ISRAELI AGGRESSION TEMPORARILY TAKES “EL-TASSA SPRING” FACILITIES OUT OF SERVICE, LOSSES EXCEED 600 THOUSAND DOLLARS


The Israeli air aggression that targeted the “Nabeh el-Tassa” area in the Iqlim al-Tuffah region caused severe damage to facilities and pumping stations, thus becoming out of service and depriving dozens of towns in the Nabatieh and Iqlim al-Tuffah regions from water supply.

Additionally, the central reservoir and pumping lines were polluted after strong foul odors spread in the area as a result of enemy raids, with losses exceeding 600 thousand dollars.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

“MAY 6TH A TIME OF TRIBUTE & GRATITUDE TO THE MARTYRS,” SAYS MAKHZOUMI


MP Fouad Makhzoumi wrote today on his ‘X’ platform account: ‘May 6 is a moment of gratitude and appreciation to the martyrs who sacrificed themselves for Lebanon, its people, its freedom, sovereignty, and independence. They were among the great brave men whom we remember in our hearts and minds, and we emulate them and their sacrifices on this day every year.’

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

8 VIOLENT RAIDS ON IQLIM AL-TUFFAH AND JABAL AL-RAYHAN


The National News Agency correspondent in Nabatieh reported that the Israeli warplanes carried out a violent aggression at around 11:35 p.m., launching 8 raids targeting several areas in the highlands and valleys of the Iqlim al-Tuffah and Jabal al-Rayhan regions, and focused on the vicinity of the Nabaa Tasa, the Aqamata farm, and the towns of Louaize and Malikh.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

RESISTANCE TARGETS ‘ISRAELI” ENEMY SOLDIERS SOUTH OF AL-MUTELA


The Islamic Resistance issued the following statement: “Our fighters launched an aerial operation on Monday, May 6, 2024, using assault drones that targeted the positions of the “Israeli” enemy soldiers south of Al-Mutela.

The attack hit their positions and their stationing points, destroyed their vehicles, disabled them, and caused casualties among them, leaving them dead and wounded.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

MURAD CALLS FOR IMPOSING SEVEREST PUNISHMENT ON TIK TOK CRIMINALS


MP Hassan Murad wrote today on his ‘X’ platform account: ‘In light of the crimes that have emerged on Tiktok against innocent children, there must be a cry of awareness for parents to take on their role in monitoring, schools their role in guidance, and the state’s role in controlling and monitoring these applications and imposing the harshest punishments on criminals.”

He added: “We, at Better Tomorrow’s pre-university institutions, pay full attention to guidance, and the first class next Tuesday will be dedicated to explaining the dangers of these applications and providing awareness on avoiding them. We hope that the Ministry of Education will take the same step.’

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

ARAB PARLIAMENT WARNS AGAINST OCCUPYING ENTITY’S INVASION OF RAFAH, COMMITING GENOCIDE


The Arab Parliament warned that the occupying entity was preparing to invade the city of Rafah and commit the largest crime of genocide against one and a half million Palestinians, holding the occupying entity fully responsible for the dangerous escalation of events and obstructing the process of negotiations to end the aggression.

It called on the American administration and the international community to put pressure on the Israeli occupation entity to prevent it from committing more massacres and crimes against the Palestinian people, hold it accountable for the serious violations it commits against international law, implement international legitimacy resolutions and stop the aggression,

It also stressed the need for a ceasefire and peace and seeking a just solution to the Palestinian issue and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with the city of Jerusalem as its capital.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

EGYPT WARNS OF THE INVASION OF RAFAH


The Arab Republic of Egypt warned of the dangers of an Israeli military operation in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, ‘because of the grave humanitarian risks this escalatory action entails, threatening more than a million Palestinians in that city,’ according to “Wafa” News Agency.

In a statement issued by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Monday, Egypt called on Israel to “exercise the utmost levels of restraint and avoid further escalation at this extremely sensitive time, in order to spare the blood of Palestinian civilians who have been exposed to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe since the start of the aggression against the Gaza Strip.”

It confirmed that it continues its contacts around the clock with all parties in order to prevent the situation from escalating or getting out of control.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD DISCUSSES WITH AL-FAYYAD ENHANCING COOPERATION ON COUNTER-TERRORISM AND BORDER CONTROL


Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad received Monday Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq Faleh al-Fayyad.

Talks during the meeting dealt with means of enhanciong cooperation between Syria and Iraq in the domain of combating terrorism, effective coordination to control borders and hunting extremist organizations and their remnants that seek to threaten the security of the two countries.

