The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the beginning of the latest round of Israeli-Hezbollah conflict on Oct. 8, 2023 had reached 3,136, with injuries rising to 13,979, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The ministry said in a notice that Israel launched air strikes on many places in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least 20 people.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a statement on Saturday saying that in the past week, it launched operations in the suburbs of southern Lebanon, discovering and destroying Hezbollah's weapons and intelligence facilities.
The IDF also stated that it destroyed about 300 Hezbollah infrastructure facilities, killed some armed personnel and discovered Hezbollah's underground facilities in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah said on the same day that its fighters fired rockets at Haifa and other places in northern Israel, and attacked Israeli soldiers' assembly points in many places. Hezbollah also claimed to have shot down an Israeli Elbit Hermes 450 drone.
The ongoing clashes between Israel and Hezbollah began on Oct. 8, 2023 -- one day after Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Since Sept. 23 this year, the Israeli army has intensified its airstrikes against Hezbollah across Lebanon, resulting in significant civilian casualties and displacement of residents from many areas.
Death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon rises to 3,136
Death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon rises to 3,136
Death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon rises to 3,136
To meet the timeline of starting independent customs operations by the end of 2025, the government of south China's Hainan province issued a series of regulations to stipulate import and export management of Free Trade Port (FTP), with two major documents on environmental safety and medicine import put into effect recently.
To further explain the effects and scope of the two documents, the local government held press conferences on Monday and Tuesday.
The "Several Provisions on the Management of Entry Environmental Safety Access in the Hainan Free Trade Port" took effect on Wednesday, which clarified the scopes and responsibilities regarding potential environmental issues of vessels and import products.
"The document regulates the access management of special items such as hazardous waste, remanufactured products, carry-on items of entry personnel, and radioactive materials. Meanwhile, it clarifies that the storage sites for transit goods should meet environmental safety management requirements, to avoid environmental pollution," said Di Weijie, deputy director of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Hainan Province.
In addition, the administrative rule on zero-tariff import of medicines and medical devices in Hainan Free Trade Port was put into effect on Tuesday, stipulating that before Hainan FTP starts independent customs operations, medical institutions, higher medical education institutions, and pharmaceutical research institutes registered in the Hainan's Boao Lecheng Pilot Zone with independent legal status and approved eligibility can import designated pharmaceuticals and medical devices under the zero-tariff policy.
"The scope [of medicines and medical devices imported under 'zero-tariff' policy] consists of two categories: imported pharmaceuticals and medical devices already approved for registration in China, and specially licensed pharmaceuticals and medical devices for the Boao Lecheng Pilot Zone," said Jia Ning, director of Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone Administration, during the press conference.
With policy supports and related efforts like the Ever Lasting International Innovation Medicine Exhibition held in the Boao Lecheng Pilot Zone, medicine and health care is expected to be a new pillar industry for Hainan.
New regulations clarify environment, medicine import issues in Hainan Free Trade Port
