the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement in the Gaza Strip, after bombing an apartment in the al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City.

After his assassination, some Hebrew media described him as one of the most important figures assassinated since the beginning of the current round.

Iyad al-Hassani, a resident of al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, at the age of 54, left the camp in recent years and lived in al-Karama, northwest of the city. He is a refugee from the town of Hamama, near Ashkelon.

Iyad al-Hassani was persecuted by the occupation as a young man during the first intifada, during which he was injured, and was arrested for short periods before he was released. With the establishment of the first military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, which was called the "section", he participated in the establishment of some of its groups alongside his companion. The founder of those forces, the martyr Mahmoud Al-Khawaja.

Al-Hassani supervised the preparation of the martyr Ali Al-Amawi, one of the elements of the “section” of the military wing of the Islamic Jihad at the time, to carry out an operation in the city of Ashdod in 1994, using a primitive weapon, which led to the killing of two Israelis at the time near a bus station.

In 1995, he was involved in a limited way in preparing the famous Beit Lid bombing operation, which was carried out by the martyrs Anwar Sukkar and Salah Shaker, residents of the Gaza Strip, which led to the killing of at least 25 Israelis.

In 1996, he was directly involved in preparing the martyr Ramez Obeid, the perpetrator of the Dizengoff bombing, which killed 13 Israelis at the time.

Since 1995, he has become openly persecuted by the Israeli occupation forces and has become a pursuer for them, before he was arrested by the Palestinian security services upon assuming power in Gaza along with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

With the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada at the end of 2000, Al-Hassani participated in establishing the first cells of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement.

He supervised the management and leadership of various military groups that were confronting the Israeli incursions into the cities and camps of the Gaza Strip. He also supervised a series of shooting operations against settlers and the occupation forces near the settlements, in one of which led to the killing of settlers in 2002, and at that time the martyr Munir Abu Mustafa was martyred, and the unit that carried out the killing was supported. officer near Netzarim at the end of the same year.

Over the years, Al-Hassani continued to lead active military groups in different areas of the Gaza Strip, until he became a member of the Al-Quds Brigades structure within its military council, and responsible for its special operations.

Al-Hassani traveled outside the Gaza Strip several times, and he was in direct contact with important figures from the "axis of resistance" in the region, especially the Lebanese Hezbollah, as sources confirm to "Al-Quds" dot-com.

During his struggle, Al-Hasani was subjected to two assassination attempts by the Israeli occupation, and his nephew and one of his assistants for several years, Ramah Fayez Al-Hasani, who announced his death in 2011 after a mysterious explosion in a vehicle he was driving in the center of the Gaza Strip, was martyred. His family then accused the occupation of killing him.

Al-Hassani has a brother, Muhammad, one of the first local Islamic Jihad leaders in Gaza City, and he is a liberated prisoner who was released in the Gilad Shalit deal in 2011, after spending more than 24 years in the occupation prisons.

The streets of the Gaza Strip were almost empty of pedestrians, and institutions and shops closed their doors, with the exception of bakeries and some food stores, which were partially opened, with the intensification of the exchange of missile shelling between Israel and the Islamic Jihad Movement.

Schools and universities have been suspended in Gaza, and government institutions are operating at a minimum according to the emergency system.

Only the horns of ambulances and civil defense can be heard in the various regions of the Gaza Strip, which is inhabited by 2.3 million people, as most of them refrain from leaving their homes for fear of the continuous Israeli warplanes raids.

And the mutual shelling between the armed Palestinian factions and the Israeli army was renewed today (Friday) after a calm that prevailed on both sides of the border for about 12 hours.

Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that the Israeli warplanes launched a series of raids targeting agricultural lands and residential houses in several areas in the north, center and south of the Strip, without causing any injuries, except for material damage and destruction in the targeted places.

Clouds of white smoke were seen in the sky of Gaza as a result of rocket fire from separate areas of the Strip, at a time when flames and black smoke rose over the Strip as a result of the Israeli raids.

The intensive raids came in the wake of the sound of warning sirens this afternoon in the city of Jerusalem for the first time since the start of the current round of tension between Israel and the armed Palestinian factions from Gaza at dawn last Tuesday.

In a statement, the Israeli army announced that it had monitored the launch of two rockets from Gaza towards the Judean Mountains (outskirts of Jerusalem), one of which was intercepted by the David's Sling system, and the second by the Iron Dome system, while the Israeli emergency and ambulance services did not announce any injuries.

The Hebrew public radio also said that for the first time since the outbreak of the current round of escalation, sirens sounded in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, due to the firing of rockets.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said in a brief statement, "The Palestinian resistance launches a focused missile strike in two phases towards occupied Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the enemy's cities and settlements, in response to the assassinations and the continuation of the aggression against the Palestinian people."

