Al-Qassam: We killed Amnon Mukhtar


The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed responsibility on Saturday for the shooting attack that killed Israeli settler Amnon Mukhtar last June.

This came in a statement by Al-Qassam, in which it mourned a group of its fighters who were martyred on Saturday when Israeli aircraft targeted their vehicle in Tulkarm.

The statement said: “With the highest verses of pride, dignity and confidence in God’s imminent victory, the Al-Qassam Brigades announce to the sons of our great people and the masses of our Arab and Islamic nation a group of its honorable knights, Commander Haitham Nour al-Din Balidi (from Tulkarm camp), Martyr Jamal Ibrahim Abu Haniya (from Qalqilya), Martyr Ali Khalil Abu Bakr (from Qalqilya), and Martyr Ahmed Ibrahim Muhajna (from Nour Shams camp).”

The statement added: “They were martyred today, Saturday, August 3, 2024, as a result of a cowardly assassination operation carried out by treacherous aircraft on a vehicle they were riding in between the villages of Attil and Zeita
in Tulkarm Governorate, accompanied by their martyred brother, the leader of the Al-Quds Brigades, Abdul Jabbar Fahd Sabbagh.”

Al-Qassam continued in its statement: ‘As we mourn a new group of our resistance martyrs in the occupied West Bank, we announce our responsibility for the shooting and liquidation operation of the Zionist Amnon Mukhtar, a resident of the occupied city of Petah Tikva, which was carried out by the two Qassam martyrs Jamal Abu Haniyeh and Ali Abu Bakr in the city of Qalqilya on June 22, 2024.’

The Al-Qassam Brigades stressed that “the escape of the occupation army soldiers from the fields of direct confrontation, and the resort of the cowardly army leadership to intensify the aerial bombardment and assassinations of the resistance fighters in the West Bank will have disastrous results for the treacherous occupier, and our resistance and our fighters will only increase their determination and resolve to carry out more resistance actions in all the cities, villages and camps of the occup
ied West Bank; the strikes of our resistance fighters will intensify, their numbers will double, and neither warplanes nor drones will stop their flood, God willing.”

On June 22, the Israeli army announced the killing of an Israeli by gunfire in Qalqilya, in the northern West Bank, noting that the army and police forces were investigating the circumstances of the incident

Source: Maan News Agency

FM: Egyptians abroad part of Egypt’s power


Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty said, on Sunday 4/08/2024, that Egyptians abroad are part of Egypt’s power and they represent their country’s ambassadors abroad.

They represent Egypt’s image and voice before the entire world, Abdelatty said while opening the fifth edition of “Egyptians Abroad” conference in the presence of a galaxy of ministers, lawmakers, media leaderships and representatives of Egyptian communities abroad.

Abdelatty conveyed President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s regards to all Egyptians abroad in appreciation of their role in defending it and holding its name high.

He talked about Egyptian expats’ role during June 30, 2013 revolution in defending the State and explaining to the entire world that what took place in Egypt was a popular revolution.

He said this annual event is important as it provides a chance for a real communication between bodies concerned and Egyptian communities abroad to address all problems facing them.

Source: State Info
rmation Service Egypt

FM: Egyptians abroad part of Egypt’s power


Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty said, on Sunday 4/08/2024, that Egyptians abroad are part of Egypt’s power and they represent their country’s ambassadors abroad.

They represent Egypt’s image and voice before the entire world, Abdelatty said while opening the fifth edition of “Egyptians Abroad” conference in the presence of a galaxy of ministers, lawmakers, media leaderships and representatives of Egyptian communities abroad.

Abdelatty conveyed President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s regards to all Egyptians abroad in appreciation of their role in defending it and holding its name high.

He talked about Egyptian expats’ role during June 30, 2013 revolution in defending the State and explaining to the entire world that what took place in Egypt was a popular revolution.

He said this annual event is important as it provides a chance for a real communication between bodies concerned and Egyptian communities abroad to address all problems facing them.

Source: State Info
rmation Service Egypt

Iranian President: Assassination of Haniyeh is a grave Zionist mistake that will not go unanswered

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during his reception of Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, on Sunday evening, that Israel made a mistake by assassinating the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, stressing that “this step will not go unanswered.”

The Iranian presidency stated that Pezeshkian discussed with Safadi the relations between the two countries and the developments in the region and the world, while the Iranian President expressed his hope to speed up the completion of the talks to resume relations between Iran and Jordan.

Pezeshkian considered the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh by Israel in Tehran as a “big mistake”, indicating that “Iran expects all Islamic countries and countries that demand freedom to condemn such crimes”, noting that “the assassination of Haniyeh while he was a guest in Tehran is a violation of international law and we hope the world will condemn it”.

In another part of the meeting, the Iranian president expressed his hope that the diplomatic n
egotiations on resuming Iranian-Jordanian relations would be faster, noting that “the return of diplomatic relations will also benefit the countries of the region from this constructive friendship”.

Pezeshkian said, “The axis of Iran’s foreign policy and the fourteenth government is to expand and strengthen peace, calm and stability in the region and the world”.

