The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the occupation military court confirmed the administrative detention order for the detained and wounded child, Ma'ad Omar Al-Hajj (17 years old), from Jericho, for a new period of four months, making it the second order issued against him since his arrest on May 14, 2023.

The Prisoners' Club stated that the child, Al-Hajj, is one of (20) children whom the occupation continues to administratively detain, according to documented data until the end of last August.

The Prisoner's Club stated that the continued administrative detention of the Hajj child comes within the framework of the occupation's ongoing escalation of the systematic crime of administrative detention, which it has expanded its use of, since last year and the current year, in a continuous attempt to undermine the current state of struggle.

It is noteworthy that the occupation had arrested the child, Al-Hajj, an eleventh grade student, after he was summoned by the occupation intelligence, and shortly after he was injured, and he still needs health follow-up, knowing that he is in Ofer prison in the cubs section.

Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a citizen from Tammun as he passed through the Huwwara military checkpoint, south of Nablus.

The director of the Prisoners' Club in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, reported that the occupation forces arrested the freed prisoner Bilal Mustafa Mansour Bani Odeh (37 years old) from the town of Tamoun, south of Tubas, while he was passing through the Huwwara military checkpoint, south of Nablus.

The Prisoners' Club confirmed on Sunday that the health condition of prisoner Asif Al-Rifai (21 years old) from the town of Kafr Ain/Ramallah, who suffers from cancer, is seriously deteriorating, compared to the previous period.

The Prisoner's Club said that prisoner Al-Rifai underwent surgery at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital, where he was transferred from the Ramla Prison Clinic last Wednesday, after a new tumor appeared in his urethra, which led to major damage to one of his kidneys.

In light of the dangerous development facing the prisoner Al-Rifai, the Prisoner’s Club called on all international human rights bodies to intervene immediately to release him, so that he can be among his family members. And to stop the crime that the occupation continues to carry out against him, especially since this deterioration came shortly after medical reports confirmed that there was no improvement in his health condition.

The Prisoners' Club held the occupation prison administration fully responsible for the fate of prisoner Al-Rifai, and all sick prisoners who face the crime of medical negligence (slow killing), around the clock.

During the forty-fifth session of UNESCO, held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decided to register the site of ancient Jericho/Tell al-Sultan on the World Heritage List.

The Tel al-Sultan site has a unique strategy stemming from its location near Ain al-Sultan, which forms the basis for the existence of the city of Jericho, and the beginning of human life during the Natufian period before the appearance of plants about 10,500 years ago.

The site of Tel al-Sultan is the oldest walled agricultural city in the world, and its history extends more than 8 thousand years, and it represents a unique architectural model in ancient times.

The exceptional global importance of ancient Jericho (Sultan Hill) is that it is one of the oldest fortified cities in the world dating back to the Neolithic Age (8350 - 7000 BC). During that period, the city was fortified with a huge defensive wall and a circular tower (9 m in diameter and about 8 m in height). There is a trench cut into the rock (3 meters deep and 8 meters wide). The tower contains an entrance, a covered foyer, and an internal staircase consisting of 22 steps leading to the top of the tower (which is the oldest built staircase in the world).”

President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the decision, considering it extremely important and evidence of the authenticity and history of this Palestinian people, stressing that the State of Palestine will continue to preserve this unique site for all humanity.

An official in the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Saudi Arabia informed the American administration to stop any discussions related to normalization with Israel.

The Israeli official indicated, as reported on the website of Elaph magazine, which is owned by Saudi figures, that the opposition of the pillars of Netanyahu’s government to any gesture towards the Palestinians, and Netanyahu’s acceptance of the demands of the pillars of the extreme right represented by the Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich parties, means the same as any possibility of rapprochement with the Palestinians and thus with the Saudis. .

The Israeli official stressed that the United States informed Israel of Saudi Arabia’s decision “to stop any discussions with the Americans regarding normalization or taking any step towards Israel, and that the Israeli leadership is confused about its decision.”

Informed American sources said that Saudi Arabia brought the Palestinians into the discussions in an intelligent manner so that it could decide on the form and date of the agreement with the Israelis and demarcate the borders of their independent state without interference from the outside, and without Israeli imposition, as they tried to do in the Abraham Accords, which did not succeed in reaching any consensus. With the Palestinians.

According to Elaph, information indicates that the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, who is close to Netanyahu and who was ambassador to Washington, leaked fabricated news to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which is supportive of the American right and is owned by extremist Republican Jews. What were described - according to the newspaper - as secret meetings that brought together Saudi King Mohammed bin Salman, and Netanyahu.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Palestine (DPAL) said, Israel is waging a war of attrition on EU-funded projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), destroying them in an effort to limit their presence in the region.

Israel’s government contributes to the fueling of Israeli settler terrorism against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by granting firearm licenses to settlers, said Euro-Med Monitor, encouraging them to carry weapons, and ordering the Israeli army to support and assist them during their harassment of the Palestinian population, which includes land burning and violent attacks. 

The DPAL met in Strasbourg on Wednesday evening to exchange views on the continual demolition of EU-funded structures in Palestine and the escalation of settler violence in the West Bank. Muhammed Shehada, Chief of Communications at Euro-Med Monitor, called on Members of the European Parliament to “speak up and name things the way they are”, asking them to condemn settler terrorism against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and “designate settler groups as terrorist organizations”. 

“I know there’s a lot of reluctance to call it as such in Brussels, but the US Biden administration is getting there,” Shehada said, noting that the latest statement by the State Department described Israeli settler violence as settler terrorism. “Going into Palestinian communities and basically threatening women and children with guns and trucks and improvised weaponry … has been successful in emptying most of the area between Jericho and Ramallah.”

Shehada urged MEPs to pressure the European Commission to impose sanctions on those responsible for killings and violence against Palestinians, as well as impose travel bans against the most prominent settler activists who carry out the most violent attacks. He emphasized that while Israeli authorities are attempting to expel Palestinians and limit their presence in Area C of the West Bank, the EU must support and finance the right of Palestinians to be there.

