Day: July 20, 2024

Session by the subcommittee emanating from the joint parliamentary committees, headed by its chairman, MP Bilal Abdallah, to study the law proposal aimed at establishing a compulsory comprehensive health coverage system 11:30 Session by the Public Health, Labor and Social Affairs Committee, headed by its Chairman, MP Bilal Abdallah, to discuss the law proposal aimed at amending Article 51 of the Social Security Law. 11:00 Press conference by former Secretary General of the Supreme Privatization Council, candidate for the presidency, Ziad Hayek, at the Lebanese Press Editors Syndicate in Hazmieh, La Martine Centre, in which he discusses the latest developments related to the presidential elections and presents himself as a third option. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

25 Palestinians were martyred in Israeli raids targeting central and northern Gaza last night, with artillery shelling continuing since dawn today on various areas in the Strip. The pace of Israeli raids escalated on various areas in the Gaza Strip, while Al-Qassam Brigades and Al-Quds Brigades intensified their bombardment on the Netzarim axis with rockets and mortar shells. According to Western media, the Israeli bombing targeted the north of the Bureij camp, the vicinity of the electricity company, Al-Mughraqa area north of the Nuseirat camp, and the western and northern areas of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. The vicinity of the waste dump east of the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip also witnessed heavy gunfire. An Israeli raid targeted a family's home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, resulting in deaths and injuries. Another raid also targeted a house in the Nuseirat camp in the center of the besieged Gaza Strip. The Israeli targeting of residential squares and inhabited homes continues throughout the Gaza Strip, on the 288th day of the start of the war on Gaza, which claimed the lives of about 39,000 people and more than 89,000 injured. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baghdad Operations Command forces arrested three wanted persons, two of them for premeditated murder, one of them the killer of his brother, nicknamed 'Mimati,' and another, according to Article 4/2, of terrorism/tribal raid/on the Karkh and Rusafa sides. The Command stated in a statement: 'Forces from the Federal Police and the Rusafa Police, with the support of detachments of the Baghdad Intelligence and Security Directorate and Al-Zawraa Rescue Police, arrested, in separate operations, three judicially wanted persons, including two accused of premeditated murder, one of whom is the killer of his brother and nicknamed 'Mimati' in Al-Amin area east of the capital, and another accused, according to Article 4/2, of terrorism, after his movements and whereabouts were monitored in one of the Rusafa areas. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

A cargo ship flying the Singapore flag was damaged after it was hit by two missiles fired by the Yemeni Ansar Allah group (Houthis) in the Gulf of Aden. The American authorities stated that the cargo ship "Lobivia" was hit by two missiles while it was sailing in the Gulf of Aden, while the Ansar Allah group claimed responsibility for the incident, noting that it launched ballistic missiles and drones towards the ship. For its part, the British Maritime Trade Operations Authority reported that the left side of the ship was hit by two missiles in two separate incidents 83 nautical miles southeast of the city of Aden, without specifying the extent of the damage it sustained. It added that the ship is seaworthy and that all its crew members are fine, but it will return to its last port of call. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Federal Police Command forces arrested a gang specialized in trading and promoting narcotic substances in Al-Shaab area and seized substances for abuse in Al-Nahrawan district of Baghdad. The Command stated in a statement that a force from the 19th Brigade, 5th Division, Federal Police, arrested in flagrante a gang of 3 defendants who was promoting narcotic substances in Al-Shaab area. They were found in their possession of (5 small bags filled with crystal narcotic substance, estimated at approximately 26 grams, and ampoules) used for the use of contaminated mobile phones. The statement added that, pursuant to a judicial order, a force from the Second Brigade was able to carry out a search operation at the home of a defendant arrested earlier in the Nahrawan district, during which materials used for drug abuse were seized (7 contaminated drug pipes, a pistol store, in addition to 2 motorcycles without papers). The defendants were referred, along with the seized materials, to the competent authorities to co mplete the investigative and legal procedures against them. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Islamic Resistance announced on Friday evening that it had struck a vital target in Haifa, northern Israel, with an 'Arqab' missile. The Islamic Resistance said in a statement: 'In continuation of our approach to resisting the occupation and supporting our people in Palestine, and in response to the massacres committed by the Israeli entity against civilians, including children, women and the elderly, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq today, Friday, attacked a military target in occupied Haifa.' It added in the statement that the targeting operation was carried out using the "developed cruise" Al-Arqab missile. The Islamic Resistance confirmed that operations were continuing at an escalating pace. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The number of journalist martyrs as a result of the Israeli aggression on Gaza since the seventh of last October has risen to 161, after the martyrdom of a Palestinian journalist, his wife and two children today, Saturday. A medical source at Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip announced the martyrdom of "Palestinian journalist Muhammad Jasser, his wife and two children in an Israeli raid that targeted their house in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip." With the martyrdom of journalist Muhammad Jasser, the number of journalist martyrs since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip rises to 161 journalists. Last night, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of raids on homes in various areas of the Gaza Strip, during which dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured, including children and women. The Israeli war on Gaza since October 7 has left more than 128,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing amid massive destru ction and famine that claimed the lives of hundreds of children. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

HEBRON - Ma'an - Israeli soldiers stationed inside the military tower in the "Karmei Tzur" settlement fired live bullets at a citizen's house in the town of Beit Ummar on Saturday, without causing any injuries. The media activist in Beit Ummar reported that the bullets penetrated the house of citizen Tayseer Jamal Al-Salibi, which is inhabited by 8 people, including 4 children, as the glass of the house opposite the military tower was shattered. The house is located in the Al-Dahr area adjacent to the "Karmi Tzur" settlement, south of Beit Ummar, where... Source: Maan News Agency

HEBRON - Ma'an - Large crowds of people from the town of Beit Ummar and the surrounding areas today, Saturday, buried the body of the martyr Ibrahim Hamza Ibrahim Zaaqiq, 22 years old, to his final resting place in the town's cemetery. The media activist in Beit Ummar, Muhammad Ayyad Awad, reported that the funeral procession set off from the Beit Ummar Grand Mosque, passing through the streets of the town. The participants in the funeral procession chanted national slogans calling for closing ranks and adhering to national unity, which is the basis of the Palestinian people's struggles in confronting the occupation. It is noteworthy that the martyr Al-Zaaqiq is the seventh martyr in Beit Ummar since the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip last October, as he was shot in the head last night by the occupation army. He had been released from the occupation prisons about two weeks ago after being detained for six months. Source: Maan News Agency

HEBRON-Ma'an- The Israeli occupation forces detained three children from the southern area of ??Hebron tonight, and they were released near the Tarqumiya crossing, west of Hebron. Local sources reported that the three children returned to their homes and are from the Al-Rujabi family. The sources added that clashes erupted between young men and the occupation forces on Tariq Bin Ziyad Street in the southern region, after the occupation forces abused citizens, searched vehicles and seized the keys of vehicles with their drivers. The sources indicated that the occupation forces fired sound bombs, tear gas and live bullets, which led to a number of citizens suffering from suffocation and were treated in the field. Source: Maan News Agency