Day: August 9, 2024

Israeli occupation forces arrested two young brothers from the town of Beit Sira, west of Ramallah, on Friday. Local sources reported that the occupation forces arrested Bashir Yousef Anqawi and his brother Muhammad, after raiding their family's home, searching it and tampering with its contents. Source: Maan News Agency

Israeli occupation forces arrested two young brothers from the town of Beit Sira, west of Ramallah, on Friday. Local sources reported that the occupation forces arrested Bashir Yousef Anqawi and his brother Muhammad, after raiding their family's home, searching it and tampering with its contents. Source: Maan News Agency

The Israeli army announced on Friday morning that the 98th Division had begun an "offensive" operation in the Khan Yunis area in the southern Gaza Strip. The army claimed in its statement that the military operation came in response to intelligence information about the presence of militants and infrastructure in the area, and as part of efforts to strike the armed organizations in the Gaza Strip while they are trying to rebuild. The statement read, "During the attack, the forces are fighting above and below ground simultaneously, in addition to clearing the area of ??saboteurs and finding and destroying combat equipment and terrorist structures." He said. The Israeli army spokesman said that as the forces began entering the area, air force planes launched intensive raids targeting more than 30 Hamas targets in Khan Yunis, including weapons depots and meeting places for militants. According to the statement He claimed that during the raids, a number of Hamas elements were eliminated at the tactical level , who were working in the fields of sniping and firing mortar shells towards the occupation forces and Israel. In another statement, the Israeli army announced that an officer from the Nahal Brigade was seriously injured during battles that took place yesterday in the southern Gaza Strip. Source: Maan News Agency

Sky News Arabia reported that Hamas, in the negotiations of the exchange deal, strongly demanded the release of Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti and leaders of other Palestinian factions, as part of the first phase of the exchange deal. The sources indicated that Hamas's demand was accepted and supported by the mediators and the American side calling for the idea of ??renewed authority, as Marwan Barghouti represents the national movement and enjoys wide popular acceptance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. She added that Hamas's demand to release Barghouti came from the movement's conviction that it was unable to return to power in Gaza, and it considers Barghouti to be the closest and safest to it as an umbrella for power in Gaza. Last February, reports indicated that Marwan Barghouti's name was raised in the ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel. Source: Maan News Agency

Sky News Arabia reported that Hamas, in the negotiations of the exchange deal, strongly demanded the release of Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti and leaders of other Palestinian factions, as part of the first phase of the exchange deal. The sources indicated that Hamas's demand was accepted and supported by the mediators and the American side calling for the idea of ??renewed authority, as Marwan Barghouti represents the national movement and enjoys wide popular acceptance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. She added that Hamas's demand to release Barghouti came from the movement's conviction that it was unable to return to power in Gaza, and it considers Barghouti to be the closest and safest to it as an umbrella for power in Gaza. Last February, reports indicated that Marwan Barghouti's name was raised in the ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel. Source: Maan News Agency

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said that the Israeli occupation's intensified targeting of schools that shelter displaced persons is a systematic policy of forced displacement. He pointed out that the escalation against schools coincides with the issuance of illegal forced evacuation orders from the north of Gaza to its south. He said, "We documented the direct bombing of 9 schools used as shelters by the occupation's aircraft over 8 days, destroying them and everyone inside them." He added, "These attacks resulted in the martyrdom of 79 Palestinians and the injury of 143 others, most of whom were children and women. Following the occupation's bombing methodology indicates the existence of a clear policy aimed at depriving the entire Gaza Strip of security." The statement said, "Tracing the occupation's bombing methodology indicates the existence of a policy to deprive civilians of shelter or stability, even if only momentarily." Source: Maan News Agency

The United Nations confirmed that the volume of aid from the crossings to Gaza has decreased by more than half since early May, after the closure of the Rafah crossing. She pointed out that "the entry of aid into Gaza is a challenge due to hostilities, access restrictions and insecurity." "About 60,000 Palestinians moved from east to west Khan Yunis within 3 days after Israeli evacuation orders," she said. Source: Maan News Agency

The Israeli occupation "army" admitted, on Friday, that 12 soldiers were injured in the battles of the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours. Since the outbreak of "Operation Protective Edge", 4,284 officers and soldiers have been injured, including 2,190 since the start of the ground operation. The army also announced the killing of 689 officers and soldiers, and the injury of 639 with serious injuries, since the beginning of the war, noting that 213 officers and soldiers are still receiving treatment in hospitals, including 29 with serious injuries. In the same context, the correspondent and commentator on Israeli society affairs for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, Han Artzi Sarur, complained today, Friday, about the increase in the number of deaths and serious injuries in the ranks of the Israeli "army" during the past weeks, whether on the southern front (the Gaza Strip) or on the northern front (Lebanon). Source: Maan News Agency

The Israeli occupation "army" admitted, on Friday, that 12 soldiers were injured in the battles of the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours. Since the outbreak of "Operation Protective Edge", 4,284 officers and soldiers have been injured, including 2,190 since the start of the ground operation. The army also announced the killing of 689 officers and soldiers, and the injury of 639 with serious injuries, since the beginning of the war, noting that 213 officers and soldiers are still receiving treatment in hospitals, including 29 with serious injuries. In the same context, the correspondent and commentator on Israeli society affairs for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, Han Artzi Sarur, complained today, Friday, about the increase in the number of deaths and serious injuries in the ranks of the Israeli "army" during the past weeks, whether on the southern front (the Gaza Strip) or on the northern front (Lebanon). Source: Maan News Agency

The European Union has provided a contribution of 43 million euros to help the Palestinian Authority pay the salaries and pensions of its employees and civilian retirees in the West Bank. This support, according to a statement by the European Union today, Friday, will help the Palestinian Authority to meet part of its obligations towards its Palestinian civil servants, as it continues to face a very difficult financial situation as a result of the protracted economic crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories. This situation is seriously exacerbated by irregular payments of the Palestinian clearance tax and ongoing deductions by Israel. The statement confirmed that a contribution of EUR 43 million was provided by the European Union through the first tranche of short-term emergency financial support to the Palestinian Authority. The payment targets civil servants working mostly in the social sectors of health and education in the West Bank as well as pensioners. This short-term emergency financial supp ort to the Palestinian Authority aims to address its most urgent financial needs and support its substantive and credible reform agenda. 'The European Union continues to make significant contributions to the Palestinian Authority budget, at the most critical times, to help pay civil servants and pensioners. We support Palestinian teachers, health workers and social workers who are crucial to education, health and social care services. Our contributions to civil servants' salaries and pensions demonstrate once again our longstanding support for Palestinian state-building efforts,' said Deputy EU Representative Maria Velasco, according to the statement. 'The EU also continues to call on Israel to stop deducting Palestinian tax revenues and to respect its obligations under existing agreements. In addition, Israel must take immediate steps to improve the deteriorating economic situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, such as removing restrictions on the access of Palestinian workers. The EU and its Membe r States remain the most reliable and committed donors and partners to the Palestinian people.' Source: Maan News Agency