Day: May 12, 2023

Two Palestinians were killed and at least five others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential apartment in al-Nasser neighborhood to the west of Gaza city, according to sources. Local sources said that two bodies were pulled from under the rubble of the targeted apartment. In a related matter, medical sources of the Indonesia Hospital, north of the Strip, confirmed that a man arrived at the hospital with an injury he sustained in an Israeli airstrike that targeted an agricultural land in the town of Beit Lahiya to the north. This brings the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of Israeli air attacks on Gaza on Tuesday to 33.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

The Foreign Ministry of Jordan announced the arrival of the ninth evacuation plane from troubled Sudan. The plane was carrying 56 people, six Jordanians and 50 non-Jordanians from Palestine, Syria, the United States, Ireland, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland and Serbia.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Temperatures are forecast to drop slightly on Friday, with moderate weather in most parts of Jordan and warmer temperatures at the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Aqaba, with some clouds appearing at low altitudes in the north and westerly winds, according to a Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) report. Temperatures would continue to drop into Saturday. The weather would remain pleasant in most parts of the Kingdom and moderate at the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Aqaba, with clouds forming at low altitudes. There would be a chance of rain showers in the early morning hours In the far north. On Sunday, a rise in temperatures would occur, and the weather would be moderate in most regions of the Kingdom and warmer at the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Aqaba. Temperatures would continue to rise through Monday. Nonetheless, the weather would remain moderate in high-lying areas and relatively warm in the rest of the regions. Today, temperatures in Amman would hit a high of 28, dropping to 11C at night, while the port city of Aqaba would see a fair 35C, sliding to 20C during night hours.

Source: Jordan News Agency

A Palestinian civilian Friday succumbed to wounds he had sustained in the Israeli air strikes on the northern Gaza Strip. The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that a Palestinian died of his wounds in the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll since the start of the Israeli assassination campaign in Gaza to 31 as of Tuesday.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Foreign Ministry in Jordan Friday welcomed the signing of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces on a Saudi-US-brokered agreement on basic principles in Jeddah. The Ministry expressed its “hope” that the agreement and the humanitarian obligations to protect civilians and uphold the international humanitarian law is a “first step to be followed by other steps that contribute to the return of security and stability to brotherly Sudan.”

Source: Jordan News Agency

Saudi Arabia and the US Friday announced that representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces had signed Thursday in Jeddah a declaration of commitment to protect civilians in Sudan. The declaration obliges the conflicting parties in Sudan under international humanitarian law and human rights law to promote humanitarian action to meet the needs of civilians. The declaration would urge its signatories to enable the safe delivery of humanitarian aid, restore “basic” services, withdraw forces from hospitals and clinics and allow the dead to be buried, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The ensuing Jeddah talks would focus on reaching an agreement on an “effective” ceasefire for up to ten days to implement the declaration’s commitments.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Saudi Arabia Friday announced that it had completed its evacuations campaign from troubled Sudan. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the humanitarian evacuations carried out by Saudi Arabia included 8,455 people, including 404 Saudis and 8,051 non-Saudis, who were evacuated by a group of Royal Saudi Navy ships and Royal Saudi Air Force planes.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Israeli media reported that sirens had sounded in Israeli settlements abutting southern Gaza after hours of calm. Israeli media reported that a salvo of rockets was fired from the Gaza Strip towards the settlements bordering the Gaza Strip, where Iron Dome tried to intercept them. It added that a missile fell on an agricultural greenhouse in the Eshkol complex.

Source: Jordan News Agency