Day: July 15, 2024

Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli occupation forces demolished five homes in the village of Al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem, on Monday. The head of the Walaja village council, Khader Al-Araj, said that the occupation forces, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed the Ain Juwaizah area and demolished four houses belonging to the brothers Ahmed Abu Al-Teen, Tariq, Raeda, and Taghreed, each of which was no less than 100 square meters in area. This morning, the occupation forces demolished a house belonging to citizen Fadi Abu Rizq in the same area, with an area of ??90 square meters. It is noteworthy that the village of Al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem, is subjected to continuous attacks and violations by the occupation forces, represented by the notification of a large number of homes to be demolished and the demolition of other homes, amid the continued displacement policy pursued by the occupation forces. Source: Maan News Agency

BETHLEHEM- Ma'an- It will take a fleet of 100 trucks more than 15 years to clear Gaza of rubble. According to UN estimates, Gaza is covered with more than 40 million tons of rubble, and the removal will cost about $600 million. The United Nations also estimates that 137,297 buildings have been damaged in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the war, more than half of the Strip's buildings. About a quarter of it was completely destroyed, and a tenth was severely damaged. The huge rubble covers up to five square kilometers of the Strip. It is estimated that most of the artifacts will not be recyclable, so they will have to be disposed of. In May, the United Nations estimated that rebuilding all homes destroyed in the Gaza Strip would take until 2040 and cost about $40 billion, describing this as an 'optimistic estimate.' Schools, medical infrastructure, roads, sewage and vital infrastructure were also damaged. The United Nations also reported that the quality of health care, education and social care servic es in the Gaza Strip had returned to 1980 levels. According to the UN report, 44 years of development in the Gaza Strip have been erased. 'The damage to infrastructure is unbelievable, there is not a single building in Khan Younis that has not been damaged,' said a UN official. 'The terrain has changed, new hills have appeared.' The bombs dropped have changed the landscape. It was also noted that piles of rubble across the Gaza Strip are filled with unexploded bombs and other explosive materials, which will make the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip an even more difficult task. Source: Maan News Agency

Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli occupation forces demolished a house and bulldozed lands in the village of Al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem, on Monday morning. The head of the village council, Khader Al-Araj, said that an occupation army force accompanied by bulldozers stormed the 'Ain Juwaizeh' area and began demolishing a house belonging to citizen Fadi Abu Rizq, with an area of ??90 square meters. The occupation forces had bulldozed lands in the village of Al-Walaja before demolishing the house. The village of Al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem, is subjected to continuous demolitions, with a large number of the village's homes at risk. Source: Maan News Agency

Gaza - Ma'an - The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Monday that Israeli soldiers were killed and wounded when its members detonated a missile left behind by the Israeli army on two Merkava tanks in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in southern Gaza City. Al-Qassam said in a statement via Telegram that its fighters "confirmed, after returning from the battle lines, that a missile left behind by the enemy had detonated in two Israeli Merkava tanks near the 17th roundabout in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City." "A number of occupation soldiers were gathering around it, and they were killed and wounded," she added. The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades said, "After our resistance fighters returned from the battle lines, we confirm that a force of occupation soldiers were killed and wounded after a missile from the enemy's remnants exploded in two Merkava tanks surrounded by a number of soldiers, near the 17th roundabout in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City." Sourc e: Maan News Agency

Gaza - Ma'an - Seven citizens were killed on Monday evening in Israeli shelling of several areas in the Gaza Strip. Paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that they were able to retrieve the bodies of the two martyrs, Kamel Ahmed Siam and Darwish Sharif Siam, who were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted the Siam neighborhood north of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip. They were transferred to Nasser Hospital in the neighboring city of Khan Yunis. The paramedics added that they were able to retrieve 4 martyrs after an Israeli warplane bombed a residential apartment belonging to the Salama family in the middle of the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip. They were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir al-Balah. A medical source at the Arab Baptist Hospital said that a martyr and a number of wounded people arrived at the hospital after an Israeli drone targeted a group of citizens on Al-Nazzaz Street in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City. T he Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 38,664 citizens, the majority of whom are women and children, and the injury of more than 89,097 others, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble. Source: Maan News Agency

Jenin-Ma'an- The Vice President of the Arab American University for Ramallah Campus, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Asia, received a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Palestine Office, which visited the university to strengthen relations and enhance cooperation between the two parties and to view the services provided by the university through the prosthetic limbs factory and medical and health centers. The visiting delegation included Professor Franz Joseph from the American MIT Institute, and Mr. Hakam Al-Tawil and Mr. Firas Farsakh, representatives of JICA. They were received by Mr. Mustafa Irsheid, Director of the Artificial Limbs and Assistive Devices Factory at the University, and Mr. Walid Abu Samra, Technical Director of the Artificial Limbs Factory. The visit aimed to see the facilities of the Arab American University, especially the prosthetic limbs factory, and to learn about the services provided by these centers in addition to the infrastructure for the possibility of establ ishing partnerships and contracts for rehabilitation and manufacturing devices to serve the Palestinian people. Professor Dr. Asia welcomed the guest delegation and gave a detailed explanation about the university, its establishment, the prosthetic limbs factory and the services it provides with advanced scientific capabilities, noting that the prosthetic limbs factory is one of the distinguished factories in the Middle East. He also gave an explanation about the medical and health services at the university, which are provided through the university's medical rehabilitation complex, stressing that the university's centers, in addition to providing their services to the Palestinian public, provide an educational environment for its students in the university's medical colleges. Source: Maan News Agency

Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli occupation forces arrested three children from the village of Qusin, west of Nablus, on Monday evening. Security sources said that an occupation force stormed the village and arrested three children: Mujahid Zahi Abdul Raouf Salman, Muhammad Haitham Yadak, and Muhyi al-Din Khaled. Source: Maan News Agency

Jerusalem - Ma'an - The occupation forces arrested the father, mother and brothers of the young man, Muhammad Shihab, who carried out the run-over attack near the city of Ramla, north of Jerusalem, which took place last night. Four Israelis were injured during the operation, including an officer who was seriously injured. Occupation army and border guard patrols stormed the town of Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem, amidst the firing of gas and sound bombs, and raided the home of the family of Muhammad Shihab, who the Israeli army announced was martyred. She stated that the perpetrator was from the town of Kafr Aqab in the Jerusalem district and that he held an Israeli identity card. Source: Maan News Agency

Nablus - Ma'an - The Solidarity Charitable Society in Nablus has kept up with the needs of citizens from orphan families and families who are going through difficult health and economic conditions, and has continued to implement its charitable projects that aim to provide the necessary assistance within a program that includes a number of charitable projects implemented by the society through charitable people in the governorate. Among the charitable medical projects provided by the association for medical cases, it provided (8) medical beds for eight patients who were required to remain in bed without moving, and they needed medical beds like those in the hospital. The association also provided two CEPAP respirators for two medical cases who were in dire need of them so that they could leave the hospital and receive the rest of their treatment at home safely without fear of suffocation. The association also provided a BIPAP respirator for a family head with a chronic lung disease, in addition to (8) GENERAT OR 5L / 10L respirators for 8 individuals suffering from lung problems and in dire need of the aforementioned respirators so that they could breathe properly without being exposed to the risk of suffocation. It provided (2) portable respirators for two patients who needed oxygen all the time without interruption. The association also provided an oxygen cylinder for another medical case, in addition to a phlegm suction device and (7) regular medical chairs, (3) electric mattresses, (2) walkers and a bathroom chair for medical cases suffering from difficult health conditions. In need of medical devices to alleviate their illness, the association also provided the price of a paralysis assist device worth 1200 shekels for a girl suffering from a disease that affected her ability to walk, and for two girls who also suffer from difficulties in walking, the association provided them with the cost of physical and occupational therapy sessions for a period of 6 months. This medical assistance was provided to people su ffering from health problems and in dire need of these supplies according to the medical reports extracted from the doctors. The association also participated in providing the necessary things related to urgent surgeries and prosthetics, as it provided 3,500 shekels to install a prosthetic limb for a head of a family who lost his leg, and it also helped another head of a family whose leg was amputated by installing a prosthetic limb for him at a cost of (5,000 shekels). It also provided 11,000 shekels for the cost of removing a deformity from the face of a little girl, in addition to providing an amount of 5,000 dollars, which is the remaining amount for a cochlear implant operation for a child who lost his hearing, and an amount of (4,000 shekels) as a contribution to a surgical operation for a patient, which is the percentage required of him after obtaining health coverage. Within the project of refurnishing and restoring homes, the association provided (500 dinars) as rent for a family threatened with ev iction and whose breadwinner had lost his job since the beginning of the war. It also provided (3) washing machines for three families in need of them. The association provided another family with 4 mattresses and a closet, and a sofa set for another family. It provided a table and two beds for a family in need of them. The association provided another family in need of tiles for their home with 31 meters of wall tiles. The association also used to extend a helping hand to families in need of a source of income and self-reliance, so it provided three operational projects for three families in need of self-reliance in earning their livelihood. The Solidarity Association and the beneficiary families expressed their thanks to the benefactors who participate in charitable work on an ongoing basis and for their assistance to poor and sick families. Source: Maan News Agency

HEBRON - Ma'an - Doctors at Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron said that the condition of the boy who was shot by the occupation forces in the town of Al-Shuyukh is critical, and he is receiving treatment in the hospital's intensive care unit. The boy, who is from Al-Arroub camp, was shot in the chest by the occupation forces during clashes that erupted with the occupation forces in the village of Al-Shuyukh Al-Arroub, north of Hebron. A number of citizens suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas and were treated in the field. In a separate context, an occupation army force raided the home of citizen Hatem Falah Sidr in the Wadi Al-Hariyeh area in the city of Hebron, and after searching his home, his son Sami Hatem Sidr was arrested. Source: Maan News Agency