In light of the current tension, Palestinian Tareq Ziyad, 30, refused to open his restaurant for the fourth day in the Sheikh Radwan area, north of Gaza City, despite receiving many orders via phone calls from his customers.

"The atmosphere of war is controlling us, and there is no room for us to think about working under fear," Ziyad told Xinhua.

"The priority is to try to reduce the intensity of what is happening to our children who are terrified of what is going on around them," he added.

The same applies to the elderly Abu Al-Abd Saeed, who with his sons kept their home in the town of Jabalia and closed their shop selling electrical appliances.

"There is currently no safe place in Gaza. Terror is spreading among everyone, and the bombing may target anyone (...) We hope that the war will end so we can return to our work," Saeed told Xinhua.

In turn, the Palestinian Asmahan Hassan, who is in her mid-thirties, sat with 4 of her children and her husband in one room, fearing that their house would be bombed nearby.

Asmahan told Xinhua that the situation in Gaza "is not (not) normal, and fear prevents us from even thinking of leaving the house."
The current round of tension began at dawn on Tuesday with sudden Israeli raids, killing 13 Palestinians, including three military leaders in the Islamic Jihad movement, which responded midday Wednesday by firing hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, a step adopted by the joint room of the Palestinian factions that includes the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements.

And the Israeli army spokesman, Avichai Adraei, announced in a statement today that 973 rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel during the current round, last Tuesday.

Adraei added that 296 rockets were intercepted, while the army attacked 254 targets in Gaza.

And with every Israeli raid and anti-missile launch, the feeling of terror and anxiety is perpetuated by the residents of the Strip, which intensifies every evening.

With the onset of darkness, the mutual shelling increases, which results in the sound of huge explosions that spread fear and panic even more, at a time when Israeli reconnaissance planes are flying at low altitude in the sky of the Strip.

Since the beginning of the current wave of tension, Israel has kept the (Kerem Shalom/Kerem Shalom) crossing, the only commercial outlet for the Gaza Strip, and the (Beit Hanoun/Erez) checkpoint, designated for the movement of individuals, workers and merchants from Gaza.

The Palestinian Businessmen Association in Gaza estimated that the direct and indirect financial losses of the local economy amount to nearly 50 million shekels (one dollar equals 3.6 shekels) per day due to the closure of the aforementioned crossings.

Human rights and civil society circles in Gaza have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe as a result of the tightening of the blockade of the Strip, especially the imminent depletion of fuel needed to operate the only power plant, which threatens to exacerbate the deficit in the provision of electricity.

Faced with the difficulties of the humanitarian situation, the Palestinian factions are betting on the continuation of popular support for them in their confrontation with Israel, although some residents express their anger at the repeated rounds of escalation.

Last night, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, called on the residents of the Strip to climb the roofs of the houses in conjunction with opening the loudspeakers in the mosques to shout “Allah is Greater” and applaud in support of the firing of rocket-propelled grenades.

Activists on social media circulated video clips of families on the roofs of their homes, interacting with the missile barrages that emanated from several areas in the Strip simultaneously.

Yesterday (Thursday), an Israeli was killed and 6 others were injured from the city of Rehovot, in central Israel, near the capital, Tel Aviv, for the first time since the outbreak of the round of tension, after a rocket fired from Gaza hit the building in which he resides.

On the roof of the house of the Palestinian Ali Baroud, in the center of Gaza City, the family of the man in his sixties celebrated the firing of rocket barrages from the city's outskirts towards Israel.

He also heard prayers on a large scale through loudspeakers in a number of mosques in Gaza in support of the rocket barrages fired by the Palestinian factions.

Baroud, 62, told Xinhua while he was staring at the sky, waiting for a new batch of missiles to be launched. .

The man has four children and 17 grandchildren, all of whom live in a four-storey house in the center of Gaza City, which has been damaged in previous times as a result of Israeli raids on targets of the armed factions adjacent to it.

A number of Baroud's sons said as they left the roof of the house, "Despite all our suffering, we will not stop supporting the resistance because we are facing an occupation that is aggressive against us, occupying our land and besieging us."

Yesterday, the Israeli army killed the commander of the missile unit in the Islamic Jihad Movement and his deputy in two separate strikes in Khan Yunis, and continued its attacks on homes and agricultural lands in the Strip, raising the total death toll to 31 during four days of tension.

Palestinian Omar Hamdan, a taxi driver before transporting his customers from Rafah to Gaza, told Xinhua, "It is true that I support the resistance, but the escalation is not necessary (necessary). It is repeated twice or thrice a year."

Hamdan added, "We want to have a decent life without frequent wars and terror surrounding us."

