Qatar Participates in Int. Conference on Accelerating Disability Inclusive Social Protection Held in Armenia


Represented by the Ministry of Social Development and Family (MSDF), the State of Qatar participated in the International Conference “Accelerating Implementation of Disability Inclusive Social Protection” held in the Republic of Armenia over two days.

HE Assistant Undersecretary for Family Affairs at MSDF Sheikha Sheikha bint Jassim Al-Thani chaired the State of Qatar’s delegation.

On the sidelines of the conference, HE the Republic of Armenia’s Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan met with HE Sheikha Sheikha bint Jassim Al-Thani, during which they discussed the prospects of cooperation and the exchange of expertise in the field of social protection, in addition to the work carried out with regards to issues facing persons with disabilities and the protection of child rights.

Source: Qatar News Agency

7 Palestinians Martyred in Israeli Airstrike on House in Rafah City


Israeli warplanes bombed a house in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least seven Palestinians and injuring several others this evening.

The Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported local sources as saying that tens of civilians were injured as a result of an airstrike targeting a house in the Al Nasr neighborhood northeast of Rafah.

Simultaneously, Israeli artillery shelled land in the midst of the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis in the south of the strip.

This is day 204 in the Israeli occupation’s intense, comprehensive, and unprecedented aggression against the Gaza Strip. This aggression saw the launch of dozens of airstrikes and bombardments by land and sea, in addition to committing bloody massacres against Palestinian civilians and genocidal crimes in areas of incursion, claiming tens of thousands of martyrs and wounded, most of whom are women and children.

Moreover, thousands of victims remain trapped under the rubble and in the streets, while the Gaza Strip suff
ers from a scarcity of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies due to the occupations restrictions, leading to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.

Source: Qatar News Agency