Ramallah – Ma’an – Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa chaired the second meeting of the government emergency committee on Monday evening in his office in Ramallah, to discuss and follow up on the progress of the technical teams in dealing with the effects of the occupation’s aggression on the northern West Bank governorates, specifically removing rubble and rehabilitating infrastructure, including roads, and repairing water, sewage and electricity networks, in conjunction with the work of the technical teams to assess the damage to buildings, facilities and citizens’ properties.
The Prime Minister stressed the continuation of the efforts made in coordination with all parties working to address and rehabilitate the effects of the aggression, and to provide all the needs of citizens in the targeted areas, praising, in the name of His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas and the government, the efforts made by all official, civil and popular parties to address the damage and stand by our people in the northern gove
rnorates of the West Bank.
The Minister of Local Government, Sami Hijjawi, reviewed the work of the technical teams in terms of assessing the damage and what has been accomplished so far, noting that a large part of the urgent needs have been implemented, and work is currently underway to assess the damage to the houses that have been partially or completely damaged, and the houses that need to be provided to complete the process of sheltering citizens whose homes have been damaged, and rehabilitating the internal roads without asphalt at the present time, until the security situation stabilizes, and rehabilitating the water and sewage lines, and the damage to the facilities and shops.
For his part, the head of the Jenin and Tulkarm Reconstruction Committee, Eng. Mohieddin Al-Arda, reviewed the developments of the field work, especially the rehabilitation of what was destroyed by the occupation in the northern West Bank governorates, and the technical teams’ ability to reopen various roads destroyed by the
occupation, and that work is underway to complete the delivery of water services to the destroyed areas for the fifth time in a row after their repair, stressing that the committee is paying special attention to housing citizens whose homes were damaged by renting temporary homes for dozens of families, until their targeted homes are repaired and rehabilitated.
In turn, Interior Minister Major General Ziad Hab Al-Rih reviewed the efforts of the security establishment to restore stability and security in the northern West Bank governorates, and to protect citizens and their property.
Minister of Social Development Samah Hamad presented the ministry’s contribution to providing and distributing more than 10,000 parcels in the targeted areas in the northern West Bank, and providing financial aid to about 6,000 affected families for one time, which began to be transferred today to the beneficiaries’ accounts via electronic wallets, while Minister of National Economy Mohammad Al-Amour presented the ministry’s con
tribution to identifying the economic damages, relief efforts, and the strategic vision for the work of the government emergency committee.
Minister of Labor Inas Dahadha presented the ministry’s contribution to the emergency response, especially working to provide job opportunities for hundreds of craftsmen from various specialties, and placing them under the supervision of the Jenin and Tulkarm Reconstruction Committee to work on repairing the property and infrastructure destroyed by the occupation.
The Chairman of the Energy Authority, Zafer Melhem, and the Acting Chairman of the Water Authority, Ziad Al-Fuqaha, also reviewed the contributions of their institutions in providing the needs of local authorities in the northern governorates for water and electricity network supplies for emergency relief.
In turn, the representative of the Ministry of Public Works, Nael Zaidan, presented the Ministry’s efforts in recruiting the Ministry’s machinery and equipment to rehabilitate and open roads and remove rubb
le in the northern governorates, in cooperation with various local authorities.
The committee will follow up the work of the technical teams as soon as possible to assess the damage, provide the necessary requirements for the emergency response to enhance the steadfastness of our people, and assign the competent authorities to prepare detailed plans to address the effects of the aggression.
Source: Maan News Agency