“The Israeli army works hand-in-hand with the settlers,” Shehada stated. “The settlers drove the community [of Ein Samiya village] out, then the army went in and destroyed an EU-funded school in the area to make sure Palestinians would not return again.” He said that the best thing the EU is doing to support the Palestinians is funding the Palestinian presence in Area C and cooperating with the Palestinian Authority on both humanitarian and developmental projects.

“It’s a war of attrition and seeing who has the most patience,” added Shehada. “In that sense, the EU, by funding projects across the occupied territories, is winning that war of attrition.”

Euro-Med Monitor’s statement cited Israeli authorities’ destruction of nearly nine per cent of EU-funded facilities in the oPt in recent years, including schools, commercial establishments, agricultural projects, parks, and amusement facilities. Israel has been tearing down EU-funded initiatives since 2001, when it physically destroyed and/or financially dismantled approximately 150 development projects partially or entirely funded by the EC and EU Member States. The EU’s 2015 decision to require import labels on products imported into Europe from Israeli settlements caused the pace of the demolitions to increase significantly, starting in 2016.

Shehada encouraged MEPs to take concrete steps to hold Israeli authorities accountable for grave violations in the oPt, including the displacement of Palestinians from their villages, support for settler violence, and the demolition of EU-funded projects. He also stated that steps must be taken to prevent settler attacks on Palestinian communities and protect EU-funded projects.  “The EU has not even made a list of possible actions to present to Member States,” Shehada explained. “So, make a list of actions; it’s as simple as that—it [should be] intuitive.”

One way to hold [Israeli authorities] accountable, he said, is the Association Council. “You have an upcoming meeting with the Associate Council that Israel is expected to be invited to,” Shehada elaborated. “If you [meet] without any conditions vis-à-vis Israel’s behavior on the ground, it will only signal weakness to the Israeli government and to settlers.”

Shehada called for MEPs to challenge the restrictions imposed on Palestinians by Israeli authorities, to “keep making a good noise”, and visit the ground themselves to meet Palestinians “to create a sense that the world has not moved on from their cause and that they are not isolated, because this is the perception that the Israeli government is trying to sell to the Palestinians; that you are on your own”.

Besides Muhammed Shehada of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, speakers at the meeting were Giovanni Di Girolamo, Head of Unit, Neighborhood and Middle East (DG ECHO); Michael Mann, Head of Division, Middle East - Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Middle East Peace Process (EEAS); and Aundrea Domenico, Head of the West Bank Coordination Unit at the United Nations

On Sunday, Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine stressed that the settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque will only be met with more resistance that defends the rights of its Palestinian people in the face of this aggression.

Muhammad Hamadeh, Hamas spokesman for the occupied city of Jerusalem, said, “Our Palestinian people are united in defending Al-Aqsa Mosque and confronting the aggression.”

Hamada stressed in a press statement that "the enemy cannot succeed in breaking the equation." like he said.

He added: "The settlers' incursions into Al-Aqsa represent a continuation of the aggression and encroachment on Al-Aqsa, and they are tantamount to acts of desecration through which the occupation wants to extract an image of victory for itself in Jerusalem," stressing that the resistance will continue until the end of the occupation.

He stressed that "the continuation of the aggression against Al-Aqsa will be met by our people with unity and steadfastness despite the obstacles placed by the occupation to prevent worshipers from reaching the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Al-Aqsa will not be left alone." like he said.

He added: "The repetition of the attack on Al-Aqsa cannot, under any circumstances, become a normal habit."

For its part, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine warned that the continued targeting of the city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque will lead to very serious repercussions for the occupation, stressing that these attacks and provocations, and the escalation of the attack against the Palestinians throughout the occupied territories, will not deter them from waging their daily battle to confront the fascist entity that He seeks to uproot our people from their land. As stated in the text of its statement.

The Front said, “The frenzied war waged by the Zionist enemy against Jerusalem has become important and a major agenda on the agenda of the racist government of murderers and fascists led by Netanyahu, Smoitrich, and Ben Gvir.” Today’s storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque is being carried out with the support and a clear green light from the occupation government, which seeks To transform the conflict into a religious battle through plans to gradually seize the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque by devoting the temporal and spatial division plan, which placed Al-Aqsa at any moment on the crater of a volcano that could explode in the face of the occupation at any moment.”

The Front stressed that the occupation’s plans to expand its aggression against our people and their sanctities will only be met with more operations.

On days like these, 41 years have passed since the Sabra and Shatila massacre of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, which was committed by Lebanese gangs with the support and cover of the Israeli occupation forces that invaded Lebanon in 1982 AD and occupied the capital, Beirut, but after the Palestinian forces withdrew from it after the United States pledged The US, through its mediator Philip Habib, agreed to protect the security of the Palestinian camps and not allow the Israeli occupation forces to occupy Beirut.

However, this American pledge was like throwing ash in the eyes, especially since all the information confirmed that America knew about the massacre that lasted for three days and nights, but it did not do anything to stop it, but rather remained silent like the silence of graves, which means that it and the Israeli occupation forces are partners. In the massacre, and that betting on America is a failed bet by all standards and standards, because the United States is hostile to the Palestinian people and deals with two standards regarding the Israeli side, as it is always on its side and against the Palestinian people always and forever.

The Palestinian refugees in the two camps paid a heavy price as a result of this massacre, as the number of martyrs - men, women and children - reached about four thousand martyrs, and the Lebanese gangs used all types of weapons, including edged weapons, as they cut open the stomachs of women and children and other heinous practices that are deplorable. She has the forehead of humanity.

This hideous massacre that befell our people in the two camps expresses the extent of the enemies’ hatred for the Palestinian people, and a miserable attempt to liquidate their existence for the benefit of the occupying state and its agents in the region and abroad.

However, our people, who sacrificed hundreds of thousands of martyrs on the altar of their national cause, will continue their struggle until their full goals of complete freedom and independence are achieved and the establishment of their independent state on their national soil with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.

This massacre and other massacres committed against our people will remain a disgrace on the forehead of all those who carried out and contributed to it and those who remained silent about committing it, as the United States of America did.

