The number of Palestinian victims, as a result of torrential floods in eastern Libya caused by the recent hurricane, has risen to 23.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, they were officially informed by the embassy in Libya and the General Consulate in Benghazi of the death of the family of citizen Nasser Attia Dohan, consisting of 5 individuals, and the family of citizen Mahmoud Ahmed Shamiya, four of his brothers and his mother.

Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ahmed Al-Deek, said that the ministry is following a real disaster and has confirmed information about the loss of dozens of Palestinian families.