Day: April 20, 2024

Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it has attacked a vital target in Eilat, located in the south of occupied Palestine.

The Resistance group said that the attack was carried out in response to the Israeli regime’s violation of Iraqi sovereignty.

The anti-Zionist operation was carried out using drones, according to the Resistance group.

Since the start of the al-Aqsa Storm operation on the 7th of last October, the occupied port of Eilat has been targeted several times by the Yemeni forces and the Islamic Resistance of Iraq to declare support for the oppressed people of Gaza.

Israel waged its brutal war on besieged Gaza on October 7 after Hamas carried out an unprecedented operation against the occupying entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Israel has imposed a complete siege on the densely populated territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Ramallah – Ma’an – Today, police arrested a beggar inside a 2020 vehicle and seized a sum of money “15 thousand shekels” inside it in the town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah.

The Public Relations and Media Department of the Police stated that, during the Birzeit Police Station’s patrols in the city’s streets, a person from outside the governorate was suspected, who was sitting in a vehicle in a suspicious position, and while verifying his identity, the patrol officer noticed the presence of metal sums of money in plastic bags next to the driver.

She added that he reported that he practiced begging at intersections and roads, and that he distributed a group of people to beg in public places and at intersections in other governorates, then returned to Ramallah. After obtaining a search warrant from the Public Prosecution, and during a search of his house, 5 luxury vehicles were found, which he reported belonged to. For him and his brother, who works with him as a beggar and who was later arrested. A bag was al
so seized containing 8,000 shekels in coins and 22,000 shekels in banknotes. They stated that they had collected it from the begging they practice daily. 29 Lyrica pills were also seized. , 12 tramal pills, and Palestinian vehicle plates.

She confirmed that the seized items had been seized and the two suspects taken into custody to be referred to the Public Prosecution to complete the legal procedures against them.

Source: Maan News Agency

Amman: The staff of the Jordanian Field Hospital Gaza/77 arrived back home on Friday, after performing their humanitarian and medical duty towards their families and brothers in the Gaza Strip.

The participation of the field hospital’s staff in Gaza is part of the efforts of the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) – the Arab Army – to support their families and brothers in light of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.

On Thursday evening, the staff of the Jordanian field hospital Gaza/78 arrived in the mission area to perform their humanitarian and medical duties and provide aid and assistance to the people and brothers in the Gaza Strip.

JAF sent the first field hospital to the Gaza Strip in 2009 to provide medical and therapeutic services to the people of the Gaza Strip.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Mr. Hani Al-Hayek, stressed the importance of working to develop tourism programs and plans in Palestine, which are prepared in partnership between the public and private Palestinian tourism sector in attracting tourist groups from various countries of the world and to ensure the return of tourism activity to Palestine.

Minister Hayek spoke during his meeting with the president and members of the Holy Lands Association for Incoming Tourism, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in the city of Bethlehem.

Al-Hayek stressed the necessity of getting out of the current crisis that is afflicting the private Palestinian tourism sector as a result of the aggression on the Gaza Strip with the least possible losses, stressing the importance of the ministry’s work in targeting new tourist markets in partnership with the private Palestinian tourism sector, as these markets will work to provide Palestine with new tourist groups that we
re not previously present. You previously visited Palestine as part of a Palestinian tourism program and used Palestinian tourist facilities, including hotels, oriental antique stores, and tourist transportation, which will diversify the tourism basket owned by the Palestinian tourism sector.

Al-Hayek spoke about the tourism promotional plan that Palestine will adopt during the coming period and its impact on supplying Palestine and its tourism sector with tourist groups from various countries of the world, praising the work of the Holy Lands Association for Incoming Tourism, which works to attract tourist groups from various countries of the world to Palestine, as it is one of the important arms of the sector. Tourism is one of the important links in the tourism process, starting with attracting tourists to Palestine and ending with the end of the tourism program and the tourist’s return to his country.

In turn, Michel Awad, President of the Association, praised the relationship and partnership between the
Association and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, which was translated on the ground through successful and joint participation in international tourism forums, through which tourism was promoted in Palestine, which has already been done.

During the meeting, they discussed ways of the bilateral relationship between the two sides, in addition to discussing the latest patterns and promotional tourism programs used in various countries of the world, in addition to discussing the promotional vision that Palestine will pursue during the coming period.

Source: Maan News Agency

Amman: The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has called for an investigation at various local and international levels into the involvement of major technology and social media companies in causing the deaths of Palestinian civilians in Israel’s military attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

The Euro-Med monitor called for holding these companies accountable if it is proven that they colluded or failed to exercise due diligence to prevent access to and exploitation of their users’ private information, and obliging them to ensure that they avoid misusing their services in war zones and violating the privacy of their users.

The Euro-Med monitor warns that Israel is reportedly using AI-powered technological systems, such as Gospel, Fire Factory, Lavender, and Where’s Daddy, all of which operate as part of a system aimed at illegally surveilling, tracking, and monitoring the movements of Palestinians.

These systems work to identify targets and suspects and identify them as legitimate targets based on potentia
l information not related to the location or person itself in most cases but by searching for commonalities and patterns between the general population in the Gaza Strip, especially males, and members of armed factions in the Gaza Strip.

According to the published investigations, the accuracy of the information provided by these systems is not verified by the Israeli military in most cases, despite the prior knowledge that there is a large margin of error due to the nature of the work of these systems and their inability to provide updated information, especially regarding the whereabouts of those placed on the targeting list in real time, and despite the Israeli military’s awareness of the frequency of error after the targeting, the Euro-Med monitor said.

The Euro-Med monitor pointed to revelations about the Lavender system, which is heavily used by the Israeli army to identify suspects in the Gaza Strip before targeting them, a system that causes a deliberately high rate of civilian casualties, noting tha
t it relies on the logic of probability.

The Euro-Med monitor cited Israeli military and intelligence sources admitting to attacking potential targets without taking into account the principle of proportionality and collateral damage, while there are consistent suspicions that the “Lavender” system relies among its sources on tracking accounts on social media sites.

It was also recently revealed that Israel and Google have collaborated on several technological projects, including the Nimbus project, which provides the Israeli military with technology that allows it to intensify surveillance and unlawfully collect information on Palestinians, thereby contributing to the deepening of policies of oppression and persecution of Palestinians and the commission of various crimes against them.

The Euro-Med monitor urged these companies to provide immediate explanations based on impartial internal investigations into allegations of their complicity or exploitation of their services and applications in committing cr
imes against Palestinians.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Gaza – Together – On Saturday, two Hamas officials denied reports that the movement’s leadership was considering leaving Qatar for another host country.

The two officials added that the movement wants to strengthen relations with Turkey, including receiving aid directly from it, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

On Saturday, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul.

Erdogan’s office said that the two sides discussed the steps required for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the need to continuously deliver humanitarian aid to the residents of Gaza.

The American Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that the Hamas movement had contacted at least two countries in the region about transferring its political leaders to them.

The newspaper explained, citing diplomatic sources, that Hamas’ move came as a result of mediators from Egypt and Qatar exerting pressure on the movement to ease the conditions for negotiations with Israel.

She pointed
out that the talks are on hold again, with no signs or possibilities for resuming them any time soon, and the lack of trust is growing between Hamas and the negotiators.

Source: Maan News Agency