Day: September 21, 2024

Doha: HH the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to HE President of the Republic of Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono, on the occasion of her country’s Independence Day.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Bethlehem-Ma’an- Astronomically, autumn begins in Palestine and the northern hemisphere tomorrow, Saturday.

According to meteorologist Lamaa Daoud Tarwa, the fall season will begin at exactly 03:44 AM Jerusalem time, as the autumnal equinox occurs when the sun is completely perpendicular to the celestial equator, and on this day summer ends and fall begins.

The autumnal equinox in Jerusalem rises at exactly 06:27 from the exact eastern corner. The east can be determined by a specific area on the horizon such as houses or trees. Then the sun sets on the same day at exactly 06:35 from the exact western corner. The western corner can also be determined by the place of sunset. Thus, the night lasts for 11 hours, 52 minutes, and 36 seconds, and the day lasts for 12 hours, 7 minutes, and 24 seconds.

The weather forecaster added that it is expected that rain will fall in some areas during the hours of tonight and tomorrow, with a slight drop in temperatures.

Source: Maan News Agency

Doha: HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to HE President of the Republic of Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono, on the occasion of her country’s Independence Day.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Gaza – Ma’an – Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip announced on Saturday evening that the hospital is in danger of shutting down and going out of service due to the depletion of oils and spare parts for the hospital’s electric generators and the prevention of their entry.

A statement issued by the hospital said that this threatens to put it out of service in less than 10 days, which is a warning of a real humanitarian disaster in the central governorate, which is currently inhabited by more than one million people.

The hospital issued a warning to the international community, countries of the world, and international and UN institutions that the hospital would stop operating in less than 10 days.

The statement pointed out that Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is the only government hospital in the central governorate, and has been operating on electric generators for a whole year without stopping.

He continued: “In conjunction with this enormous pressure that this hospital is under, as well as the
medical staff inside it, and in light of the occupation’s attempts to destroy the health system and put all hospitals out of service.”

He stressed that this urgent appeal comes to ensure the continued operation of the electric generators and the hospital, and thus ensure the continued provision of health and medical services to more than one million people currently living in the Central Governorate.

The hospital called on the World Health Organization, the Red Cross, and all international organizations to examine the dangerous conditions experienced by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and to immediately and urgently head to closely examine the bitter and difficult health situation and address this situation as quickly as possible, immediately and urgently, according to the statement.

Source: Maan News Agency

Early voting for the U.S. presidential election officially kicked off on Friday with the opening of polling stations in Virginia, Minnesota, and South Dakota.

Video footage shared by U.S. television networks showed voters lining up in Virginia to cast their ballots. Early voting in the state is set to continue until November 2.

Meanwhile, Minnesota and South Dakota offered voters a different option, joining the 23 states that allow voters to hand-deliver their absentee ballots to polling places or other designated locations instead of mailing them.

With early voting becoming increasingly popular over the past decade, experts predict a significant turnout of early voters in this year’s general election.

It’s worth noting that during the 2020 election, more than 69 percent of voters cast their ballots either by mail or through early in-person voting, according to data collected by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab. This figure was 40 percent in the 2016 election and 33 percent in the 2012 election.

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urce: Qatar News Agency

Doha: Al Raya newspaper called on international legitimacy, represented by the United Nations and the UN Security Council, to amend its approach toward the Palestinian people by immediately halting the Israeli aggression, holding Israel accountable for its crimes, and enabling the Palestinians to establish their state based on the 1967 borders.

The paper warned in its editorial today that, as the Israeli criminal aggression on the Gaza Strip approaches its first anniversary, humanity is witnessing one of its worst moments due to the disgraceful international failure to lift the injustice off the people in Gaza. The number of martyrs has surpassed 41,000, with hundreds of thousands injured, displaced, and missing, in what is one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the 21st century.

Al Raya also said that Israeli massacres have exceeded all limits, particularly as the ethnic cleansing of the defenseless Palestinian people is taking place in full view of the world and the countries supporting the occupat
ion, which continue to provide it with lethal weapons. It stressed that the continued international indifference to Israel’s actions over the past year in Gaza reveals a double standard in dealing with the daily massacres committed by the criminal occupation against Palestinians.

