Egypt, Madagascar to Enhance Cooperation in Military Production

Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (Egyptian Cabinet page on Facebook)
Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (Egyptian Cabinet page on Facebook)
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Egypt, Madagascar to Enhance Cooperation in Military Production

Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (Egyptian Cabinet page on Facebook)
Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (Egyptian Cabinet page on Facebook)

Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy has met with Madagascar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Patrick Ralolina as part of efforts to achieve African integration and exchange expertise.

Morsy said that the meeting discussed ways to enhance cooperation in various fields of manufacturing. It further reviewed the technical, technological, manufacturing, and human capabilities of the ministry and its subsidiaries.

Morsy asserted the ministry’s interest in strengthening the strategic partnership between production companies in Egypt and Madagascar.

He also stressed the ministry’s keenness to exchange expertise and achieve integration within the African continent, pointing to his ministry’s goal to meet the needs of Madagascar.

For his part, Ralolina expressed his country’s aspiration to achieve fruitful cooperation with Egypt in various industrial fields.

He praised the technical expertise and the technological capabilities of military production companies and their role in supporting the Egyptian state’s plan for development.

Ralolina hailed the economic reform measures taken by Egypt.

Monay’s meeting came as part of Ralolina’s visit to Egypt to participate in the 21st Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit on November 23.

Madagascar would hand over the chairmanship of the COMESA to Egypt during this summit.



Israeli Strikes Kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, Medical Officials Say

Displaced Palestinians walk near their tents, set up along the beach in the west of Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, 11 November 2024. (EPA)
Displaced Palestinians walk near their tents, set up along the beach in the west of Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, 11 November 2024. (EPA)
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Israeli Strikes Kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, Medical Officials Say

Displaced Palestinians walk near their tents, set up along the beach in the west of Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, 11 November 2024. (EPA)
Displaced Palestinians walk near their tents, set up along the beach in the west of Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, 11 November 2024. (EPA)

Palestinian medical officials say two Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 14 people, including two children and a woman, most in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone.

One strike late Monday hit a makeshift cafeteria used by displaced people in Muwasi, the center of the so-called humanitarian zone. At least 11 people were killed, including two children, according to officials at Nasser Hospital, where the casualties were taken. Video from the scene showed men pulling bloodied wounded from among tables and chairs set up in the sand in an enclosure made of corrugated metal sheets.

The strike came hours after the Israeli military announced an expansion of the zone, where it has told Palestinians evacuating from other parts of Gaza to take refuge. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering in sprawling tent camps in and around Muwasi, a largely desolate area of dunes and agricultural fields with few facilities or services along the Mediterranean coast of southern Gaza.

Israel faces a deadline this week for the Biden administration’s ultimatum for it to allow more aid into Gaza or risk possible restrictions on US military funding.

Another strike early Tuesday hit a house in the urban Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing three people including a woman, according to al-Awda Hospital, which received the casualties. The strike also wounded 11 others, it said.

The Israeli military had no immediate comment on either strike.

Israel’s 19-month-old campaign in Gaza has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities who don’t distinguish between civilians and fighters in their count, but say more than half the dead were women and children.

Israel says it targets Hamas fighters and blames the armed group for civilian deaths, saying it operates in residential areas and infrastructure and among displaced people.

The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led gunmen stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250. Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, about a third believed to be dead.