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Egypt Increases Number of Vaccination Centers

The cabinet meets in New Alamein on Wednesday. (Egyptian government)
The cabinet meets in New Alamein on Wednesday. (Egyptian government)
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Egypt Increases Number of Vaccination Centers

The cabinet meets in New Alamein on Wednesday. (Egyptian government)
The cabinet meets in New Alamein on Wednesday. (Egyptian government)

Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed said that the number of coronavirus vaccination centers has been increased to 657 from 580, building on the government’s pledge in June to inoculate 40 percent of the population by the end of this year.

During a cabinet meeting in New Alamein on Wednesday, the minister noted that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has underscored the significance of vaccines in light of the emergence of the Delta variant.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly prioritized vaccinating university and school staff and students ahead of the new academic year.

Zayed said vaccination stations that have been set up at university hospitals to inoculate medical staff will handle the rest of the faculty in each university.

They will also administer the second dose of vaccines before the beginning of the new academic year.

Additionally, the Health Ministry has set a mechanism for vaccinating workers at the Ministry of Education and Technical Education.

Moreover, Zayed addressed the current situation of supplying AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. She noted the quantities of raw materials for manufacturing vaccines in the VACSERA factories that should be received by the end of the year.

Six million doses will be released gradually starting September 5.

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Israel: We Will Continue to Fight Hezbollah Until Victory

A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on a village outside Tyre in southern Lebanon on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on a village outside Tyre in southern Lebanon on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
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Israel: We Will Continue to Fight Hezbollah Until Victory

A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on a village outside Tyre in southern Lebanon on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on a village outside Tyre in southern Lebanon on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday rejected proposals for a ceasefire in Lebanon after the United States, France and several Arab countries called for a 21-day halt in the fighting to allow time to reach a diplomatic solution.

"There will be no ceasefire in the north. We will continue to fight against the Hezbollah terrorist organization with all our strength until victory and the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes," he said in a statement on the social media platform X.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who left Israel on Thursday to address the United Nations, issued a statement that said he had ordered the military to keep fighting with full force, in accordance with operational plans.

"This is an American-French proposal that the Prime Minister has not even responded to," his office said in a statement.

Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters before a Security Council meeting on Wednesday that Israel would welcome a ceasefire and preferred a diplomatic solution. He then told the Council that Iran was the nexus of violence in the region and peace required dismantling the threat.

The Israeli military said Thursday it was targeting Hezbollah military infrastructure, including weapons storage facilities and rocket launchers.

The military said around 45 projectiles were fired from Lebanon on Thursday, all of them either intercepted or falling in open areas. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack ignited the war in Gaza, hoping to pin down Israeli forces. Both Hezbollah and Hamas are close allies of Iran.

The fighting has driven tens of thousands of people from their homes on both sides of the Lebanese-Israeli border. Israel has vowed to do whatever is necessary to allow its citizens to return, and has moved thousands of troops to the northern border in preparation for what could be a ground campaign into southern Lebanon.

The United States, France and other allies called Wednesday for an “immediate” 21-day cease-fire to allow for negotiations in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed more than 600 people in Lebanon in recent days.

The joint statement, negotiated on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, says the recent fighting is “intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation.”

But Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who heads one of two nationalist-religious factions in the governing coalition, said Thursday Hezbollah should be crushed and that only its surrender would make it possible for the evacuees to return.