Day: May 23, 2024

Israeli occupation troops Thursday morning stormed Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, and forced medical crews to leave it, after a four-day siege.

The occupation forces stormed the hospital and forced the medical crews to leave it towards western Gaza City, after detaining one of them, the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) quoted medical sources as saying.

The same sources added that 14 hospital employees, 11 injured people and companions remain in the hospital, noting that they refused to leave unless ambulances were present to evacuate the wounded.

They pointed out that the governorates of Gaza and the northern Gaza Strip were unable to provide health services completely in light of the Israeli targeting of the health system during the ongoing aggression since last Oct. 7.

Since the start of Israel’s continued aggression against the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, the occupation forces have deliberately disrupted the health system by targeting hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, thro
ugh direct threats of closure, thereby targeting it with direct bombardment, and destroying its sections, operation rooms, solar power systems, water stores, solar warehouses, pharmaceutical warehouses, medical gases, ambulance transport, and medical supplies.

Source: Qatar News Agency

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced Thursday that three Ukrainian drones and 35 missiles were shot down over the Russian region of Belgorod.

A statement issued by the Ministry said that an attempt by Ukrainian forces to carry out attacks, using missile launchers and drones on Russian territory was thwarted.

Since the outbreak of the military operation in Ukraine in 2022, conflicting reports have emerged regarding the extent of losses suffered by both sides of the conflict. Each side claims to have inflicted severe losses on the other, but it has been difficult to independently verify the accuracy of this information due to the ongoing fighting.

Source: Qatar News Agency

A woman was killed and 33 others were injured in an explosion that occurred in a firecrackers and fireworks factory in Bogota, Colombia.

Colombian local authorities said that a powerful explosion destroyed a large part of the factory, which was built on the slope of a mountain, and led to the outbreak of a huge fire that caused injuries.

Bogota Mayor Carlos Galan said that a column of smoke was still rising from the factory site, while the blast caused the windows of nearby residences to shatter.

Explosions caused by the use of gunpowder are common incidents in Colombia, especially in drilling operations in coal mines in the center of the country, which often leave dozens of victims.

Source: Qatar News Agency

One person was killed and three other students were injured in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Thursday.

Israeli entity’s drone struck this morning a vehicle on Kfardajal road in Nabatieh, killing the driver and injuring three children in a school bus, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported.

The attack caused the car to catch fire, and Civil Defense teams worked to transport the injured to hospitals and extinguish the fire.

The Israeli entity continues its escalation against towns and villages in southern Lebanon, coinciding with its brutal and continuous aggression on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, which has resulted in deaths and injuries among civilians and forced hundreds of families to flee their homes.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Six people from one family were killed by an explosive device in northern Iraq.

According to an Iraqi security source, the explosive device exploded on a car carrying a family of six on Iraq’s northern Baiji-Tikrit road, killing all of them and completely damaging the vehicle.

The source explained that investigations were ongoing to determine the nature of the explosion, indicating that preliminary information showed that the device was a remnant of ISIS.

Iraq’s governorates witness the explosion of ISIS explosive devices from time to time, resulting in casualties.

Source: Qatar News Agency

A Palestinian youth has Thursday morning succumbed to the wounds he sustained during the ongoing Israeli occupation’s assault on the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp.

Mustafa Ibrahim Musa Jabareen, 30, from the Jenin camp, died from his injuries that he sustained yesterday evening in Jenin, the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) quoted medical sources as saying.

With the martyrdom of Jabareen, the death toll in the city of Jenin and its camp since the beginning of the Israeli aggression last Tuesday morning has risen to 12, including four children, a teacher, and a doctor.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Ain camp, west of the city of Nablus, amid heavy gunfire, and began raiding and searching a number of homes. The Israeli forces, reinforced with several vehicles, also stormed the eastern area and stationed themselves on Al-Quds Street.

Cities, towns and camps of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem witness daily raids and incursions by the occupation forces and settlers, accompa
nied by confrontations, arrests and shooting. These raids have increased in conjunction with the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression against Gaza for more than seven months.

Source: Qatar News Agency