Our people, who have not forgotten their martyrs, will not forget this massacre and other massacres, and will not forgive, no matter how long or short it takes, and its perpetrators will pay the price, sooner or later, as the blood of the martyrs will not be in vain.

The international community also bears responsibility for the terrible massacre because it did not hold accountable the killers and those who supported them and those who remained silent about it, especially the occupation forces that provided everything necessary for the Lebanese gangs to carry out the massacre.

The day will come when our people will regain their full rights and the criminal killers will be held accountable, and Palestinian memory will remain alive until the rights of the martyrs of the massacre and other massacres that will not be forgotten are fulfilled.

The State of Palestine officially joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, “UNESCO” on 10/31/2011. UNESCO is the first United Nations organization in which the Palestinians seek full membership after Palestine submitted a request for full membership in the Security Council - the United Nations on 9/23/2011.

To obtain full membership in UNESCO, voting took place at the organization’s headquarters in the French capital, Paris, at its thirty-sixth session, in which 173 countries out of 194 countries that enjoy membership in this organization participated. 107 members voted in favor of Palestine’s accession, while 14 members opposed. 52 members abstained from voting, including the United States and Israel. Since that time, Palestine has achieved many achievements within the corridors of UNESCO and registered three sites on the World Heritage List, as follows:

- In Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus Christ: the Church of the Nativity and the pilgrims’ path in 2012,

- In Battir - the land of grapes and olives and the cultural landscape of South Jerusalem in 2014,

- In Hebron - the site of the Old City in 2017.

Now, in September 2023, Palestine will celebrate the fourth achievement since joining the organization by registering the archaeological site of Tell al-Sultan in ancient Jericho, after it met the selection criteria for registering the site. Voting will take place during the World Heritage Committee’s 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The 1972 Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage states that some of the world's sites are of "outstanding universal value" and must form part of the common heritage of humanity. More than 190 members joined this agreement, commonly known as the “World Heritage Convention,” forming an international community united under a common mission of identifying and preserving the most important natural and cultural heritage sites in the world. The agreement emphasizes the role of local communities as an effective tool to address issues of climate change, rapid urban expansion, mass tourism, sustainable social and economic development, natural disasters, and other contemporary challenges that may harm archaeological sites.

Israel joined UNESCO in 1949, and the organization expelled it in 1974 after it carried out excavations in the Haram al-Sharif area. However, it regained its membership and achieved several gains, registering 9 sites on the heritage list, including the Great Beit Shearim Cemetery, which is an important shrine for the Jewish renewal movement in 2015, and the Baha’i holy places in Haifa and the Galilee in 2008, the biblical hills in Megiddo and Beersheba in 2005, the Incense Route in the Negev Desert in 2005, the white city of Tel Aviv in 2003, the ancient city of Akko and Masada in 2001 until Israel officially withdrew from the organization on October 17, 2018, and its withdrawal entered into force at the beginning of 2019. This came in protest against what it called UNESCO’s bias towards the Palestinians after adopting several resolutions related to Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories. Despite officially discontinuing its membership in UNESCO, Israel is still represented in the Heritage Committee in order to preserve the areas registered in its name. Under Trump, America suspended its membership and support for UNESCO, but returned with the victory of Biden and the Democrats.

In 2011, Palestine did not succeed in obtaining full membership in the Security Council, but it did in the General Assembly in 2012 with a majority vote under the Union for Peace clause, becoming a non-member observer “state” by Resolution 67/19, after the PLO had the status of an “entity.” Observer since 1974 as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. Accordingly, Palestine obtained the privilege of joining international treaties, agreements and organizations. According to the United Nations database, there are more than 560 multilateral treaties internationally, Palestine has joined about 70 of them. The State of Palestine was able to achieve these achievements with the vision and leadership of the Executive Committee of the PLO at that time, represented by Dr. Saeb Erekat, who chaired the Supreme National Committee for Palestine’s accession to international agreements and treaties, and he was the one who adopted and led the internationalization strategy to consolidate Palestine’s position on the geography map. He used specialized international legal advisors in coordination with the competent authorities internally, represented by the competent ministry - in the case of heritage, the Ministry of Tourism - and in cooperation with the official representative of the PLO in each of these international organizations. He continued working to ensure the registration of its membership and full representation and to achieve international diplomatic gains, believing in the importance of establishing Rights and documentation to preserve the status of Palestine and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in all aspects of international law and UN resolutions to confront the occupation’s attempts to steal identity and heritage and distort the Palestinian narrative.

It is necessary for the PLO to reactivate efforts, in full coordination between all parties, to register other archaeological sites in Palestine to ensure the protection of the cultural and natural heritage and Palestinian archaeological sites that are threatened by the natural and human factors of time and the occupation’s destructive or Judaization attempts. We must not be satisfied with registering these sites, but rather work to protect and promote them and carefully transform them into tourist attraction sites to contribute to the international promotion process that supports the Palestinian economy and Palestine’s international presence.

- Dalal Erekat: Professor of Diplomacy and Strategic Planning, College of Graduate Studies, Arab American University.

The death toll from floods in the city of Derna in eastern Libya has risen to 11,300, according to what the United Nations announced on Saturday in an update to the toll, citing the Libyan Red Crescent.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, also based on Libyan Red Crescent figures, reported that 10,100 others were still missing in the stricken city. The update added that floods claimed the lives of 170 people elsewhere in eastern Libya outside Derna.

The UN report stated, "These numbers are expected to rise as search and rescue crews work diligently to find survivors."
He added that about a week after Hurricane Daniel hit northeastern Libya, "the humanitarian situation remains bleak, especially in Derna."

The report stated that the city suffers from a severe problem with drinking water, and at least 55 children have been poisoned by drinking contaminated water.

In the surrounding areas, which have witnessed years of armed conflict, the United Nations has warned of the dangers of landmines that have been swept from one place to another by flood waters and threaten civilians moving on foot.

Last night, the Egyptian authorities released an Israeli security guard from Holon, near Tel Aviv, after he was arrested at the Taba crossing at the end of last month after 5 bullets were found in his bag.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the Israeli Foreign Ministry made great efforts to release Daniel Haim.

