Day: 5 October 2024

Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Bosnia and Herzegovina have killed at least 14 people, according to an initial toll.

Darko Jukan, spokesman for the Jablanica government, located about 70 kilometers southwest of the capital Sarajevo, said in press statements that 14 bodies have been found in the area so far, and there is a high probability that this would not be the final toll.

For its part, the Bosnian Federal Presidency confirmed in a statement that it had sent army units to the area, adding that engineering and rescue units and a helicopter from the Bosnian and Herzegovinian army had been mobilized urgently to provide assistance to the civil authorities to deal with this disaster.

Several civil defense vehicles were able to enter Jablanica, which had been cut off from the world for hours due to landslides.

The city, which has a population of about 4,000, is the most affected by the floods.

In the city of Kiseljak, about 40 kilometers northwest of Sarajevo, the water covered a number of h
ouses, cars and gardens within a few minutes.

The city’s mayor, Mladen Misuric-Ramljak, said in press statements that the rain began to fall last Thursday, and continued throughout the night, adding that everything was normal until about 5 am, then huge amounts of rain began to fall, adding that there were hundreds of houses that were flooded.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Seventeen Palestinians were martyred and others were injured Friday as a result of the Israeli occupation forces targeting and shelling a number of homes in different parts of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources announced that five Palestinians were martyred and others were injured in the latest Israeli shelling operations on the homes of Palestinian families, near the Al Shati’ Supply Center west of Gaza City.

The sources also said that four citizens were martyred in three separate Israeli shelling operations that targeted areas west of Beit Lahia, and near Zayed roundabout north of the Strip.

Five women were also martyred as a result of the occupation targeting a residential house in Block 7 in Al Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, while a Palestinian citizen was martyred and several injuries occurred in another raid that targeted a residential house in the camp, and several injuries occurred in Israeli artillery shelling of a hall in the camp.

Meanwhile, two young Palestinians were martyred as a result
of their serious injuries a few days ago by the occupation forces’ bullets west of the new camp, north of Nuseirat, and in the city of Rafah.

In turn, the civil defense teams retrieved the bodies of two martyrs from under the rubble of two houses that were previously subjected to Israeli shelling in the areas of Ma’an and Al-Manara, south of Khan Yunis.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced earlier Friday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Strip has risen to 41,802 martyrs and 96,844 injuries since October 7.

Source: Qatar News Agency

A young Palestinian man was injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets Friday, while 15 others were injured in clashes with occupation forces in different areas of the West Bank.

A young man was injured by occupation bullets in the village of Urif, south of Nablus.

Medical sources said that ambulance crews transferred a young man to the hospital after he was injured by occupation bullets during clashes in the village.

15 Palestinians were also injured and bruised after the occupation forces beat them, north of the city of Jericho.

Local sources said that the occupation police intercepted a vehicle in Al Auja town, carrying workers, while they were returning from their workplace, and severely beat them.

For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) stated that its crews dealt with 15 injuries to workers after they were severely beaten by the occupation forces near the city of Jericho.

At the same time, a number of Palestinians suffocated during the occupation forces’ storming of Al Khader
town, south of Bethlehem.

Palestinian sources said that the occupation forces stormed the town and stationed themselves in the areas of Al Tall and Al Sahl, and fired tear gas and sound bombs at homes, which led to a number of citizens suffocating.

In a related context, the occupation forces arrested a young man from Tamun town, southeast of Tubas.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the occupation forces arrested a young man while he was passing through a military checkpoint near Al Auja town, north of Jericho.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi has underlined that ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and establishing a fully sovereign Palestinian state is the only hope for achieving peace in the region.

In a statement carried by the Oman News Agency (ONA), Al Busaidi said that ending the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine is the only way to restore regional peace.

He pointed out that the reality of this situation is difficult to bear for too long, as many Western governments have postponed dealing with this reality and failed to ensure the security and stability for the Palestinian people that only a State can provide.

The rights and lives of the Palestinian people under occupation have been gradually eroded due to the expansion of illegal settlements and the imposition of an apartheid system.

He added that Israel’s supporters speak in the name of international law while repeatedly preventing its implementation in the case of Palestine, adding that this must change now
, and respect for international law must be real, not in words but through taking action.

The Omani Foreign Minister called for demanding that Israel suspend its military operations in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Lebanon, and that this be followed by collective international action to end the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine.

A fully sovereign Palestinian State must be established, supported not only by the letter of the law but by all the institutional and organizational resources of the international community, he noted.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Anbar Police Command announced today, Saturday, the arrest of two suspects accused of killing the director of al-Ramadi diesel Power Plant and his family.

The command stated in a statement that “the commander of Anbar Police, Brigadier General Adel Hamid Rashid, personally supervises the crime scene of the murder of the victim (Engineer Firas Abdul-Moneim), the director of Ramadi diesel Power Plant) and his family members consisting of his wife and two daughters in Fariha area in Baghdadi district,” noting that “a one-and-a-half-year-old child survived this crime.”

The statement added that “the forensic evidence team was summoned, the scene of the incident was cordoned off, and everything related to the crime was collected to reach the perpetrator. And the security services were able to arrest two suspects, and investigations are still ongoing.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

GAZA: Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes this evening on the northern Gaza Strip, intensifying military assaults in the region.

WAFA correspondent reported that the attacks primarily focused on the eastern areas of Jabalia. There were no immediate reports of casualties among locals.

In addition to the aerial assaults, Israeli artillery targeted various locations within Gaza City, with significant explosions reported in the western parts of the city.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 41,825 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 96,910 individuals sustaining injuries, the majority of whom are women and children.

Thousands are also feared dead under the rubble of destroyed structures across the war-torn enclave, with civil defense teams and emergency services unable to reach several areas due to safety concerns amid the indiscriminate Israeli attacks.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA

The river police recovered the bodies of two drowned young men from the Tigris River north of Mosul.

A police source told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: “The two bodies belong to two young men aged 18 and 20 years old, residents of Al-Rashidiya district, north of Mosul, and they were handed over to the forensic medicine.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced today, Saturday, that the latest Iranian attack targeted two air bases.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency