Day: August 10, 2024

The Islamic Resistance issued a communique this afternoon, indicating that in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the Resistance fighters targeted at 12:48 noon today a gathering of enemy soldiers on Tel Shaer, directly hitting them with missile weapons. In another communique, it indicated that the Resistance fighters also targeted at 12:50 noon the enemy's al-Malikiyah post with artillery shells. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

Gaza - Ma'an - The spokesman for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Basal, said on Saturday that the Israeli occupation has targeted 13 centers for sheltering displaced people throughout the Strip since the beginning of August. This came in a press conference held by Basal in Gaza City, hours after the Israeli army bombed displaced people in the Al-Tabi'in School in the center of the city with three missiles. Basal stated that "the Israeli occupation targeted two floors of the Al-Tabi'een School, the first of which was housing displaced women and children, and the ground floor, which was a prayer hall for the displaced." He added: "Al-Tabi'in School is sheltering more than 6,000 displaced people who went there after the Israeli occupation forces destroyed their homes in more than one area in the Gaza Strip." He stated that "everyone was shocked by the scale of the great and terrifying massacre, due to the large number of martyrs and wounded, including children and women, some of whom were in pie ces and others were set on fire in a terrifying scene that did not take into account the slightest humanitarian considerations." The Civil Defense spokesman indicated that "among the martyrs of the massacre were 11 children and 6 women, in addition to dozens of serious injuries." He added, "Many of the remains have not been identified, and there are still missing people whose fate is unknown, after their families were informed that they were inside the school's prayer hall." He added: "What tears our hearts apart is that the martyrs have become mere numbers that are mentioned as if they are nothing, without the international community paying attention to the crimes committed against defenceless citizens and without directing any direct condemnations to this occupation, which has made it persist in targeting more shelters and schools." In turn, Dr. Muhammad Al-Mughair, Director of the Supply Department of the Civil Defense Authority, said: Al-Tabi'in School was targeted by three missiles, including at leas t one Mk-84 missile, which weighs 200 pounds. In turn, the Israeli occupation army claimed that the site it bombed near the "Al-Tabi'in" school was used by senior Hamas leaders, claiming that "about 20 Hamas and Jihad members were in the Al-Tabi'in school." Source: Maan News Agency

New York - Ma'an - The United Nations said that at least 60,000 Palestinians may have fled to the western areas of the Gaza Strip, after the latest evacuation decision announced by the Israeli army a few days ago. Florencia Soto, from the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, briefed journalists at a press conference on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, according to Anadolu Agency. She added: "It is estimated that more than 80% of the Gaza Strip has been subject to Israeli evacuation orders since October of last year." On Thursday, the occupation army demanded that residents of new neighborhoods in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, forcibly evacuate them, in preparation for launching a new attack on them, four days after launching a devastating attack on areas it previously claimed were "safe" east of the city, which left 255 martyrs and widespread destruction. According to Soto, the amount of aid that can be delivered to Gaza has been cut by more than half since the beginning of M ay, after the Rafah border crossing was closed. She pointed out that an average of 169 trucks transported aid to Gaza daily last April, while their number decreased to less than 80 trucks in June and July 2024. The UN official confirmed that Israel continues to reject and obstruct humanitarian aid convoys to Gaza. Source: Maan News Agency

Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas said, "The escalation of Zionist crimes and widespread violations against civilians would not have continued without American support for the extremist government." The movement said in a statement that the massacre of the Tabeen School is a horrific crime and a dangerous escalation in the series of crimes committed in Gaza by neo-Nazis. She pointed out that the massacre of the Tabeen School is a clear confirmation by the Zionist government of its continuation of the war of extermination against our Palestinian people. She pointed out that the occupation army fabricates flimsy pretexts and blatant lies to target civilians, schools and hospitals. The movement called on Arab and Islamic countries and the international community to "fulfill their responsibilities and take urgent action to stop these massacres and stop the escalating Israeli aggression against our people and defenceless families." On Saturday morning, the occupation army committed a massacre inside the Al-Tabi'in School in Gaza City, which resulted in more than 100 martyrs and dozens of injuries. Source: Maan News Agency

Gaza - Ma'an - The number of victims of the Al-Tabi'in School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in central Gaza City rose to more than 100 martyrs and dozens of wounded and missing, early Saturday morning, in one of the largest massacres witnessed by the Gaza Strip in recent weeks. The spokesman for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip said that the occupation's bombing of the school led to the martyrdom of 90% of the displaced people there. The government media office in Gaza reported that the Israeli bombing of the Tabeen School resulted in a massacre that claimed the lives of more than 100 martyrs and dozens of injuries. The office added, in a statement, that the occupation army directly bombed the displaced people while they were performing the dawn prayer, which rapidly increased the number of martyrs, while eyewitnesses stated that the bombing began immediately after the opening takbeer. The media office indicated that due to the horror of the massacre and the large number of martyrs, the medical crews, c ivil defense, relief and emergency teams have not been able to recover the bodies of all the martyrs so far. Source: Maan News Agency

Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli warplanes continued their bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip on the 309th day of the war, leaving a large number of martyrs and wounded. The Israeli occupation committed a horrific massacre in a mosque inside the Al-Tabi'in School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in the center of Gaza City. The occupation aircraft targeted worshipers during the dawn prayer with three missiles, which led to the martyrdom of more than 100 citizens at least, in addition to a large number of wounded. The process of retrieving the martyrs and wounded continued for more than two hours. The bombing led to the penetration of the bodies of the martyrs and wounded, and they were transferred to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Six wounded were also killed and 12 wounded in the bombing of the Abu Khalifa family home in Jabalia Al-Balad, north of the Strip. South Gaza Strip At least 25 martyrs were killed in a bloody day in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. Seven citizens were killed in the bombing o f the Abu Muammar family home south of the city, including Palestine TV journalist Tamim Muammar. Six citizens were also killed, including five from the Al-Soussi family, one of whom works for Al-Aqsa TV, in the bombing of a tent west of the city. Two Israeli airstrikes targeted the Al-Qarara area north of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. The occupation army is carrying out a large-scale military operation east of Khan Yunis, which has displaced tens of thousands of citizens. Civil defense teams recovered the bodies of two martyrs from the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. Central Gaza Strip Five martyrs and a number of wounded were killed after the targeting of the Hamada family home in the Nuseirat camp, central Gaza Strip. Four martyrs, including three children, were killed when the occupation bombed the Abu Gaza family home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. Occupation aircraft targeted the Abu Hasna family home in Block 3 in the Bureij camp, central Gaza Strip. Source: Maan News Ag ency

Gaza - Ma'an - The Israeli occupation committed a horrific massacre at dawn on Saturday, in which more than 100 citizens were killed and dozens were injured after the Israeli occupation forces targeted a school in the center of Gaza City. Civil Defense said that a new massacre took place at dawn on Saturday in a bombing that targeted the "Al-Tabi'in" school on Al-Nafaq Street in Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City. Source: Maan News Agency

Jenin - Ma'an - A young man was shot by Israeli occupation forces on Saturday near the village of Rummana, west of Jenin. Security sources reported that a young man from the town of Silat al-Harithiya was shot in his left foot while he was near the racist separation and expansion wall built on the lands of the village of Rummana. He was subsequently transferred to the hospital. Source: Maan News Agency

Jenin - Ma'an - The police seized today a group of counterfeit $100 banknotes in Jenin. The Public Relations and Media Department of the Police stated that based on information provided to the police about a person in possession of narcotics and counterfeit currency inside his home in one of the towns of the governorate, a force from the Anti-Narcotics Department branch, supported by the Special Police and National Security, moved to his home after obtaining a search warrant from the Public Prosecution. Upon searching it properly, 87 counterfeit banknotes were seized. She confirmed that the suspect would be detained and the seized items would be kept in custody until he is referred to the competent authorities to take the necessary legal measures against him. Source: Maan News Agency

Jenin-Ma'an- Dr. Mujahid Zayed, a lecturer at the Language Center at the Arab American University, participated in the 9th Istanbul International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, where he presented a scientific research paper and it was published as scheduled for the first session of the conference. The title of his research was 'Consistency in Machine Translation: The Case of Translating Media and Legal Terms from Arabic to English Using Bing Translator and Google Translate', where he provided a theoretical coverage of machine translation and methods of employing it to obtain the best texts in the target language between multiple language pairs including English and French, Russian and Spanish, German and French, English and Spanish, and ended with a review of its most important features between Arabic and English. The aim of his research is to explore the consistency of machine translation programs when translating legal and media terms from Arabic to English, as well as the accuracy of the t ranslations provided by machine translation of the mentioned terms compared to specialized glossaries. The results of the study showed that the translation programs tested provided more appropriate translations of legal terms, with a slight advantage for Bing Translator over Google Translate. The results of this study also revealed that Bing Translator and Google Translate were consistent in their translations of media and legal terms. Both translation programs were more consistent in translating media terms than legal terms. The researcher recommended using GT and BT programs with caution because they provided inconsistent translations of the meanings of terms in specialized dictionaries in certain cases. Dr. Ziad stressed the importance of his participation in the conference due to the real results he reached through analyzing translations provided by widely used automated programs in the modern era, which provides practical steps that benefit translators and users of automated translation programs in ob taining a good target text, as well as because it places the name of the Arab American University in international events and conferences with scientific outputs with high credibility, thus enhancing the university's remarkable presence among the most prestigious universities that participate in research activities at the local, regional and international levels. Source: Maan News Agency