Haim was arrested on the twenty-fourth of last August, while he was on his way to spend his vacation in Sinai, as he works in a security company and holds a weapons license. After his arrest, his detention was extended and his phone was confiscated, and his friends who were with him were allowed to continue their journey.

The website pointed out that the Egyptian authorities dealt with the Israeli detainee harshly, and that they did not release him quickly after a day or two as in previous cases, and it is not known why his detention period was prolonged.

At dawn and Sunday morning, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids in various areas of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

For the second day in a row, and for the third time within 5 days, these forces continued to carry out a massive storming operation into the town of Beita, south of Nablus.

These forces raided dozens of homes, wreaked havoc on them, and subjected their residents to field investigation.

Confrontations broke out in the town, causing dozens of suffocation injuries among young men.

An Israeli force arrested the two young men, Zakaria Abu Jamous and Abdullah Zaqout, from the city of Tulkarm, as they passed through a checkpoint near the town of Prophet Elias.

These forces also raided many citizens’ homes in the town of Beit Awa in Hebron, the town of Al-Auja, north of Jericho, Al-Qara roundabout, Al-Mazraa Al-Gharbiyya, and Beit Rima, in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.

A similar operation was carried out in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem.

On Sunday morning, settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in successive groups, amid calls to intensify the storming to commemorate the so-called “Hebrew New Year.”

A group of settlers were seen performing “epic prostration” inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa.

Previously, large forces of the occupation police stormed the courtyards of the mosque to secure the settlers’ incursions, as some members of those forces were seen removing some of the stationed people from inside it.

These forces prevented worshipers from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, and forced those inside it to leave.

A group of male and female marabouts gathered inside Al-Aqsa, where they shouted “Allahu Akbar” amid attempts to disrupt the settlers’ incursions.

The occupation forces deployed heavily inside the Old City since the early hours of dawn in preparation for securing the settlers' incursions.

In recent days, various factions, forces, and activities have launched calls to gather in Al-Aqsa and Rabat inside it, coinciding with calls for settlers to participate forcefully in the raids.

A young man was injured this Saturday evening in a settler attack on citizens and their homes in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in central Hebron.

According to local sources, settlers, protected by the Israeli occupation forces, assaulted the young man, Abdullah Ragheb Abu Aisha, and stabbed him in the back with a knife, causing injuries, after which he received treatment at the scene and his injury was described as moderate.

The sources added that a number of settlers threw stones and empty bottles at citizens and their homes, causing the shattering of a number of home windows belonging to the families: Abu Markhiya, Abu Shamsiyya, Ghanem, Dais, Al-Haddad, Abu Haikal, Abu Aisha and others, near the “Ramat Yishai” settlement, which was violently established on citizens’ lands and property in Tal. Rumaida.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that "Biden is not too old" to prevent him from seeking a second presidential term, but he pointed out that the biggest problem is that he is "incompetent."

The former US President's statements came during an interview with NBC that will be broadcast on Sunday, in the midst of an ongoing debate in the United States about the aging of the political class, which is a major factor in the 2024 elections.

At the due date, Biden will be 82 years old, while Trump will be 78 years old.

Polls indicate greater fear among Americans about Biden's age, despite the small age difference between the two men.

A poll showed that 75 percent of respondents doubted the Democratic president's ability to assume the duties of office for a second term.

At the end of his term, Trump was the second-oldest American president (Ronald Reagan was 77 years old at the end of his term), which constitutes a challenge for the real estate mogul, who, despite this, continues to call the current president “Sleepy Joe.”

If he wins the presidency in the 2024 elections, Trump will be 82 years old when his term ends.

"Some of the world's greatest leaders were eighty," Trump said in the interview, adding, "By the way, I'm not even close to being eighty."

He continued, "Biden is not very old, but I think he is incompetent, and this is a bigger problem."

Biden's age is a major obstacle to him, despite the efforts made by the White House to market his economic, social and diplomatic successes.

During Biden's last medical examination in February, his doctor described him as "energetic" and in "good health." However, Seneh continues to concern voters in a country that places great importance on youth.

The president now walks very cautiously and stutters, and since he is always under the spotlight, there is no escape.

In the interview, Trump said that his age does not cause him concern, noting that his parents lived a long life.

"Genetically, it's a good thing," he continued.

This Saturday evening, clashes broke out in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, with the Israeli occupation forces.

According to local sources, large forces of the occupation army stormed the town of Beita amidst the firing of tear gas bombs, which led to the outbreak of confrontations and the injury of a number of citizens to suffocation cases.

The sources added that the occupation forces have been imposing a siege on the town of Beita for days and are conducting raids and searches of neighborhoods there.

A man and six women were killed by thunderbolts that struck two homes in the coastal governorate of Hodeidah, western Yemen, according to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), which is run by the Houthi group.

The agency reported today (Saturday), quoting local sources, that “a family of four women died as a result of a thunderbolt” that struck a house in the Al-Lahiya District of Hodeidah Governorate.

In a similar incident in Al-Zahra District in Hodeidah Governorate, a man, his wife, and his sister died as a result of a lightning strike that struck their house, according to the agency.

In a press statement, the center warned Yemenis “of thunderstorms, the flow of torrents in the reefs and valleys, and the presence or crossing of torrential paths in areas where rain is expected” in the Yemeni governorates.

On Saturday, an Israeli military site was subjected to a shooting attack near the Shweika suburb of Tulkarm.

According to an Israeli military spokesman, the shooting did not cause any casualties, and military forces conducted a survey in the area and found bullet casings.

Following the event, a military force stormed the area, amid violent confrontations with young men, while the force confiscated security camera recordings.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused the European Union of seeking to distance itself from Turkey, while accession negotiations with Ankara are stalled.

"The European Union seeks to distance itself from Turkey. We will make our own assessment of the situation and we can also go in another direction," Erdogan said before heading to New York to participate in the United Nations General Assembly.

The Turkish President was answering journalists' questions after the European Enlargement Commissioner asked Ankara to make progress on the issue of democracy. Hungarian Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said during his visit to Ankara last week, “The accession negotiations are currently suspended. In order for them to resume, there are very clear criteria...that must be taken into account, linked to democracy and the rule of law.”

