KSrelief Distributes Food Aid in Sudan, Lebanon

Saudi Ksrelief distributes food baskets in Gedaref State in Sudan  - SPA
Saudi Ksrelief distributes food baskets in Gedaref State in Sudan - SPA
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KSrelief Distributes Food Aid in Sudan, Lebanon

Saudi Ksrelief distributes food baskets in Gedaref State in Sudan  - SPA
Saudi Ksrelief distributes food baskets in Gedaref State in Sudan - SPA

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed 1,157 food baskets in Gedaref State in Sudan, benefiting 6,145 people of displaced families.

This aid comes as part of the food security support project for 2024.

The center has also continued implementing Al-Amal Charitable Bakery project in Akkar Governorate and Al-Minieh District in Lebanon.
The project distributed 150,000 bundles of bread daily to needy families of Syrian and Palestinian refugees and the host community living in northern Lebanon, benefiting 125,000 people.

These projects come within the efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its humanitarian arm, the KSrelief, to help refugees worldwide.

Meanwhile in Yemen, the Emergency Center for Epidemic Disease Control in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate, with support from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), provided treatment services to 1,225 patients from January 3 to 9, 2024.
Among them, 324 patients visited the emergency clinic, 285 beneficiaries attended the internal medicine clinic, 616 visited the epidemiology clinic, and 282 utilized the laboratory section.
Medications were provided to 1,139 patients and the observation department received 252 patients.



Israel Sends Negotiators to Cairo to Extend Phase-one of Gaza Ceasefire

 Freed Palestinian prisoners gesture out of the windows as they arrive in a bus after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Freed Palestinian prisoners gesture out of the windows as they arrive in a bus after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
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Israel Sends Negotiators to Cairo to Extend Phase-one of Gaza Ceasefire

 Freed Palestinian prisoners gesture out of the windows as they arrive in a bus after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Freed Palestinian prisoners gesture out of the windows as they arrive in a bus after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Israel announced on Thursday it was sending negotiators to Cairo for talks, seeking to extend a first phase of a ceasefire due to expire in two days, in the apparent aim of securing the release of more hostages while delaying any final deal on Gaza's future.

The announcement came after Hamas handed over four bodies of hostages, the last due to be released under the terms of the six-week first phase of the ceasefire that started on January 19. Talks have yet to begin on a second phase that would ultimately lead to a permanent end to the war.

Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told reporters in Jerusalem the delegation would travel to Egypt to see whether there was common ground to negotiate an extension to the truce.

"We said we are ready to make the framework longer in return to release more hostages. If it is possible, we'll do that."

Two government officials told Reuters that Israel was seeking to extend the initial phase, with Hamas freeing three hostages each week in exchange for Palestinians held by Israel.

The warring sides have not spelled out what would happen beyond Saturday if the first phase of the ceasefire expires with no agreement. Egypt and Qatar are mediating between Israel and Hamas, with the backing of the United States.

The initial phase of the ceasefire included the handover of 33 Israeli hostages in return for some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli jails. Fighting was paused and Israeli troops withdrew from some positions in Gaza.

Talks over the second phase, intended to secure the release of the remaining hostages and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, had been meant to start earlier this month.

Israel's government faces public pressure to stick to the ceasefire to free remaining hostages, while some within the right-wing government want to return to war to fulfil their objective of eradicating Hamas.