Category: General

Gaza - Ma'an - The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said on Thursday that it lured two forces into two tunnels and blew them up as soon as they descended into the tunnels, killing and wounding them in the Yebna camp in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Source: Maan News Agency

Manama, Bahrain's parliamentary delegation participated in the remote meeting of the 18th Parliamentary Coordination and Foreign Relations Committee of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The delegation was headed by Abdulrahman Mohammed Jamsheer, Member of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security Committee of the Shura Council, and Khalid Saleh Buenq, Member of the Council of Representatives, as representatives of the Coordination and Foreign Relations Committee of the GCC countries. The committee discussed The General Secretariat's memorandum on strengthening cooperation with the parliaments of Latin American and Caribbean countries, and the memorandum on strengthening Gulf parliamentary relations with the European Parliament. They also discussed holding coordination meetings in international parliamentary forums. Source: Bahrain News Agency

Nablus - Ma'an - Interior Minister, Major General Ziad Hab Al-Rih, participated today in holding the tribal reconciliation banner between the Al-Masimi and Al-Dab'i families in Nablus Governorate, in the presence of Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas, Central Committee member Mohammed Al-Madani, directors and representatives of the security establishment, a number of dignitaries and national figures, and a number of members of the Revolutionary and Regional Councils, under the supervision of the Tribal Department and the Tribal and Reform Committee for Blood Money Cases. Major General Hab Al-Reeh conveyed the greetings of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Prime Minister to the attendees, stressing the need to enhance the culture of civil peace among the components of our people, establish a culture of dialogue, and address problems in accordance with law and order, calling for these efforts to represent a new start towards unity of feelings and unity of society, praising all efforts by various institutions and re formers in order to reconcile. For their part, the family representatives stressed the completion of the reconciliation and turning the page on the past and beginning a page of forgiveness and tolerance, thanking all the efforts made for reform and tolerance to end the problems between citizens, and everyone who contributed to this achievement between the families. Source: Maan News Agency

Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli warplanes continued their bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip on the 293rd day of the war, leaving a large number of martyrs and wounded. The Israeli occupation committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 55 martyrs and 110 wounded arrived at hospitals during the past 24 hours. The death toll from the Israeli aggression rose to 39,145 martyrs and 90,258 wounded since October 7. The occupation army continues its ground invasion of the eastern villages of Khan Yunis for the fourth consecutive day, coinciding with continuous air strikes and artillery shelling. Since the beginning of the invasion, 129 citizens have been martyred and more than 440 wounded, including 35 martyrs in the past 24 hours. Four martyrs were killed and five wounded as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted tents for displaced people in Hamad City, north of Khan Yunis. The martyrs are the father Samed al-Attar and three of his children. The occupation forces bombed the house of the Al-Najjar family in the Ma'an area, south of Khan Yunis, which resulted in the martyrdom of four citizens, while five others were martyred in a bombing that targeted a car belonging to the electricity company. A number of citizens were martyred by sniper fire near Bani Suhaila roundabout, east of Khan Yunis, as the occupation army continues to destroy residential areas. In a related context, the occupation army imposes a closure on the city of Rafah by deploying tanks on the dividing line between Rafah and Khan Yunis. Paramedics were able to retrieve the bodies of four citizens from the city. The occupation army continues to destroy homes west of Rafah and prevents people from returning to them. Central Gaza Strip: A citizen was martyred in a bombing that targeted the north of Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. The Israeli artillery bombed the vicinity of the Al-Bureij Services Club in "Block 12" in the central Gaza Strip. Seven citizens were injured when the occupation bombed th e Abu Gharqoud family home near the entrance to Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip. Gaza and the North: Four martyrs were killed and 12 others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house for the Al-Nimr family in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City. A number of citizens were injured in the bombing of a residential apartment for the Abu Jiab family in the Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City. Six were injured in the occupation's bombing of a house for the Al-Faluji family in the Al-Shaaf area in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. In Beit Lahia, six citizens were killed in a bombing that targeted a gathering of citizens. Source: Maan News Agency

Occupied Jerusalem, Four Palestinians were martyred, other were injured in ongoing Israeli occupation bombing of the Gaza Strip for the 293rd day in a row. Palestinian media reported that 4 Palestinians martyred, others were injured, including children and women in the occupation forces bombed Sheikh Radwan neighborhood northern Gaza City, while a number of Palestinians were also injured after the occupation forces bombed a house in Al-Shati camp west of Gaza City In Al-Bureij camp, central Gaza Strip, 7 Palestinians most of them children were injured when the occupation bombed a house near the entrance to the camp and in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. The occupation tanks also fired machine guns at houses in the eastern areas of the neighborhood, which led to dozens of injuries. In Khan Yunis, the occupation forces launched two raids on the town of Al-Qarara, north of the city, and the occupation forces artillery also shelled Bani Suhaila, east of the city, which led to the martyrdom of a number of Palestinians and the injury of others In Rafah city, the occupation artillery targeted the northern and western areas of the city, while the occupation aircraft launched two raids on Gaza City, which led to a number of injuries. Thus, the number of victims of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th has risen to 39,145 martyrs and 90,257 wounded, most of whom are children and women, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble. Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

An Israeli enemy drone strike targeted the vicinity of the cemetery of the town of Reb al-Thalathin, our correspondent reported on Thursday. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

Jordan's King Abdullah II issued Thursday a decision to dissolve the House of Representatives, after the end of the mandate of its members, in preparation for holding the next parliamentary elections on Sep 10. Last April, King Abdullah II issued a decision to hold House of Representatives elections on Sep. 10, which are held every four years. Jordanians will choose their representatives in the 20th Parliament in accordance with the new electoral law, which increased the number of members of the House of Representatives from 130 to 138 representatives, of which 41 seats were allocated to parties. Source: Qatar News Agency

Manama, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, Minister of Labour, inaugurated the Career Day Exhibition organised by University of Technology Bahrain (UTB). Dr. Hassan Ali Al Mulla, President of the UTB, was present. The event aims to offer a platform for UTB students to engage with 25 private sector establishments, explore job opportunities, and learn about the Ministry of Labour's training programmes for job seekers. Source: Bahrain News Agency