For his part, the Iranian presidency website quoted Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi as saying that “Jordan seeks to resume relations with the Islamic Republic and the joint effort to achieve stability and security”, indicating that “the aggression The Zionist regime’s brutal assault on Gaza has been strongly condemned from the very beginning.”

The Jordanian Foreign Minister also referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to expand the conflict in the region, referring to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Al-Sudani directs the service and engineering effort team to increase the pace of work in deprived areas

Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani directed the Service and Engineering Effort Team to increase the pace of work in deprived areas.

A statement from his media office said that Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired today, Sunday, the periodic meeting of the Service and Engineering Effort Team, where the projects under implementation, which the team has started for the year 2024, were reviewed.

Al-Sudani listened to a comprehensive presentation of the full status of the completion rates of all projects implemented in all governorates, with regard to paving and furnishing streets and roads, and rehabilitating and maintaining schools and health centers in areas and neighborhoods that need municipal services, which helps in developing the service reality in them.

Al-Sudani stressed, according to the statement, the necessity for the service and engineering effort team to continue with the same enthusiasm, and to increase the pace of work in deprived areas that need urgent services, pointing out th
e basic tasks of the effort, which are represented in providing the basic and urgent services that the citizen needs and cannot be postponed, in addition to completing the stalled municipal service projects that have been stopped for years. He also directed to expedite the purchase of the equipment for the effort team.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Al-Sudani to Blinken by phone: Stopping the escalation in the region depends on stopping the aggression on Gaza

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani stressed: “Stopping the escalation in the region depends on stopping the aggression on Gaza and deterring and curbing Netanyahu and his government.”

The Prime Minister’s Media Office stated in a statement: “Al-Sudani received a phone call today, Sunday, from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during which they discussed the latest developments in regional and international situations, Iraq’s role in supporting international peace and stability, and preventing current events from continuing in the path of escalation.

The Prime Minister stressed to Minister Blinken, according to a statement from his office: “Preventing escalation in the region depends only on stopping the aggression on Gaza, and its expansion to Lebanon, deterring and curbing Netanyahu and his government, preventing the Zionist occupation authorities from attacking the countries of the region, ending its repeated violations of international law and state sovereignty, and its attempts to spread the co
nflict and expand the scope of crises.”

For his part, the US Secretary of State expressed the desire of the United States and the US administration for Iraq to play a role in controlling the situation in the region, and preventing escalation from various parties, in continuation of Iraq’s efforts to support regional stability and regional peace.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Diyala Council holds its first session after forming the local government

Diyala Council held its first session after electing Omar Al-Karwi as its president.

The Director of the Media Department in Diyala Provincial Council, Ali Najm, told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that “the council held its first session at its official headquarters in the center of Baquba, headed by the President of the Council, Omar Al-Karwi, and his deputy, Salem Al-Tamimi, in the presence of 12 members.

He added that ‘during the session, some paragraphs of the internal regulations were amended and voted on in a manner consistent with the current situation. The session also discussed the tasks of the committees that will be formed in the council after voting on them during the next session after the presidency of the council communicates with the members.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander: Operation to Retaliate for Haniyeh’s Assassination Will Be New and Surprising

Advisor to the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Hussein Taeb, stated today, Sunday, that “the scenario designed to avenge the blood of the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, is one of the scenarios that cannot be read.”

Taeb explained that “the operation designed to avenge Haniyeh’s blood will be new and surprising,” stressing that ” (Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister) wants to turn his defeat against “Hamas” into a regional war and bring America into the war,” according to the Iranian News Agency (IRNA).

He added: “Today, the social situation of the Zionist entity is disturbed because they do not know what the Iranian scenario is, and no one is investing in Israel economically, as capital is leaving that region,” continuing: “The era of American hegemony is over and its policies do not constitute a deterrent.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Foreign Minister holds call with Iranian Acting Foreign Minister

Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a telephone call today with Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

During the call, the two sides exchanged views on regional developments and efforts to reduce tensions and prevent escalation that could result in the spread of conflict and the expansion of war, thereby posing serious threats to regional peace, security, and stability, as well as the interests of the people of the region.

The minister reaffirmed Bahrain’s stance on the urgent necessity of an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the safeguarding of civilians, and the facilitation of humanitarian aid to the civilian population. He expressed his wishes for stability, growth, and prosperity for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

On his part, Dr. Kani thanked the Minister for his call and underscored the importance of ongoing coordination and consultation between the two parties concerning regional developments. He also com
mended Bahrain’s participation in the inauguration ceremony of the Iranian President and wished the Kingdom progress and prosperity.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Amman Stock Exchange Index Drops by 0.48pct

Amman: The Amman Stock Exchange index concluded trading on Sunday with a 0.48 percent decline, settling at 2,380 points.

The day’s trading saw the exchange handle 1.9 million shares across 2042 transactions, with a total trading value of approximately JD3.8 million.

Share prices of 52 companies experienced a decrease, while 11 companies saw an increase in their share prices. The share prices of 24 companies remained stable.

Source: Jordan News Agency