Turkey, still officially an EU candidate, submitted its application in 1987 to the EEC and in 1999 to the EU, but accession negotiations that began in 2005 have been stalled for several years.
Relations have been strained since the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and the subsequent widespread purges targeting opponents and journalists.

The National Bureau for Land Defense and Settlement Resistance said that the “Oslo” Accords, which have passed thirty years since their signing, are being overshadowed by successive waves of construction operations and destructive settlement plans that target the remaining land of the Palestinians, pointing out that the number of settlers in the West Bank, including Jerusalem Eastern has increased seven times since the signing of those agreements.

On September 13, 1993, what was called the first Oslo Agreement (Declaration of Principles Agreement) was signed in the White House garden in Washington. On the twenty-eighth of September 1995, what was called the Palestinian-Israeli Interim Agreement was signed in Taba, Egypt, which divided the West Bank into what became known as areas (A), which are large Palestinian cities and towns, and (B), which includes villages and small towns, and (C) It is the largest area, equal to about 62% of the area of the West Bank, and is administratively and security-wise subject to full Israeli control. This division of the West Bank was not arbitrary, coincidental, or meaningless, as much as it was deliberate and indicated implicit goals. Later years showed how dangerous it was. This area, called (C), according to the interim agreement, was the target of the occupying state’s ambitions as a vital area for its settlement project. 99% of this area is completely excluded from Palestinian use, and the occupation authorities do not allow Palestinians to build there for residential, commercial or industrial purposes. It contains most of the natural resources in the West Bank, and it contains the main water basins with the exception of the northeastern basin in Jenin Governorate, and it contains open spaces, which were The source of income for Palestinian farmers, and 70% of its lands are defined as being within the municipal boundaries of settlements and settlers.

The first settlement wave
This area was targeted for settlement from the beginning. This settlement went through three waves, and it seems that we are on a date with its fourth and final phase. The first wave was the period of Labor Party rule between 1967 and 1977, when a number of settlements were built, amounting to about 31 settlements, the most important of which were in the Greater Jerusalem area and in Gush Etzion in the Bethlehem Governorate and in the Jordan Valley, in addition to the settlement that was established on the lands of the destroyed villages (Yalo, Beit Nuba, Latrun). As for the number of settlers, it rose to 2,876 settlers. The focus at that time was on Gush Etzion, the Jordan Valley, and the Greater Jerusalem area, while in the rest of the West Bank, Israel built only one settlement.

The second wave
The second wave came with the major shift in Israel's settlement policy after the rise of the extreme right led by Menachem Begin to power and after the signing of the peace agreement with Egypt. At the end of the seventies and the beginning of the eighties, Israel established 35 settlements, followed by 43 new settlements until the end of the eighties. Settlement activities escalated in the period that accompanied the Madrid and Washington negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides after the First Gulf War in 1991. The government of Yitzhak Shamir established seven new settlements, and the number of settlers rose to 107 thousand settlers, bringing their percentage to 5.3% of the general population of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. .

Third wave
As for the third wave, it was after the signing of the Oslo Accords, when settlement activities continued, as settlement expansion took place, bypass roads were opened, and military orders were issued ordering the seizure of Palestinian lands, contrary to what was included in the “Oslo” Accords, which stipulated that neither party may begin Or take any step that would change the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip until awaiting the results of the final status negotiations, as if Israel is in a race against time to impose more new facts on the ground. The Israeli governments used the agreements that were signed with the Palestinian side, just as they used the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations as a political cover for their settlement activities until we reached, before the last elections for the Israeli Knesset in 2022, 158 settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, inhabited by about 700-750 thousand. settlers, in addition to 15-20 thousand settlers living in more than 200 settlement outposts, which over time began to turn into an incubator for Jewish terrorist organizations, such as the “Hill Youth” organizations, “Pay the Price” organizations, and other organizations calling themselves “rebellion,” and with this expansion Settlement expansion is no longer talking about political settlements (that can be dismantled) and security settlements, as Yitzhak Rabin put it, but rather about a settlement-colonial structure on an area of 600 thousand dunums, which constitutes about 12% of the area of the West Bank, in addition to about two million dunums, which is the area of areas under the influence of the councils. The area of the Palestinian lands under the direct control of the settlements, including settlement outposts and so-called pastoral farms, amounts to about 40% of the total area of the West Bank.

The current fourth wave
The fourth wave of unprecedented settlement activity and destructive Israeli plans began with the rise of the fascist and neo-Nazi right to power in Israel after the last elections for the Knesset, which took place in November of last year, which aimed to raise the number of settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to about One million settlers over the next two years. Bezalel Smutotrich, Minister of Finance and Minister of Settlements in the Ministry of the Army, for his part, prepared a settlement plan that includes dozens of settlement projects, including new construction, including new settlement cities, and the legalization of about 155 settlement outposts and pastoral farms, (which are two sides of the same coin and a shelter for Jewish terrorist organizations. That is why he asked two weeks ago to postpone the discussion of granting “legitimacy” to a number of settlement outposts in the Israeli Knesset, pending the crystallization of his destructive settlement project. In this, Smotrich intersects with both Ben Gvir and Netanyahu. In Jerusalem, new settlement cities such as “New Talpiot” and “Kadmat Zion,” bypass roads, and a light train, and in the rest of the West Bank governorates, a return to settlement in the settlements, which were evacuated by the Sharon government in 2005 in the Jenin Governorate, and the intensification and development of pastoral settlement in the areas on the banks of the Jordan Valley, starting with the areas Located to the east of the towns of Beit Dajan and Ben Furik, up to the north in the areas of Beita, Qasra, Majdal Bani Fadel, Douma, Jalud, and Qaryut in the Nablus Governorate. And in the areas of Turmus Aya, Bani Falah, Al-Mughir, Kafr Malek, and Marajat Al-Taybeh in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, all the way to the Jerusalem desert in the direction of the Jordan Valley and the city of Jericho. For this purpose, the occupation government has allocated about 3.5 billion shekels to prepare the necessary infrastructure for such projects, including accelerating the completion of a number of new bypass roads, which exempt settlers from traveling in areas populated by Palestinian residents. Benjamin Netanyahu is not far from Smotrich's settlement plans and projects, as he encourages them in the context of a long-term project that talks about moving settlement to a new qualitative stage.

