Arab League commemorates Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

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Arab League commemorates Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

2024-12-02 14:48 Last Updated At：15:37

The Arab League (AL), formally the League of Arab States, on Sunday held an event to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, calling on the international community to protect the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

The event was held in Cairo, capital of Egypt, at the Arab League headquarters, with permanent representatives of the Arab League member states, envoys of some countries and representatives of international organizations attending the event.

Liao Liqiang, Chinese ambassador to Egypt and plenipotentiary envoy to the Arab League, also attended the event.

Addressing the event, Saeed Abu Ali, AL assistant secretary-general for Palestine and occupied Arab territories affairs and also representative of AL secretary-general Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, reiterated in his speech that the two-state solution is the only way to resolve the Palestinian issue.

"We respect those countries that recognize Palestine as an independent country as they have recognized that if an independent Palestinian state with its borders set on June 4, 1967 and with East Jerusalem as its capital cannot be established in this region, the region will not see security and stability. We hope that all countries can take this action, which is expected to help realize the two-state solution," he said.

Representatives of many countries condemned the continuous crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinian people, and called on the international community to take further actions to protect the legitimate rights of the Palestinians.

The Arab League awarded organizations and individuals including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for their contributions to supporting the Palestinian cause.

The Arab League is a regional organization in the Arab world. It was formed in Cairo in 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Yemen. Currently, it has 22 members.

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 44,429

2024-12-02 15:26 Last Updated At：15:37

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 44,429, with 105,250 injured, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement released on Sunday.

Over the past 24 hours, Israeli military operations in Gaza led to 47 deaths and 108 injuries, according to the statement.

Gaza's government media office said on Sunday that a journalist with the local Quds News Network was killed in an Israeli attack on the besieged enclave, taking the overall death toll of media practitioners in the Gaza Strip to 192 since October last year.

Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported on Sunday evening that the Israeli army had launched attacks on the western part of Gaza City, killing five people and wounding many others.

A joint announcement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Sunday said that earlier in the day, an Israeli air force warplane launched an air strike in Jenin of the West Bank, killing a Palestinian armed personnel. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that a total of four Palestinians were killed in the air strike.

On the same day, the military wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, said it had ambushed Israeli military targets in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip.

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, claimed that their fighters used mortars to attack an Israeli command center in central Gaza.