Day: July 21, 2024

Ramallah – Ma’an – Chairman of the Energy Authority, Zafer Melhem, confirmed that the water desalination plant in Deir al-Balah will be reconnected to the electricity supply today.

He explained that the water desalination plants in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates lack the energy to operate their generators, noting that the initial material losses in the electricity distribution network in the Gaza Strip due to the war of extermination amounted to more than half a billion dollars.

The Energy Authority, in cooperation with the Gaza Electricity Distribution Company, has been working over the past two weeks to temporarily repair the damaged line on the Palestinian side, about 4 km long, so that electricity can be supplied to the central desalination plant in Deir al-Balah on a continuous basis, which will be able to produce twenty thousand cubic meters per day, which will help provide clean drinking water to citizens.

The Energy Authority notes that it is cooperating with international bodies to pressure
the occupation to restore electricity to all remaining lines to ensure the provision of electricity to citizens and all vital facilities.

Source: Maan News Agency

Muscat, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has sent a cable of condolences to President Dr. Tu Lam of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the death of former president Nguyen Phu Trong.

In the cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere condolences and heartfelt sympathy to President Dr. Tu Lam, family of the deceased and the people of Vietnam.

Source: Oman News Agency

Gaza – Ma’an – The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation committed 4 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 64 martyrs and 105 injuries arriving at hospitals during the past 24 hours.

The Ministry of Health indicated that the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 38,983 martyrs and 89,727 injuries since October 7.

The Ministry of Health pointed out that there are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

Source: Maan News Agency

Beijing, At least eight people have died after heavy rainfall caused flooding in south-western China, the Xinhua news agency reported today.

More than 30 people are still missing after flash floods hit south-west China’s Sichuan province, Xinhua said.

Rescue work was continuing with more than 400 emergency personnel at the scene.

China regularly experiences torrential rainfall, especially during the summer months.

Source: Oman News Agency

Gaza – Ma’an – Israeli aircraft continued their bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip on the 289th day of the war, leaving a large number of martyrs and wounded.

The Israeli occupation committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 37 martyrs and 54 wounded arrived at hospitals during the past 24 hours. The death

toll from the Israeli aggression rose to 38,919 martyrs and 89,622 wounded since October 7.

The occupation army carried out a large-scale bombing and destruction operation in Palestinian homes in Rafah, Nuseirat and Gaza.

In the central Gaza Strip,

five citizens were martyred in an Israeli bombardment of the Ghra family home in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The martyrs were a man, his wife and children, in addition to a number of wounded.

Civil defense teams recovered the bodies of three martyrs and eight wounded after the occupation bombed two inhabited apartments in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation army destroyed ten
of the Al-Salhi towers south of the Nuseirat camp after prior warning.

Seven citizens were killed and a number of others were wounded in a raid on the Khalifa family home in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Three citizens were also killed in a similar raid on the Batran family home in the same camp.

Gaza and the North

The occupation army continues its military operation south of Gaza City.

The occupation soldiers deliberately blew up residential blocks around the university college in Hal Tal al-Hawa.

The occupation air force launched a series of raids that led to the martyrdom of three citizens in a raid on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City. In

the southern Gaza Strip

, in Khan Yunis, six citizens were killed in the bombing of a barracks housing displaced people from the Qudaih family in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of the city.

Eleven martyrs arrived at Nasser Hospital from Rafah city within 24 hours in a series of raids and retrievals of the martyrs.

The occupation army continues to blow up
residential blocks west of the city.

The occupation forces advanced near what is known as Kaf Morag, north of the city.

Source: Maan News Agency

La Paz, A traffic accident in Bolivia left 22 people dead and 16 others injured. The head-on collision between a truck and a bus took place on a highway in the Bolivian Andes, between the Bolivian town of Patacamaya and the town of Tambo Quemado in northern Chile, according to the Bolivian police.

The bus had been heading toward Chile on the busy commercial and tourism route linking the two South American countries. Initial investigation showed that the truck had crossed into the opposite lane while trying to overtake a vehicle. Images of the accident shared by Bolivian satellite channel, Unitel, showed the bus with its front section shattered and the smashed truck.

Bolivia sees about 1,400 traffic deaths each year, government statistics show.

A collision on a busy road in southwestern Bolivia on 4 April 2024 killed 14 people and left two injured.

Source: Oman News Agency

Gaza – Ma’an – A number of citizens were killed and others were injured tonight after the occupation forces bombed a commercial facility housing displaced people in the “Armeida” area east of Khan Yunis.

Medical sources reported that at least 6 citizens were killed and dozens were injured when the occupation bombed a facility housing displaced people in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

The occupation’s warplanes also launched a raid on the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, which resulted in the martyrdom of 38,919 citizens, most of whom were women and children, and the injury of 89,622 others, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

Source: Maan News Agency

Guatemala, An earthquake measuring 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale struck near Guatemala today.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the earthquake occurred seven kilometers southwest of the city of San Pedro Pinola, at a depth of 265.5 km.

There have been no reports of casualties or material damage due to the earthquake.

Source: Oman News Agency