President al-Assad considered that terrorism that kills and sheds blood is the same everywhere in the world, and that the supporters of terrorism in Syria and Iraq are the same in other places, regardless of the names of those terrorist organizations.

The President added that the steadfastness and force of the Syrian and Iraqi armies were the basis for achieving successive victories against terrorists and their supporters.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

ISRAELI RAIDS ON SARBIN, AITA AL-SHAAB CAUSE SEVERE PROPERTY, INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGES


National News Agency correspondent in Tyre reported that the enemy’s raid on the town of Sarbin caused severe damage to property, crops, and infrastructure, especially to the electricity and water networks.

Another correspondent in Nabatieh said that at approximately 5:00 pm today, Israeli warplanes raided a house in the town of Aita al-Shaab, completely destroying it.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Prisoners’ Authority: Zakaria Al-Zubaidi faces continuing punishments

Ramallah – Ma’an – The Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Authority reported that the isolated prisoner, Zakaria Al-Zubaidi, from Jenin Governorate, faces very difficult detention conditions.

The authority explained in a statement today, Monday, according to the visit of its lawyer, that the prisoner Zubaidi, who has been in the cells of Ashkelon for three months, is subjected to daily inspections several times by units affiliated with the prison administration, and suffers from a lack of clothing and only has what he wears and the food provided. Its very poor in terms of quantity and quality.

The authority stated that he is expected to be transferred within the next week from ‘Ashkelon isolation to isolation in another prison,’ as he is subjected to the retaliatory transfer policy every three months.

The Commission held the occupation government and its prison administration fully responsible for the life of Al-Zubaidi, against whom an extremist policy was being practiced in violation of all stipulated
international agreements and treaties.

The occupation forces arrested Al-Zubaidi in 2019, and he and 5 of his comrades (Ayham Kammji, Manadil Nfay’at, Muhammad and Mahmoud Al-Arda, and Yaqoub Qadri) were able to wrest their freedom on September 11, 2021, when they dug a tunnel under the fortified Gilboa prison.

The occupation re-arrested the six prisoners, and sentenced them, in addition to their previous sentences, to actual imprisonment for a period of 5 years and a fine of 5,000 shekels, with a suspended sentence of 8 months to 3 years, in addition to deliberate abuse against them, through the policy of solitary confinement and medical neglect, as well as They were subjected to several physical attacks and great psychological pressure from the jailers, and this racist cycle continues to this day.

Source: Maan News Agency

The war cabinet decides to proceed with the Rafah operation under the pretext of ‘pressure on Hamas’

Gaza – Together – The Israeli war cabinet decided, on Monday evening, to continue the military operation targeting the Rafah area, south of the besieged Gaza Strip, despite international and international warnings in this regard, under the pretext of increasing ‘military pressure’ on the Hamas movement, after the movement announced its approval of a proposal. Mediators of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

This came according to what the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reported in a statement issued after a telephone meeting held by the war cabinet to discuss the proposal approved by the Hamas movement. Note that a senior Israeli official said in a media briefing that there was talk of a ‘watered-down’ Egyptian version that Israel had not seen before.

The statement issued by Netanyahu’s office stated, ‘The war cabinet unanimously decided that Israel would continue the (military) operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to promote the release of the hostages and achieve
the other goals of the war.’ He continued, ‘In parallel, Israel will send a delegation of mediators to exhaust The possibility of reaching an agreement on terms acceptable to Israel.’

The statement stated that “Hamas’s proposal is far from Israel’s necessary requirements.”

Cabinet’s declaration of war regarding ‘continuing the operation in Rafah’ coincided with the occupation army’s announcement, in a statement, that its forces were ‘attacking and operating in the meantime in a surprise manner against Hamas targets in the eastern Rafah area,’ while local sources reported that the occupation escalated its attacks on areas In the city located in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Channel 13 reported that the prevailing belief among members of the war cabinet is that ‘the proposal approved by Hamas is a bad proposal that Israel cannot agree to,’ adding that the Israeli government will take a decision on Tuesday regarding the powers of the professional team that Israel will send to continue talks with the me
diators ( He will go to listen or will be authorized to hold talks.)

The channel quoted a senior Israeli official as saying that “even the pragmatic parties participating in the negotiations are very skeptical about the possibility of achieving real progress” towards reaching an agreement through mediators with Hamas on the exchange of prisoners in exchange for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

While the Israeli negotiating team was still working on ‘studying’ the proposal that Hamas announced, on Monday evening, that it had agreed to for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Israeli government officials denounced the movement’s announcement, refusing to conclude any agreement that might lead to an end to the war on Gaza. They called for a speedy invasion of the city of Rafah.

Source: Maan News Agency