In numbers
If we try to zoom in on the picture with numbers, we will realize the size and extent of the dangerous development that has occurred in the settlement project in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. According to the population statistics for the settlements, issued by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, and also issued by the Settlements Council in what is called “Judea and Samaria,” the number of settlers in the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, at the signing of the first Oslo Accords in 1993 was about 115,000, and it rose in 1999 to about 177,411. In 2005 to 249,901, in 2010 to 313,928, in 2015 to 388,285, and in 2018 to 430,147, bringing by the end of 2022 more than 500,000 settlers, residing in 158 Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including 24 in East Jerusalem. In addition, there are approximately 200 illegal Israeli settlement outposts and pastoral farms inhabited by about 25,000 settlers, the vast majority of whom are the terrorist “Hill Youth” and “Price Price” thugs. In total, more than 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in the West Bank, in addition to 250,000 residing in East Jerusalem, meaning that the total exceeds 750,000 settlers, which constitutes seven times the number that was the case in 1993.

Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshipers, under the pretext of Jewish holidays.

The director of the sanctuary, Ghassan Al-Rajabi, said that its closure comes within the framework of the temporal and spatial division by the Israeli occupation, which permanently stole about 36% of its corridors.

He explained that the occupation completely closes the sanctuary for 10 days a year, under the pretext of Jewish holidays, and takes away the right from Palestinian worshipers, noting that the occupation decided to close it this year on the dates: 16, 20, 24, and 25 of this month.

The two detainees, Kayed Al-Fafsous and Sultan Khalouf, continue their open hunger strike for the 45th day in a row, against their administrative detention.

The Prisoners' Club warned, in a statement, of the escalating risks to their lives, in light of the occupation forces' refusal to address their demand to end their arbitrary administrative detention, the delay in transferring them to civilian hospitals, and their continued detention in cells.

Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a university student at the military enclave checkpoint northwest of occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the student at Birzeit University, Shadi Amira, from the town of Jabal Mukaber, while he was passing through the aforementioned military checkpoint.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has voiced significant concerns over the sustainability of the Palestinian economy. This alarm follows recent tax cuts implemented by the Israeli government. As per the IMF’s findings, the Palestinian economy is grappling with a host of challenges, including a worsening security, political, and social situation. Consequently, economic recovery is losing momentum, and per capita income is projected to decline over the medium term.

Slowing Economic Growth Amid Fiscal Crises

Despite a brief rebound in growth following the pandemic in 2021, the growth rate of the Palestinian economy declined to 3.9% in 2022. The IMF anticipates this reduction to continue, with predictions of a further shrinkage to 3% in 2023. The fiscal crisis in Palestine remains unresolved due to limited prospects for necessary deep expenditure reforms and the unresolved fiscal disputes with Israel.

Key Factors Contributing to Economic Difficulties

The IMF report identifies several pivotal factors contributing to the economic challenges in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. These include Israel withholding tax revenues and a consistent lack of support from the international community. The report underscores the need for a collective effort from the Palestinian Authority, Israel, and the international community to spur economic growth.

The Necessity for Easing Restrictions

The IMF stresses the importance of easing Israeli-imposed restrictions on movement, access, and investment, particularly in Area C. The opening up of Gaza is also crucial to improving Palestinian employment and real incomes. These measures are deemed essential to counter the dwindling economic conditions and provide a much-needed boost to the Palestinian economy.

Stable Palestinian Banking Sector Amid Crisis

Notwithstanding the grim economic scenario, the IMF report does highlight a positive aspect – the stability of the Palestinian banking sector. Despite the ongoing economic crisis, the banking sector exhibits resilience, showing early signs of asset quality deterioration but remaining generally stable. This stability is a silver lining in the otherwise bleak economic landscape of Palestine.

Director of the Hospital Pharmacy Department at the Ministry of Health, Alaa Helles, warned of the cessation of dialysis services in Gaza Strip hospitals due to the acute shortage of medical consumables needed for dialysis.

Helles stated in a press statement that this poses a threat to the lives of 1,100 patients with kidney failure, including 38 children, each of whom needs 3 dialysis sessions per week to remove toxins from their fragile bodies and keep them alive.

Helles explained that the central warehouses have become completely empty of medical consumables for dialysis services, including filters, cannulas, and blood tubes, pointing out that what is available in hospital dialysis departments is only sufficient for 10 days at most.

Hillis explained that the Ministry of Health’s hospitals provide more than 13,000 dialysis sessions for kidney failure patients every month, which represents life to them, which requires all relevant authorities to take urgent action in order to provide the needs of kidney failure patients for medical consumables, which means continuing service for them and maintaining On their lives.

Since the Sais-Picot Agreement in the year 1916 AD and the division of the rule of the Arab countries between Britain and France, it became clear that there was a conspiracy against the Palestinian people, as the colonial rule of Palestine was the share of Britain, whose foreign policy was controlled by Rothschild, the leader of the Zionist Freemasons. In the year 1917 AD, and by order of Rothschild, a declaration was issued by the British Foreign Minister. Lord Balfour, called the Balfour Declaration, to establish a Jewish-Zionist-Masonic entity in Palestine.

After the defeat of the Ottoman rule in 1922 AD, Britain colonized Palestine under the guise of a mandate and appointed the Zionist Samuel as High Commissioner for Palestine.

During these years, Hitler or the Nazis did not rule Austria or Germany, that is, at this time there was no torture or burning by the Nazis of Jews and others, meaning that America, Britain and Europe all agreed to plant this cancer called Israel. In the heart of the Arab nation.

British colonialism was the official delegate to assist Zionist immigration to Palestine. And allowing the construction of armed colonies by the Zionist gangs, the Haganah, Stern, Irgun and other gangs.

