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3 Killed in Bombing in Egypt’s Arish

An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in al-Arish. (AP)
An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in al-Arish. (AP)
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3 Killed in Bombing in Egypt’s Arish

An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in al-Arish. (AP)
An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in al-Arish. (AP)

Two army recruits and a civilian were killed on Sunday when an explosive targeting a security forces bus went off in Egypt’s al-Arish city.

Five other people were wounded in the attack.

Arish is located in Sinai, which has been a hotbed for extremists loyal to the ISIS terrorist organization.

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi had declared on January 19 that thousands of members of the security forces have been injured in extremist attacks since 2014.

Security sources said that hundreds of their members have been killed by the terrorists since the 2011 uprising.

The extremists have in recent months widened their attacks to target churches.

Hundreds of the terrorists have meanwhile been killed in security and military campaigns in northern Sinai as they seek to eliminate them from the area.

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UN General Assembly Asks Court to Say What Israel Needs to Provide in Gaza

File photo: A completed resolution vote tally to affirm the suspension of the Russian Federation from the United Nations Human Rights Council is displayed during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, April 7, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
File photo: A completed resolution vote tally to affirm the suspension of the Russian Federation from the United Nations Human Rights Council is displayed during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, April 7, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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UN General Assembly Asks Court to Say What Israel Needs to Provide in Gaza

File photo: A completed resolution vote tally to affirm the suspension of the Russian Federation from the United Nations Human Rights Council is displayed during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, April 7, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
File photo: A completed resolution vote tally to affirm the suspension of the Russian Federation from the United Nations Human Rights Council is displayed during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, April 7, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The UN General Assembly approved a resolution Thursday asking the UN’s highest court to state what Israel’s obligations are in Gaza and the West Bank to provide humanitarian assistance essential for the survival of Palestinian civilians.
The vote on the Norwegian-sponsored resolution seeking an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice was 137-12, with 22 abstentions. The United States, Israel's closest ally, voted against the resolution.
Resolutions in the 193-member General Assembly are not legally binding, though they do reflect world opinion, The Associated Press said.
It follows the ICJ’s condemnation of Israel’ s rule over lands it captured 57 years ago. In a nonbinding opinion in July, the court said Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on Israel to end its occupation and halt settlement construction immediately.
Thursday's resolution also follows Israeli laws passed in late October, which take effect in 90 days, that effectively ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, from operating in the Palestinian territories.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed that no other UN agency can take on UNRWA's role, and a UN spokesman reiterated Thursday that under international law, as the occupying power, Israel would be responsible for fulfilling the basic needs of Palestinians if UNRWA is banned.
Norway’s deputy foreign minister, Andreas Kravik, told reporters that the international community has a responsibility to react to tens of thousands of deaths in Gaza and virtually the entire population experiencing acute hunger, and some near famine.
He said many countries, the UN and its agencies, and aid organizations are ready to step up their humanitarian efforts but the problem is “there’s a lack of access.”
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon told the assembly before the vote that its members were debating “the same recycled nonsense, where all that matters is attacking Israel and challenge its right to protect its citizens.”
“This time the Palestinians are using a new tool in this diplomatic circus: the International Court of Justice,” he said.
The resolution demands that Israel comply with all its legal obligations under international law, including by the UN's top court.
It expresses concern about the Israeli legislation on UNRWA and Israeli measures to impede assistance to the Palestinians.
The resolution seeks the ICJ’s guidance on additional questions about its July ruling, including what Israel's obligations are “to ensure and facilitate the unhindered provision of urgently needed supplies essential to the survival of the Palestinian civilian population.”