And Israel stopped the cease-fire talks with Gaza after firing rockets towards Jerusalem, according to what the Hebrew public radio reported today, according to a high-ranking Israeli official.

On Friday evening, two young men were seriously wounded by Israeli occupation forces' bullets in Al-Arroub refugee camp in Hebron and Bethlehem.

The Ministry of Health stated that the young man was hit with a live bullet in the abdomen, and was taken to Al-Ahly Hospital for treatment.

The camp witnessed clashes between the occupation forces and the young men after they went out in a pro-Gaza march.

While another was wounded by live bullets from the occupation in the abdomen, I arrived at the Arab Society Hospital from the Rachel's Dome area in Bethlehem, and was admitted to the operating rooms.

The Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, Ziyad al-Nakhala, said that the resistance in the field is in excellent condition and continues to confront the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip until the attacks stop and the occupation accepts the Palestinian conditions.

This came during a phone call between Al-Nakhala and Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdullahian, during which they discussed the latest political and field developments in Palestine and the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

Abdullahian strongly condemned this aggression and the targeted assassinations of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement, the targeting of residential neighborhoods, the killing of innocent Palestinians, especially women and children, and the clear violation of human rights by this false regime. as described.

In this phone call, Abdullahian praised the Palestinian people and their resistance against these attacks.

The State of Palestine agreed with the Kurdistan Regional Government to sign an agreement of bilateral understandings between the two countries soon, and to exchange experiences for the benefit of the two peoples.

This came during the talks of the delegation of the State of Palestine, which includes the Minister of Social Development, Ahmed Majdalani, and the National Economy, Khaled Al-Osaili, with the Minister of Trade and Industry of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Kamel Muslim, and the Minister of Investment, Muhammad Shukri, with the aim of developing and strengthening bilateral cooperation relations between them.

Majdalani said during the meeting, which was held in the presence of the Palestinian Consul General in Erbil, Nazmi Hazouri, and the official of the Arab Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Fayez Abu Al-Rub, "The State of Palestine welcomes the opening of economic cooperation and investment relations with the Kurdistan Region and the exchange of experiences."

He added that despite the occupation's obstacles, there is a development in the fields of industry and an opportunity for joint cooperation between the two parties.

In turn, Al-Osaili briefed the officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan government on the volume of investments in the State of Palestine, the openness of the Palestinian economy to the world, and work to develop the economic structure and industry in Palestine.

He praised the relations between the two sides and the aspiration towards more cooperation in the economic fields.

The delegation stressed the importance of strengthening and developing bilateral relations and opening areas of joint work.

In turn, Ministers Musallam and Shukri welcomed this Palestinian visit, stressing the depth of relations between the two sides and the aspiration for the broadest bilateral cooperation, praising the Palestinian experience.

The Palestinian delegation also briefed the Minister of Foreign Relations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Safin Mohsen Diziyi, on the latest political developments and the continued barbaric aggression of the occupation against our people in the Gaza Strip, and all the unilateral measures that undermine the opportunity for peace in the region.

The delegation conveyed the greetings of the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh. During the meeting, which was held in Erbil, in the presence of Consul Hazouri, they also discussed ways to strengthen and develop bilateral relations in various fields, and deepen relations between the Palestinian and Kurdish peoples.

The delegation put the Minister of Foreign Relations in the picture of the developments in the Palestinian land and the measures of the fascist occupation government that is blowing up the situation in the region and that under the current Israeli government there is no horizon for the political process, as it adopts a program to support settlements and undermine the Palestinian Authority.

Majdalani called for besieging the fascist occupation government, as it carries the settlement program, in addition to displacement and ethnic cleansing, calling on the countries of the world not to deal with this government unless it adheres to the resolutions of international legitimacy.

For his part, Osaily reviewed the difficult economic conditions that the State of Palestine is going through, and that the occupying state is fighting economic development in the State of Palestine, and imposing measures that impede growth and development, especially in areas classified (C), in addition to the occupied city of Jerusalem, which suffers from Judaization projects.

He pointed out that among the channels used by the occupation to deprive our people of their human right to development and undermine the foundations of the Palestinian economy is the seizure of land, water and other natural resources, narrowing the space available for choosing and implementing public policies, imposing restrictions on the movement of people and goods, destroying assets and the productive base, and expanding Israeli settlements. The fragmentation of local markets, the isolation of the Palestinian economy from international markets, and its forced dependence on the Israeli economy.

In turn, the official of foreign relations in the territory of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Sven Mohsen Diziyi, welcomed this visit, which confirms the depth of relations and the importance of developing them.

Deputy Spokesperson for the US State Department, Vedant Patel, said that the US government has accepted the findings of the Israeli occupation authorities' investigation and was endorsed by the US Security Coordinator, General Michael Finzel, closing the file on the Israeli occupation authorities' crime in the circumstances of the assassination of Palestinian-American journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh.