In the year 1948 AD, specifically on May 15, Britain decided to end its colonization of Palestine, leaving behind all the weapons stores of the Zionist gangs that displaced our people and committed massacres against them in full view of the entire world.

Instead of the world supporting our people, the American Zionist President Truman recognized the State of Israel, which he declared on the ruins of our people after a United Nations Council meeting was held at the behest of America and pressured several countries to recognize the occupying state. This was done without recognizing the State of Palestine.

The first to recognize the State of Israel were the United States and Russia, followed by Britain, the first criminal against the Palestinian people, and followed by the rest of the European and non-European countries, without a solution to the Palestinian issue due to the intransigence of America, which implements as Israel wants.

The migration of the Palestinian people to the ring countries, with ignorant Arab promises, America’s malicious plans biased towards Israel, and the mistake of the leaders of the ring states, who signed a permanent truce with the entity state without the condition of the return of the Palestinian refugees, made the Palestinian people homeless, without a state, and living in shelters outside the homeland, or inside, or in a land under unjust occupation.

From 1948 to the present day, America has become a faithful servant of Israel, not caring about the financial power of the Arabs. On the contrary, it encourages the Arab countries to normalize relations with this usurping entity.

Unfortunately, America, which built its greatness as the protector of democracy in the world, has now clearly emerged, after the Russian-Ukrainian war, as the leader of racism in the world.
In the end, only America and Israel remain in the world standing together against any project that ends this Jewish-Zionist-Masonic occupation.
Therefore, the Palestinian factions that talk about liberation have no choice but to end this division, so that we can be one hand in resisting this occupation, the price of which is paid only by the Palestinian people, and God is our helper.
*Member of the National Council

The sixteenth of September, forty-one years have passed since the Sabra and Shatila massacre. It is still engraved in the memory, its facts are torn apart, the minutes of which I lived through in the heart. Its preludes are still ever present. The Israeli enemy’s tanks and planes, its shells and missiles that smell like rain, turn tin plates into fragments that tear apart bodies. The rumblings, the illumination shells, the roar of planes, the roar of tanks, silencers, and the axes of criminals, their sharpened knives and machetes slitting necks and ripping open bellies, the wine bottles scattered on the murderers’ tables, the chains, the ropes wrapped around the necks and bodies of the martyrs, what remains of the screams of children and the groans of the wounded standing on the verge of death, the heads and limbs of children. The tomb is swimming in a pool of blood, the girls the age of roses slaughtered with the brutality and sadism of the era, and the piles of martyrs who died, and a few heroic young men who did not brave so that the massacre would not be more horrific and widespread, scenes that still reside in the depths of memory and occupy the core of the heart, on this painful memory, it is only appropriate to say “We will not forget and we will not forgive”... There I was a young man in the alleys of that camp, and there also the departure of brave loved ones and friends whose deeds you can forget. I will never forget those moments that are engraved in my memory. I did not like that they were three harsh, difficult days and nights, and one time during which the earth drank blood until it drank, and I cannot tell you that the blood became a pool in which the limbs of swollen children floated in one of the houses. The blood mixed with the water, the organs of the human bodies mixed with each other.

The sixteenth day of September, 41 years ago, in the sunset hours of a Thursday, over three long and very long days, the massacre of the era took place - the Sabra and Shatila massacre - its introduction was painful and its events were more painful, but its bloody events are still indelibly engraved on the wall of the heart, residing in the folds of the ribs engraved. In the files of memory, they conjure up tears solidified in the eyelids, just as they conjure up moments of anger flying like flames. That day, forty-one years ago, the Israeli enemy tanks that stormed Beirut after the end of the Palestinian revolution, poured lava from their cannon shells and missiles onto the campers’ dilapidated homes. Zionist snipers were stationed on the roofs of high-rise buildings. At the roundabout of the Kuwaiti embassy, the heroes of the joint forces who were determined to attack Beirut are resisting the advance initiated by the invading occupation army. The whiz of eighth bullets from the silencers begins in the first hours of the massacre, harvesting heads without noise or uproar, and the axes of the criminals, their machetes and daggers, tearing open stomachs under a barrage of illumination shells. With which the occupation army covered the skies of the two camps, alcohol bottles scattered on the killers’ tables near the Al-Miqdad shelter in the Al-Harsh area, chains and ropes that were hastily wrapped around groups of people whose heads were shot without mercy, and the bodies of the martyrs mixed with the car tires at the entrance to the camp. Near the Ajnadayn checkpoint at the entrance to the camp, and the cries of the remaining children and the groans of the wounded standing on the brink of death before their souls soar to reach the sky,

The severed heads and limbs of children dumped in pools of blood behind Al-Dukhi’s shop, the girls the age of roses killed in the brutality and sadism of the era, and piles of martyrs.

They were killed by the assassins’ bullets. They were transported and gathered in long trenches as long as the pain and as deep as the wound and pain, and dirt was quickly falling down to obliterate the traces of the crime in a mass grave among more than 3,500 martyrs. In the midst of this fiery time, a few young men whose ages did not exceed their twenties, and their number was dozens, fought from Alley after alley, they valiantly fought hard and hard until the bullets ran out. They fought with the courage of men so that the massacre would not be more horrific, broader, and longer. These are all scenes that are still present, inhabiting the depths of memory that will not be erased by long years. How can one forget the moments of his certain death and his survival by chance at the same time?

For such a memory, it is impossible to forget, and for this galaxy, it is impossible to forgive... There I was young, and there among the alleys were the departure of brave loved ones and friends, and the dust of Shatila embraces many of them. I will never forget those moments as long as I love them. They were three harsh, difficult and bitter days, during which the earth drank blood until it saturated.

The Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, said that facilitating Hajj and Umrah for the Palestinians was at the core of the dialogue and meetings he held with his Palestinian and Jordanian counterparts.

Al-Rabiah stated during a press conference held at the Ritz Carnton Hotel in Amman yesterday that his official visit to Jordan, accompanied by a high-level delegation representing a number of governmental Hajj and Umrah agencies and the private sector, confirms the depth of the historical relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Palestine, and dedicates the keenness and interest of the wise leadership to provide All services that facilitate the performance of religious rituals for pilgrims and visitors.

