Day: September 1, 2024

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued carrying out airstrikes and bombardment in the Gaza Strip, within the genocide Israel has been committing against the Palestinian people for the 331st day.

Wafa news agency said that the IOF carried out many airstrikes since morning today in various areas across the Gaza Strip, pointing out that this bombardment has not stopped since last night.

In Israel’s earliest bombing operation, the civil defense announced that the IOF has murdered several Palestinians and injured at least six others after the IOF targeted areas west of the Gaza Strip.

The IOF murdered a Palestinian civilian and injured three others in Al-Nazzaz Street, east of Gaza City, while another Palestinian was also murdered and taken to Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital after the IOF carried out an airstrike, east of Bureij refugee camp, at the center the Gaza Strip.

The civil defense announced at dawn today that the IOF targeted and bombed Jabalia refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip, murdering three Pa
lestinians and injuring several others.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced yesterday that the IOF has murdered at least 40,691 Palestinian civilians and injured at least 94,060 others since the beginning of the genocide that the Israeli occupation has been committing in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.

Source: Qatar News Agency

At least three people are missing after a light plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Oregon, USA.

The small, twin-engine plane crashed after taking off from Troutdale Airport in Oregon, ABC News quoted local authorities as saying.

Authorities said the plane hit an electric pole, causing a fire, and then struck into a residential building, causing a fire that spread from 2 units to 4.

According to Chief Scott Lewis of the Gresham Fire Department of Gresham, two people who were aboard the plane and one person from a home were missing, he said.

He added that at least five families have been displaced from their homes, and that Portland General Electric power lines are still down.

The United States has recorded several similar incidents in recent years. In July, three people were killed after a small plane crashed while trying to make an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio. (

Source: Qatar News Agency

Chinese researchers have recently unveiled a series of technological methods based on a six-year-long program to effectively address the issue of high humidity in site museums, creating a more suitable preservation environment for cultural relics.

The program, carried out at the Dadiwan Site, a Neolithic site dated approximately 8,000 to 4,800 years ago, in Qin’an County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, involved researchers from Dunhuang Academy and Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The site is one of the largest and best-preserved Neolithic settlement sites discovered in China to date.

The iconic Dadiwan F901 site, boasting a history of over 5,000 years and covering an area of 420 square meters, is the largest and most intricately crafted large-scale housing structure from China’s prehistoric era. Early renovation efforts, incorporating a sealed glass curtain wall, led to a continuous rise in relative humidity within the site, triggering
outbreaks of microbial diseases.

Researchers conducted on-site real-time environmental monitoring and numerical simulation to assess the ventilation effectiveness and relative humidity changes before and after multiple interior modifications of the F901 site.

The results indicate that the fully enclosed glass curtain wall can suppress the dependence of indoor humidity fluctuations on external weather fluctuations but has generated unintended consequences, leading to increased air relative humidity and even reaching saturation in the museum space. The strategic deployment of louvered windows and duct fans proved effective in enhancing internal airflow dynamics and overall air exchange capacity.

Source: Qatar News Agency

HE Director-General of Qatar News Agency (QNA) Ahmed bin Saeed Al Rumaihi met Sunday with HE Ambassador of Australia to Qatar Shane Flanagan.

The meeting discussed aspects of joint cooperation between the two countries in the field of media.

Source: Qatar News Agency

One Palestinian was injured by the Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday.

The Palestine Red Crescent said the occupation forces fired four bullets at the young man while he was near the apartheid wall in the western area of the town of Beit Oula in Hebron, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported.

In addition, the Israeli occupation forces arrested six Palestinians, including three female students in the towns of Halul and Yatta in Hebron.

The forces also arrested four Palestinians, including a child, in Nablus, and two others in Ramallah, after raiding and searching their homes.

The Israeli occupation forces have escalated their raids and incursions into Palestinian villages and towns in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in recent weeks, and have increased the pace of their arrests of Palestinian activists and youth.

Source: Qatar News Agency

An earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday.

The earthquake occurred 36 km from Kandrian district, at a depth of 100.1 km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

No casualties or material damage were reported due to the earthquake.

Papua New Guinea is located in the so-called Ring of Fire, a region that extends along the coast of the Pacific Ocean and is characterized by high earthquake and volcanic activity. This region includes 90% of the world’s active volcanoes

Source: Qatar News Agency

Doha – Ma’an – The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned in the strongest terms the ongoing Israeli aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp in the occupied West Bank.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry stressed the need for the international community to move urgently to provide the necessary protection for the Palestinian people.

She stressed that Israel must be held accountable for its crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories and obligated to stop its violations.

Source: Maan News Agency

The Israeli occupation forces are continuing their wide-scale assault on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp for the fifth consecutive day.

Since the beginning of the offensive last Wednesday, the aggressive Israeli military campaign has resulted in the martyrdom of 14 Palestinians, with dozens more injured or detained.

The ongoing assault has caused extensive damage to civilian properties, public and private facilities, and critical infrastructure, including water and electricity networks.

The city and its refugee camp remain under a stringent siege imposed by Israeli forces, who have reinforced their military presence in the area.

In addition to the siege, Israeli troops have raided numerous homes, damaging and looting their contents. Residents have been subjected to field interrogations and harsh treatment during these operations.

According to the Jenin Municipality, the Israeli offensive has also caused extensive damage to infrastructure, including the electricity network, resulting in power outag
es in several areas of the city and the refugee camp.

The escalation of the Israeli aggression in the West Bank comes at a time when the occupation continues its devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which has so far resulted in 40,602 martyrs and 93,855 injuries, in a preliminary toll, amid massive destruction and a deadly famine.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Jerusalem – Ma’an – Dozens of settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque today, Sunday.

169 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa, under the protection of the occupation forces, in successive groups through the Mughrabi Gate, whose keys have been controlled by the occupation authorities since the occupation of Jerusalem.

The settlers performed their public and collective prayers in Al-Aqsa under the protection of the occupation forces. The settlers documented their prayers in Al-Aqsa and confirmed that they had become ‘a reality without any arrest, deportation or prevention.’ They demanded that the settlers constantly storm and pray in Al-Aqsa.

Source: Maan News Agency

South Korea’s exports rose by 11.4 percent year-on-year for the eleventh consecutive month, reaching a value of USD 57.9 billion in August, driven by strong demand for semiconductors, according to data collected by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy of Korea.

According to the Korean news agency Yonhap, imports also increased by 6 percent year-on-year to USD 54 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of USD 3.83 billion.

By sector, semiconductor exports rose by 38.8 percent year-on-year in August to USD 11.9 billion.

Ship exports surged by 80 percent year-on-year to USD 2.8 billion. Petroleum product exports increased by 1.4 percent to USD 4.5 billion, marking growth for the sixth consecutive month.

In contrast, automobile exports decreased by 4.3 percent to USD 5.1 billion, due to partial production disruptions caused by facility upgrades and wage negotiations.

In this regard, Korean Minister of Industry Ahn Duk-gyun stated, “with total exports reaching their highest level in August and continued
growth in shipments to key trading partners, the country is on track to achieve record exports.

Source: Qatar News Agency