Patel said, in response to a question by Al-Quds.com reporter, about the level of the investigation regarding Shirin's murder: "Let me say a few things about this matter: First, we condemned Shirin's murder when it happened a year ago and we condemn it today as well. And we continue to do so." Pursue accountability to ensure steps are taken to prevent similar tragedies in the future, and we continue to engage when it comes to the rules of engagement not only with our Israeli partners but with others in other areas where journalists may find themselves in harm's way. We continue to stress the importance of accountability when it comes to killing her."

Patel added, "The findings from the Israeli military as well as the findings we discussed last summer from the US security coordinator continue to indicate that there was no intent to kill in this tragic incident, which we continue to condemn. But I think that's an important part of this." to remember him."

Regarding the ambiguity of the American position, Patel said, "The circumstances surrounding her killing for us, and for our pursuit of accountability, there is a continuation of working with our Israeli partners, with partners around the world, and partners in places where journalists find themselves in harm's way, and discussing these important issues." This is the form of accountability before us, and we will continue to work on these matters," practically closing the file on holding accountable those responsible for Shirin's killing.

When asked by the correspondent of "Al Quds" dot com, regarding what the ministry says to the family of Sherine Abu Aqelah, where are we in this process? And whether there is further investigation planned in this case by the United States of America or if it will end, Patel said: "Shereen's family has gone through something tragic, something horrible, which is the loss of a member of her family. Losing a family member in any way is nothing short of incredible." It's tragic, and sad, and unfortunate, and heartbreaking, and so I'm not going to get into that from here. What I reiterate again is that the United States will continue to pursue accountability, and continue to work with our partners in the region, with Israel, on the rules of engagement, and the steps that are being taken to ensure that that doesn't happen. That again."

It is noteworthy that while the United States called for "accountability" for the killing of journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh last year, Washington's position on the incident is tainted with contradictions, as the US government's definition of "accountability" has changed over time, as has its position on the need for an independent investigation into the killing. Abu Aqleh, who was shot dead by Israeli forces a year ago.

Meanwhile, an alleged US investigation into the incident has not been confirmed, prompting questions from critics about whether President Joe Biden's administration values press freedom and accountability.

Today, Friday, Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of Hamas, received a call from Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian, who conveyed a message of solidarity and standing by President Ibrahim Raisi on the side of the Palestinian people and their resistance, praising the steadfastness of Gaza and the heroism of its resistance in the ongoing confrontation with the occupation. According to a statement by Hamas.

Haniyeh expressed his thanks for the call and his appreciation of Iran's position and Raisi's message, assuring him that "the enemy bears responsibility for what is happening because of the crime of assassinating leaders and targeting civilians in their homes."

Haniyeh stressed that "the resistance is unified in the field and in political support."

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - A number of citizens were wounded by live bullets, rubber-coated bullets, and suffocation, during clashes that erupted with the occupation forces in the governorates of the West Bank, today, Friday.

Local sources said that a number of citizens suffocated with tear gas today, Friday, during clashes with the occupation in the village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, and Beita, to the south.

In Qalqilya, a young man was wounded with live bullets in the foot, two others with rubber-coated metal, and dozens suffocated, today, Friday, during the Israeli occupation army’s attack on the participants in the weekly anti-settlement march in Kafr Qaddum.

The media spokesman in the Qalqilya region, Murad Shteiwi, said that the occupation soldiers fired live bullets at the participants, wounding a 21-year-old with a bullet in the foot, after which he was transferred to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus.

He added that the occupation army also fired metal bullets, wounding two young men, in addition to tear gas suffocation, including women and children who were treated in the field.

The march started from the Omar Bin Al-Khattab Mosque, with the participation of hundreds of townspeople, to denounce the occupation’s crimes against our people and its aggression against the Gaza Strip, during which the participants chanted angry national slogans.

A leader in the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, and his companions were killed, and several others were injured, on Friday, as a result of a series of air strikes that it is still carrying out in separate areas of the Gaza Strip.

Aircraft raids targeted a residential apartment in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, north of Gaza City, killing Iyad al-Hassani, a prominent leader in the al-Quds Brigades, and his companion, Walid Abdel-Al, and wounding 6 others.

The raid caused great damage to the apartment and a fire engulfed parts of it.

The occupation planes also bombed and destroyed 7 other houses in Rafah, Khan Yunis, Deir al-Balah, Beit Lahiya, and the Fallujah area in Jabalia.

The Israeli warplanes bombed several lands in separate areas of the Strip.

While the resistance continued to fire rockets and mortars towards the occupation sites, settlements and cities.