He added, "Our discussions with our counterparts from the Jordanian and Palestinian sides were fruitful and constructive, and addressed a number of pivotal issues to ensure an unforgettable faith journey for Jordanian pilgrims and pilgrims."

He continued: During my meeting with the Jordanian Minister of Endowments, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places, Muhammad Al-Khalayleh, I confirmed our continued efforts to develop services for the guests of God, which comes within the framework of the Kingdom’s role and commitment to the Islamic world and Muslims everywhere, and to provide the opportunity for the largest number of our brothers and sisters in Jordan and Palestine to perform rituals during... Hajj and Umrah seasons.

He continued, "I also discussed with the Palestinian Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, Hatem bin Muhammad al-Bakri, aspects of cooperation and coordination between our two countries and the facilities provided by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to our brothers in Palestine."

Dr. Al-Rabiah said that, during his meeting with Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Makram Mustafa Al-Qaisi, he discussed a number of topics to enhance ways of joint cooperation and integration and intensify efforts between our two countries to maximize the positive impact of the guests of God who come to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to visit Mecca and Medina, and all regions and cities of Saudi Arabia.

In response to a question from Al-Quds.com about ways to facilitate Hajj and Umrah for the Palestinians and Saudi-Jordanian coordination at the crossings/King Hussein Bridge, he said: “The Kingdom is working in coordination with Jordan and Palestinian officials to overcome all obstacles and provide all means to facilitate Umrah and tourism to the Kingdom through the application "Nusk", which enables one to obtain a visa through the application, so that it is possible to perform Umrah and take tourist tours in the Kingdom with complete ease.

Regarding the objectives of the visit to Jordan, the Saudi minister said that his visit comes under the direct guidance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, as they always emphasize strengthening the relations between our two countries, which are characterized by strategic and historical depth, and bring together civilization, good neighbourliness, similar geography, and deep-rooted brotherhood and heritage. Close and one language, in addition to common, mutual and largely compatible interests, which are distinguished from other relations as they are united by religion and Arabism.

He continued: "The visit comes within the framework of the keenness of the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, and all sectors of the system of serving the guests of God, to provide the best facilities to all pilgrims, in a way that ensures saving time and effort, and raises the quality of services. My visit is also to discuss all the challenges that may arise." We confront our brothers and sisters in Jordan if they wish to perform the rituals of Umrah, Hajj, or visitation, and work with all our partners and counterparts in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to overcome everything that would facilitate Muslims’ performance of their rituals in peace and tranquility.”

Dr. Al-Rabiah said: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia embraces more than 200,000 Jordanians working in various regions of Saudi Arabia, and they work side by side with their Saudi brothers in many aspects.

He explained that by introducing the “Nusk” platform, we are leading a transformative initiative to make the extended Umrah easier and smoother than ever before. This step resonates with our dedication to serving the global Islamic community, ensuring that every pilgrim’s spiritual journey is profound and seamless.

In response to a question about the land and air transportation arrangements made by Saudi Arabia to ensure a smooth journey for Jordanian and Palestinian pilgrims from their arrival in Saudi Arabia until their departure, he said: His visit to Jordan, accompanied by a delegation representing the land and air transportation sectors, is with the aim of meeting with our counterparts and discussing a group of issues that touch on their needs and interests. The guests of God are among our brothers in Jordan who wish to perform Umrah and visit rituals.”

He stressed that the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah seeks to reach complementary and consensual formulas and overcome obstacles and problems in a way that achieves the interests of all parties, and in a way that guarantees the pilgrim, pilgrim, and visitor alike a rich journey of faith in Mecca, Medina, and the rest of the Kingdom’s cities through all land and air ports.

Regarding the most important initiatives taken by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah to facilitate Umrah for Jordanians, he stressed that the Saudi leadership and people welcome the guests of God from Jordan, as it has facilitated the arrival of pilgrims and visitors, and continues tirelessly to provide high-quality services, in order to enrich the religious and cultural experience through packages of facilities. All entities working in the Hajj and Umrah system are honored to provide it.

He said: "The Jordanian and Palestinian people have a great place in the hearts of their Saudi brothers, and we welcome them with all types of visas, such as visits and invitations from family and friends for a period of up to 90 days. The land borders between the two countries have facilitated the arrival of pilgrims and we seek to work as a system to provide more facilities for pilgrims by land."

He explained that we are working with our brothers in Jordan and in cooperation with our partners in the Hajj and Umrah system to facilitate the journey of the Guest of God from Jordan to perform the Umrah ritual by developing the land crossings between the two countries, especially the Haditha and Halat Ammar crossings.

He said: Work is underway to coordinate between all parties in civil aviation in the two countries to search for the best possible ways to make flights to the Holy Land for Umrah pilgrims more convenient, as we look forward to receiving more of our brothers and sisters from Jordan to perform Umrah and visit.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem considered that the Israeli bombing, which targeted several resistance observation points in the Gaza Strip, last Friday evening, was “part of Nazi criminal behavior against our Palestinian people.”

Qassem said in a press statement, “This crime will not deter our people from continuing their legitimate struggle to regain their rights.”

He added: “The Zionist occupation continues to commit its crimes against our people everywhere, and today it is targeting peaceful demonstrators and journalists in a barbaric manner, as well as bombing it with drones,” considering that “the continuation of the siege on the Gaza Strip is an ongoing Zionist crime... and our people have the right to live in dignity and to break the siege.” about himself".

He continued: "Our people have the right to practice all methods of struggle against the occupation and its aggression against the holy sites, Al-Aqsa, and the prisoners, and to escalate its aggression against our people in the West Bank and the continuation of the siege of Gaza."

Last night, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of fellow journalists while they were doing their work covering the occupation’s violations against our people in the Gaza Strip.

Journalist Ashraf Abu Amra was injured in the hand by a direct gas bomb while working east of Khan Yunis, which required him to enter the operating room. A number of journalists also suffocated with poisonous gas.

The union called on international human rights institutions to put pressure on the occupation authorities to stop their attacks on journalists, and to prosecute them for their ongoing crimes.