The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 45,805, with 109,064 others injured, the Gaza-based health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
In the past 24 hours alone, at least 88 people have been killed and 208 injured in the enclave, according to the statement.
According to Palestinian official news agency reports, Israeli military planes bombed multiple places, such as Jabalia and Gaza City in the north, throughout daytime on Sunday, leading to 14 deaths and many injuries.
The Israeli forces burned about dozens of houses in the Jabalia refugee camp, carried out strikes in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, and used drones to strike a building in south Gaza's Khan Younis, the reports said.
The Israeli army killed a Palestinian security officer in the town of Meithalun, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian sources reported on Sunday.
The Ramallah-based Health Ministry announced in a press statement that it had been informed by the General Authority for Civil Affairs that Hassan Rabaya, 40, was killed by Israeli forces in Meithalun.
According to a Palestinian security source, Rabaya, an officer in the Palestinian security forces, was killed during a raid by Israeli special forces. The forces stormed the town and surrounded Rabaya's house amid an exchange of gunfire, the source reported.
Meithalun Mayor Hamad Rabaya told Xinhua that Israeli forces had surrounded the house, and an exchange of gunfire was heard nearby. The mayor also reported seeing Israeli forces transporting a body to their military vehicles.
Israeli occupation forces have detained at least 20 Palestinians, including children and former prisoners, in the West Bank over the past 24 hours, according to a joint statement from the Palestinian Authority's Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
In its own statement on Sunday, the Israeli military said its forces killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad company commander, Saad Said Zaki Dahnon, in an operation in Gaza's Jabalia, saying that the commander served as the deputy head of the group's rocket division and was involved in attacks against Israel in October 2023.
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,805
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,805
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,805
China welcomes and warmly congratulates Indonesia on becoming a full member of BRICS, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday.
Brazil, as the BRICS chair this year, released a statement announcing that Indonesia has become a full member of BRICS, which received wide attention from the international community.
The spokesperson said Indonesia, as a major developing country and an important force in the Global South, highly recognizes the BRICS spirit and has taken an active part in "BRICS Plus" cooperation.
The spokesperson said Indonesia's official entry into BRICS serves the common interests of BRICS countries and the Global South, adding that "we believe that Indonesia will make active contribution to the development of BRICS."
The spokesperson said BRICS is a main platform for promoting solidarity and cooperation of the Global South and a major force driving the reform of the global governance system, and BRICS countries are always committed to multilateralism, fairness and justice, and common development. BRICS's latest addition follows the historic trend of the collective rise of the Global South.
China stands ready to work with Indonesia and other BRICS members to jointly build a more comprehensive, close, practical and inclusive partnership, advance the high-quality development of greater BRICS cooperation, and make greater contribution to building a community with a shared future for mankind, the spokesperson added.
Indonesia welcomes Brazil's announcement as chair of BRICS 2025, which recognizes the Southeast Asian country as a full member, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
"This milestone reflects Indonesia's growing and active role in global affairs and its commitment to strengthening multilateral cooperation for a more inclusive and equitable global order," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said Indonesia was actively involved in the BRICS agenda, which includes promoting economic resilience, technology collaboration, and solutions to global concerns, including climate change and public health.
Indonesia's membership in BRICS is a strategic step toward strengthening South-South cooperation and represents the aspirations of Global South countries in global decision-making processes, the ministry added.
Arsjad Rasjid, chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, saw this a historic moment and an opportunity to expand economic, trade and investment cooperation with other BRICS countries in the face of global competition.
He believed that this membership will improve economic fundamentals, stimulate innovation and accelerate national economic growth.
China congratulates Indonesia on becoming full member of BRICS
