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National News Agency correspondent in Marjayoun reported that while a number of the Mays al-Jabal town’s residents were inspecting their homes and shops and the damage they had sustained as a result of the continuous attacks on the town for 7 months, Israeli warplanes raided Mays al-Jabal today targeting the al-Jaafra neighborhood near al-Baraka, causing the fall of 3 martyrs so far and several wounded civilians and massive destruction.

Ambulance and rescue teams worked to evacuate them to area hospitals, while civil defense teams continued their work in searching and removing rubble to find missing people.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said today that the ground attack on Rafah will take place ‘as soon as possible,’ following a Hamas attack that injured 10 people.

Galant said while inspecting Israeli forces in the Netzarim axis, which divides the Gaza Strip into two halves: ‘It appears that the Hamas movement does not intend to reach an agreement with Israel, and accordingly, a military operation in Rafah and in the entire Strip will take place as soon as possible.’

Ten people were injured as 10 to 30 missiles were fired at the Kerem Shalom crossing area.

Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted an Israeli army base.

The Israeli army said that shells were fired from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip towards the crossing, which it announced was now closed to aid trucks heading to the Strip, according to “Sky News Arabia”.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Doha: The decision issued by the Qatari side requiring conformity of Qatari imports on Jordanian leafy crops and other agricultural products “is not a ban on their entry, but rather a normal, annual and precautionary measure,” Ministry of Agriculture said.

In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said it is “concerned” with meeting requirements of importing countries in terms of conformity of Jordanian products to specifications and technical rules.

Within the National Agricultural Strategy, the ministry is working on a national plan to reduce pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits for both the local and foreign markets, the statement pointed out.

Requirements of the Qatari authorities to provide certificates of conformity are a procedure that Jordan is applying for its imports and is working to achieve for Jordan’s exports to European and Arab Gulf markets, the ministry noted.

The ministry added that the Qatari measure is “a precaution taken annually and is reviewed to control agricultural pesticides
in imported plant products to ensure their quality.”

Continuing: “Jordan is a country that imports and exports and takes similar measures to protect human health.”

On Sunday, the Qatari Ministry of Health announced new updates to the requirements and precautionary measures for some imported foodstuffs, adding that import of these items depends on meeting special conditions and procedures, as a precautionary measure to ensure that foods comply with the specifications.

On its official website, the Qatari ministry noted these procedures link import of fresh leafy vegetables from Jordan and Egypt to submission of a conformity certificate issued by one of its approved companies, as a third party for prior inspection of shipments in the country of origin to ensure that pesticide residue limits conform to requirements.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Banjul – The thematic exhibitions organized by the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency on the sidelines of the 15th session of the Summit Conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which ended on Sunday in Banjul, The Gambia, were well attended by the participating delegations.

Several foreign ministers who visited the Agency’s exhibitions, including the head of diplomacy of the host country, the Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), as well as ambassadors and other personalities, expressed their admiration and appreciation for the far-reaching action taken by the Al-Quds Committee, under the presidency of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, in the service of the Holy City and in support of the Palestinian cause.

The Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency’s exhibitions included one dedicated to local products from Palestinian associations, financed by the Agency as part of the “Civil Initiatives for Human Development” program, and another devoted to products deri
ved from the olive tree (wood, figurines, vegetable oils, cosmetics, kohl, soap, etc.).

The Agency devoted another exhibition to paintings and archive photos of Al-Quds Committee meetings and various social assistance programs, as well as to the presentation of books and other publications.

The Agency has distributed, on this occasion, its activity report for 2023, the report on the Agency’s silver jubilee celebrations under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, as well as a report on the results of the large-scale humanitarian operation ordered by His Majesty the King for the benefit of Palestinians in Al-Quds and Gaza during the month of Ramadan.

The Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency took part in the 15th session of the OIC Summit Conference with a delegation led by the Agency’s Managing Director, Mohamed Salem Cherkaoui.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

National News Agency correspondent in Tyre reported that the outskirts of the town of Alma al-Shaab in the western sector were subjected to Israeli enemy shelling this morning.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon