Tripoli Prepares to Implement Full Curfew during Eid

Tripoli Prepares to Implement Full Curfew during Eid
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Tripoli Prepares to Implement Full Curfew during Eid

Tripoli Prepares to Implement Full Curfew during Eid

The Libyan capital, Tripoli, is preparing to implement a full curfew during Eid al-Fitr holiday to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

The Presidential Council (PC) has made a decision to extend the partial curfew for a further ten days, beginning from Monday, but insisted on imposing a 24-hour curfew throughout the Eid.

The Supreme Committee to Combat the Coronavirus Epidemic (SCCCE) recommended these measures to reduce the risks of a further outbreak.

Meanwhile, Libyans rushed to the markets to buy food and new clothes for children, as they complained of a hike in prices.

Libya has recorded 65 coronavirus infections, including three deaths since the first case was detected in March.

Many citizens stranded abroad due to measures stopping the spread of the virus have recently returned to Libya.

Director of the International Health Supervision Agency at the Ras Ajdir land border Mukhtar al-Mansouri said 47 citizens returned from Tunisia, while Misrata International Airport received 342 citizens from Germany and some other European countries.

Medical services in eastern Libya started testing illegal migrants in deportation centers and shelters.

This step, according to the Medical Advisory Committee, is part of a plan set to conduct random tests throughout residential areas.

It comes in light of warnings by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) against the coronavirus effect on infants in Libya.

“UNICEF and WHO are raising the alarm over severe vaccine shortages in Libya that are putting more than 250,000 children under one year of age at severe risk,” the UNICEF office in Libya announced in a statement on Tuesday.

“The situation is made worse by the continued armed conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic, disrupted health care services, regular power cuts, shortages of safe water supplies and the closure of schools and child-friendly spaces.”

“Immunization is one of the most effective public health interventions and when routine vaccinations are missed, there is a high chance of a resurgence of a measles outbreak, other preventable diseases, and fatalities among children”, it quoted its Special Representative Abdel-Rahman Ghandour as warning.

“There is an urgent need to ensure an uninterrupted flow of funds for vaccine procurement to cater for the current shortfall,” Ghandour stressed.



Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Man in West Bank

A picture taken in the village of Turmus Ayya near Ramallah city shows the nearby Israeli Shilo settlement in the background, in the occupied West Bank on February 18, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
A picture taken in the village of Turmus Ayya near Ramallah city shows the nearby Israeli Shilo settlement in the background, in the occupied West Bank on February 18, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
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Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Man in West Bank

A picture taken in the village of Turmus Ayya near Ramallah city shows the nearby Israeli Shilo settlement in the background, in the occupied West Bank on February 18, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
A picture taken in the village of Turmus Ayya near Ramallah city shows the nearby Israeli Shilo settlement in the background, in the occupied West Bank on February 18, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinian authorities said Israeli troops killed a 55-year-old man in the north of the occupied West Bank on Thursday -- an incident the Israeli army said involved a stabbing attack.

The Ramallah-based health ministry said the body in charge of coordination with Israel informed it that soldiers "shot and killed" the man in Rummanah, near Jenin, in the morning.

The Israeli military said separately that troops deployed in the village "neutralised" a man after he stabbed and "moderately injured" a soldier, AFP reported.

The army generally uses the term "neutralised" after killing someone.

Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has soared since the Hamas attack of October 2023.

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy died Thursday of wounds suffered during an army raid near the West Bank town of Nablus last week, the health ministry said.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 951 Palestinians, including many militants, the ministry said.

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Over the same period, at least 35 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations, according to Israeli figures.