Day: May 25, 2024

National News Agency correspondent reported that enemy warplanes launched a raid on a house in the vicinity of the UNIFIL international forces' site in the town of al-Adaisseh this afternoon. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

National News Agency correspondent in Tyre reported that the outskirts of Zebqin and Labouneh were subjected to artillery shelling from enemy positions in the Western Galilee, amidst enemy reconnaissance aircraft overflights in the western sector airspace. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Saturday announced Rome would restore funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees as he met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa. 'Italy has decided to resume financing specific projects intended for assistance to Palestinian refugees, but only after rigorous controls that guarantee that not even a penny risks ending up supporting terrorism,' he said. Tajani said he had informed the visiting premier 'that the government has arranged new funding for the Palestinian population, for a total of 35 million euros.' 'Of this, five million will be allocated to UNRWA,' he said in a statement, with the remaining 30 million euros allocated to Italy's 'Food for Gaza' initiative in coordination with UN aid agencies. UNRWA, which coordinates nearly all aid to Gaza, has been in crisis since January, when Israel accused about a dozen of its 13,000 Gaza employees of being involved in the October attack on Israel by Hamas. That led many nations, including top d onor the United States, to abruptly suspend funding to the agency, threatening its efforts to deliver aid in Gaza, although several have since resumed payments. An independent review of UNRWA, led by French former foreign minister Catherine Colonna, found some 'neutrality-related issues' but said Israel had yet to provide evidence for its leading allegations. Created in 1949, the agency employs around 30,000 people in the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Mustafa was later due to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

The Islamic Resistance issued a communique this afternoon, indicating that in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the assassinations carried out by the Israeli enemy, especially in Al-Mansouri a few days ago, the Resistance fighters launched an attack on targets in the Zarait barracks with guided missiles and shells, directly hitting and destroying them. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

The Islamic Resistance issued a communique this afternoon, indicating that in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and after monitoring the enemy's movements in the al-Marj location, the Resistance fighters spotted a Merkava tank holed up inside so they targeted it with a missile, successfully destroying it and leaving its crew dead and wounded. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

Egyptian Minister of Immigration, Soha Gendy, stated that the Egyptian side is closely following on the situation of Egyptians in the case of the illegal immigration boat that sank in Greece, according to "Russia Today". Gendy said: 'Continuous communication with the Foreign Ministry and the Egyptian Embassy in Athens to learn about the current legal situation of Egyptians.' Gendy added that she is "following moment by moment, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Egyptian Ambassador in Athens, the developments and special measures that will be taken regarding the release of detained Egyptians, following up on all matters related to their defense and submitting all documents and papers required for the case, within the framework of ensuring the safety of Egyptian citizens and following up on all matters related to their conditions in all countries of the world.' The Minister of Immigration pointed to the distinguished and close relations between Egypt and Greece in various fields, mo st notably cooperation in confronting illegal immigration, reducing it, and setting sound frameworks to transform it into legal and safe immigration to protect young people from its dangers, pointing to the joint Egyptian and Greek efforts to advance legal immigration mechanisms in a way that preserves the rights of citizens. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon