One person died and another was injured on Saturday after a boiler exploded in a hospital in Amman, according to the Public Security Department.
The department’s media spokesman said the explosion in the private hospital occurred during maintenance work, adding that it was investigating the cause of the incident.
Source: Jordan News Agency
The death toll from Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip Saturday rose to 7,703, including 3,595 children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra said Israeli forces besieging Gaza committed 53 massacres against Palestinian civilians, raising to 825 the number of massacres since Israel launched the aggression on October 6.
Source: Jordan News Agency
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, issued today the following statement on the situation in Gaza:
I am in Doha, where I met with His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, for consultations on the Middle East crisis. I expressed my deep gratitude, appreciation and support for the mediation initiatives of Qatar, namely for the release of the hostages kept in Gaza.
Regarding the situation in Gaza, I was encouraged in the last days by what seemed to be a growing consensus in the international community, including the countries supporting Israel, for the need of at least a humanitarian pause in the fighting to facilitate the release of hostages in Gaza, the evacuation of third country nationals and the necessary massive scale up of the delivery of humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza.
Regrettably, instead of the pause, I was surprised by an unprecedented escalation of the bombardments and their devastating impacts, undermining the referred humanitarian objectives.
Given the breakdown in communications, I am also extremely concerned about the UN staff who are in Gaza to deliver humanitarian assistance.
This situation must be reversed. I reiterate my strong appeal for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, together with the unconditional release of hostages and a delivery of humanitarian relief at the level that corresponds to the dramatic needs of the people in Gaza, where a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in front of our eyes.
I want to repeat what I said yesterday. This is the moment of truth. Everyone must assume their responsibilities. History will judge us all.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Major General Abbas Ibrahim arrived today in the Italian capital, Rome, following an invitation he received a few days ago, where he held talks with officials on the war in Gaza and the developments on the southern Lebanese front, especially in wake of the Israeli attacks and confrontations between the Israeli enemy on one hand, and the Lebanese army and resistance on the other hand.
The visit comes as a continuation of the meetings conducted by Major General Ibrahim in his office with foreign ambassadors.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi is discussing with foreign ministers the Jordanian draft resolution submitted to the UN General Assembly on protecting civilians to drum up support.
According to a Ministry statement, Safadi made phone calls in this regard with the foreign ministers of Oman, Denmark, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, Portugal, Greece, Spain, India, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Ireland and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in the European Union.
He discussed intensifying efforts aimed at stopping the war, ensuring the protection of civilians and delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Safadi had similar discussions during the past two days with many foreign ministers and officials.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Jawwal, one of the Palestinian Telecommunications Group companies, stated a complete interruption of all communications and Internet services with the besieged Gaza Strip.
Jawwal said this Friday evening, “We regret announcing a complete cessation of all communications and Internet services with the Gaza Strip in light of the ongoing aggression.”
Jawwal explained: “The intense bombing in the last hour destroyed the last international routes linking Gaza to the outside world, in addition to the routes previously destroyed during the aggression, which led to an interruption of all telecommunications companies’ services to the Gaza Strip.”
Source: Jordan News Agency