In this context, the newspaper noted the renewed condemnation by the Gulf Cooperation Council states of the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza, the deliberate targeting of civilians, their forced displacement, and the attacks on the West Bank. It called on the international community to exert all necessary pressure on Israel to immediately stop its aggression and to comply with its obligations under the law, allowing the Palestinian people to enjoy all their legitimate rights, especially the right to self-determination.

It argued that Israels deliberate violation of all international values and charters and its disregard for international law stems from the absence of accountability and punishment for its crimes, which allows it to
ignore international resolutions amid a blatant and deliberate disregard for international law, international institutions, and even the basic principles of humanity.

Al Raya concluded by stating that the commitment to international laws and humanitarian issues cannot be fragmented or selectively applied in one part of the world while ignored in another. Such double standards are unacceptable, as the sanctity of people’s blood and their rights are equal, regardless of location.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Gaza – Ma’an – The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation committed 12 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 119 martyrs and 209 injuries arriving at hospitals during the past 72 hours.

The Ministry of Health indicated that the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 41,391 martyrs and 95,760 injuries since October 7.

The Ministry of Health noted that a number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

Israeli aircraft continue to bomb various areas of the Gaza Strip on the 351st day of the war, leaving a large number of martyrs and wounded.

Source: Maan News Agency

The Pakistani army announced Friday the killing of 12 militants during clashes with a group of militants in two separate incidents in the northwest of the country.

The army said in a statement that its forces monitored the movements of seven militants who were trying to infiltrate from the town of Wam Sabin in the North Waziristan region, so they pursued them and clashed with them, and were eventually able to kill them all.

The statement noted that in another incident, a group of militants attacked a checkpoint in the South Waziristan region.

It added that the army repelled the attack and was able to eliminate 5 militants, noting that 5 soldiers were also killed during the clashes.

The Pakistani forces have been continuing their efforts for years to eliminate armed groups entrenched in the mountains, and from time to time launch attacks against security personnel and civilians.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Gaza – Ma’an – Israeli aircraft continued their bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip on the 351st day of the war, leaving a large number of martyrs and wounded.

The Israeli occupation committed several massacres during the past 24 hours, leading to the martyrdom of 45 citizens and the injury of dozens.

In the southern Gaza Strip,

the Israeli raids were concentrated on several areas in Khan Yunis, south of the Strip.

One martyr and three wounded were killed in a raid that targeted a house belonging to the “Mukhaimer” family near the Khalid bin al-Walid Mosque, south of the Austrian neighborhood, west of Khan Yunis Governorate.

Six martyrs arrived at Nasser Hospital as a result of the raid that targeted a house south of Khan Yunis, all from the Abu al-Khair and al-Qaoud families. Two martyrs

were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a tent housing displaced people in the Sheikh Nasser area in Khan Yunis city.

Fifteen citizens from the Azhair family were killed in the bombing of two ho
uses of the family on Friday evening in the Musabah area, north of Rafah, south of the Strip.

The occupation army carried out new bombing operations on residential areas west of Rafah city, south of the Strip.

In the middle of the Gaza Strip,

three citizens were killed and others were injured as a result of the occupation’s reconnaissance aircraft bombing a gathering of citizens in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.

Gaza and the North:

A citizen was killed and others were missing as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a house for the Hajji family in the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

A citizen was killed and others were injured as a result of the occupation’s bombing of a house near the Palestine Stadium in the middle of Gaza City.

A citizen was also killed as a result of the occupation’s bombing of the vicinity of Al-Hurriya School inside the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza.

Three martyrs and a number of others were injured as a result of targeting a bus ne
ar the Abbas intersection, west of Gaza City.

In Beit Hanoun, in the north of the Gaza Strip, a martyr was killed and others were injured as a result of targeting a civilian car on Al-Banat Street.

Source: Maan News Agency

HE Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met separately on Friday with HE UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, and HE UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza , Sigrid Kaag, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

During the meetings, the discussions focused on the relationship between Qatar and the United Nations, as well as the latest developments in political issues in the region, particularly in Gaza, Lebanon, and Libya. They also explored ways to cooperate in delivering humanitarian assistance to Gaza.

Source: Qatar News Agency