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Over 10,000 Daily COVID Cases Reported in Palestinian Territories

A Palestinian student receives a dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as a school year begins, in a school near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 1, 2021. (Reuters)
A Palestinian student receives a dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as a school year begins, in a school near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 1, 2021. (Reuters)
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Over 10,000 Daily COVID Cases Reported in Palestinian Territories

A Palestinian student receives a dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as a school year begins, in a school near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 1, 2021. (Reuters)
A Palestinian student receives a dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as a school year begins, in a school near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 1, 2021. (Reuters)

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh urged on Monday citizens to get inoculated against the coronavirus as daily Covid-19 cases in the West Bank, including in Jerusalem, continue to rise.

Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said her ministry recorded 10,444 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with six deaths.

She said the West Bank recorded three deaths, 5,415 new cases and 1,201 recoveries, while the Gaza Strip registered three deaths, 2,369 new cases and 95 recoveries.

In East Jerusalem, the Ministry reported 2,660 new cases.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister called on citizens to get vaccinated, particularly in light of the recent surge related to the spread of the Omicron variant.

During a weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah, Shtayyeh said wants to avoid lockdown measures his government took at the beginning of the pandemic.

According to figures released by the Health Ministry in Ramallah, just over 30 percent of Gaza's population of about two million are fully vaccinated, compared with 60 percent in the West Bank.

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Israel Says it Attacked Hezbollah's Intelligence HQ in Beirut

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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Israel Says it Attacked Hezbollah's Intelligence HQ in Beirut

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Israel carried out at least three air raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday after issuing evacuation orders.

Israel said its air force attacked Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters and an underground workshop for the production of weapons in Beirut.

In a statement, the Israeli military said its fighter jets killed three Hezbollah commanders, including Alhaj Abbas Salameh, a senior figure in the group's southern command, Radja Abbas Awache, a communications expert, and Ahmad Ali Hussein, who it said was responsible for strategic weapons development.
It was not clear if the three were killed in the attack on the headquarters or in separate actions.

A day earlier, Israel carried out heavy strikes on several locations in Beirut's southern suburbs, leaving thick plumes of smoke hanging over the city into the evening.

The strikes targeted "a number of Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and a Hezbollah intelligence headquarters command center,” Israel's military said.

Israel had issued evacuation orders for four separate neighborhoods within the suburbs, urging residents to get 500 meters away, but carried out strikes in other areas as well, witnesses said.

Tens of thousands of people have fled the southern suburbs - once a densely populated zone that also housed Hezbollah offices and underground installations - since Israel began regular strikes there about three weeks ago.

An Israeli air attack on Sept. 27 killed Hezbollah's secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, and strikes nearby have killed other top figures from the Iran-backed group.