Israeli Forces Withdraw from Jenin

An Israeli soldier searches a roof during a raid in a building amid the ninth day of an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 05 September 2024. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
An Israeli soldier searches a roof during a raid in a building amid the ninth day of an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 05 September 2024. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
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Israeli Forces Withdraw from Jenin

An Israeli soldier searches a roof during a raid in a building amid the ninth day of an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 05 September 2024. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
An Israeli soldier searches a roof during a raid in a building amid the ninth day of an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 05 September 2024. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH

Israeli forces have withdrawn from the city of Jenin and a refugee camp there in the occupied West Bank, following a 10-day episode of "violent aggression,” the Palestine news agency (WAFA) said on Friday.
Twenty-one people were killed in the city and camp, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.
A Reuters witness said the Israeli forces left behind extensive damage to infrastructure.
In a statement on Facebook, the Palestinian foreign ministry accused Israel of transferring to the occupied West Bank its brutal destruction and devastation in the Gaza Strip, as evidenced by the situation in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm, and the refugee camps there.

Palestinian health officials said Thursday that Israeli strikes in the West Bank killed six people.



Lebanese Justice Ministry Accuses Former C.bank Chief Salameh of Financial Crimes

A protest in support of the arrest of former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh outside the Palace of Justice in Beirut (EPA)
A protest in support of the arrest of former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh outside the Palace of Justice in Beirut (EPA)
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Lebanese Justice Ministry Accuses Former C.bank Chief Salameh of Financial Crimes

A protest in support of the arrest of former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh outside the Palace of Justice in Beirut (EPA)
A protest in support of the arrest of former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh outside the Palace of Justice in Beirut (EPA)

Lebanon's justice ministry formally accused former central bank governor Riad Salameh on Thursday of financial crimes, the state news agency reported.
Salameh, 73, was arrested on Tuesday over alleged financial crimes including illicit enrichment through public funds.

According to Reuters, he has long denied all accusations of wrongdoing.
He will remain in detention at least until a hearing is scheduled, probably next week, two judicial sources told Reuters on Wednesday.