Scores of civilians killed in intense Israeli airstrikes in Gaza StripArab League SG congratulates youth minister on assuming Arab Youth Ministers regular session presidency

GAZA: Dozens of civilians today were killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted different areas in the Gaza Strip. As the Israeli aggression enters 145th day, Israeli tanks and its artillery shelling intensified their raids on Gaza City and the Rafah and Khan Yunis governorates, while Israeli artillery continued to bomb residential squares and the vicinity of shelter centers. The Israeli occupation forces blew up residential homes west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, coinciding with Israeli artillery shelling and raids on various areas of the city, especially the eastern region. Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes bombed a residential square in the Al-Amal neighborhood in the center of Khan Yunis. The Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, witnessed artillery shelling and armed clashes. The Palestinian Red Crescent society said that its crews transferred at least 34 people who sustained various injuries as a result of Israeli shelling of two homes yesterday evening in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The occupation army committed 11 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 96 persons and wounding over 172 during the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll of the Israeli aggression to 29,878 fatalities since last October 7, according to Ministry of Health data. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA Cairo: Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, congratulated Minister of Youth Mohammad Al-Nabulsi on his appointment as the 47th regular session of the Council of Arab Youth Ministers' president. Aboul Gheit praised the Council of Arab Youth and Sports Ministers for its commitment to constantly updating and developing its agenda to meet the needs of Arab youth and stay current on issues affecting youth and sports. He applauded the Council's diverse youth initiatives, which aim to strengthen the talents and competencies of Arab youth while also promoting a culture of understanding and conversation. Aboul Gheit stated that the shocks that the world experienced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent crises imposed additional challenges and economic and social burdens on young people from new generations in various parts of the world, particularly in developing countries, and left a general sense of instability, insecurity, and fear of the future. Source: Jordan News Agency