Day: 24 March 2024

Amman: A gradual onset of atmospheric instability is forecast across Jordan on Sunday, with varying altitudes witnessing an increase in cloud cover. The Kingdom anticipates scattered rain showers in different regions, with the potential for heavy downpours, particularly in the eastern areas. These showers may be accompanied by thunderstorms and hail, raising concerns of flash floods in valleys and low-lying areas.

As the night progresses, the impact of atmospheric instability and rainfall is expected to diminish. Winds will moderate in speed, shifting direction from northeast to northwest intermittently, potentially causing dust storms, particularly in desert regions, leading to reduced horizontal visibility.

The Jordan Meteorological Department has issued warnings regarding the risk of flash floods in valleys and low-lying regions, especially in the east, as well as the possibility of slippery road conditions and reduced visibility due to dust, particularly in desert and desert road areas.

On Monday, temp
eratures are expected to remain cold in most areas, with mild conditions forecast for the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and Aqaba. Low-level clouds are expected, with scattered rain showers in the morning across northern Jordan and parts of the central regions. Westerly winds will prevail, ranging from moderate to active speeds.

Tuesday is expected to see a rise in temperatures, with pleasant spring weather prevailing across most regions. Warm conditions are forecast for the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and Aqaba, with active westerly winds potentially causing dust storms, especially in desert areas.

In terms of temperatures for today, East Amman is expected to see maximum and minimum temperatures ranging between 14 – 7 degrees Celsius today, while West Amman will experience temperatures of 12 – 5 degrees Celsius. The northern highlands will range between 11 – 4 degrees Celsius, the Sharah Mountains between 13 – 3 degrees Celsius, and the Gulf of Aqaba between 25 – 12 degrees Celsius.

Source: Jordan News A
gency

The eleventh Ramadan lecture by the leader of the revolution, al-Sayeed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, Saturday, Ramadan 13, 1445 AH – March 23, 2024 AD.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Amman: Local media in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening reported that seven Palestinians, including four women and a child, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Al-Jeneina district, east of Rafah.

On the other hand, the Palestinian Red Crescent said Sunday evening that the wireless communication service outage caused a contact breakdown with its employees inside the Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip

Source: Jordan News Agency

Gaza: As the Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip began its 170th day, Palestinian human rights organizations denounced the ongoing airstrikes by the Israeli military on hospitals and communities designated as safe zones in the Gaza Strip.

Human rights organizations said in a statement released on Sunday that since the start of Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip, the occupation forces have intentionally targeted the Strip’s healthcare system. They have also been practicing the systematic destruction and targeting of hospitals and health centers for the past few months, and the current situation confirms that they are attempting to thwart any attempts to resume partial work in them, insisting on depriving the population of access to healthcare.

The organizations urged the international community to take action to put an end to the occupying state’s crime of genocide against the 2.3 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. This included forcing them to flee their homes in c
onditions devoid of even the most basic human rights, executing them where they were forced to relocate, and waging a campaign of collective punishment symbolized by starvation and thirst.

Additionally, they urged the international community to act decisively and swiftly in order to compel the Israeli occupation state to halt its aggression and carry out the rulings of the International Court of Justice, which has the duty to stop genocide from occurring. They also urged it to take action that will protect the lives of civilians in the Gaza Strip, both male and female, and to cease its use of collective punishment, which is prohibited by all international and humanitarian laws.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and the Judicial Institute of Jordan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation and exchanging expertise to enhance work efficiency.

Mayor of Amman, Yousef Al-Shawarbeh, emphasized the importance of the MoU, which serves the goal of promoting legal culture. Al-Shawarbeh explained that GAM seeks to improve the competency of its legal department and its employees, regardless of their specializations, by expanding joint cooperation with the Judicial Council.

Director General of the Judicial Institute of Jordan, Jamal Haroun highlighted the institute’s historical partnership based on joint cooperation with GAM. He added that signing the MoU will strengthen cooperation in training, scientific research, and exchange of expertise.

Source: Jordan News Agency

London: Dozens of Pro-Palestine protesters staged a sit-in outside the headquarters of the Israeli military equipment manufacturer Elbit in the Bristol area on Saturday evening, to protest the company’s complicity in the current Israeli war in Gaza.

Bristol Live said, “The protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners denouncing Israel’s atrocities, and delivered speeches demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. They accused the company of contributing to civilian casualties, destroying Gaza’s health care infrastructure, and complicity in committing war crimes in Gaza.”

The website indicated that Elbit is a subsidiary of the largest arms manufacturer in Israel, and manufactures up to 85 percent of the Israeli army’s drone fleet and ground equipment, in addition to missiles, bombs, and bullets.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini said that the Israeli authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to the north of Gaza.

“Gaza: as of today, UNRWA, the main lifeline for Palestine refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza,” Lazzarini said in a post on his official X account.

“Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to the north,” Lazzarini added.

“This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine. These restrictions must be lifted,” Lazzarini underlined.

UNRWA is the largest organisation with the highest reach to displaced communities in Gaza. By preventing UNRWA to fulfill its mandate in Gaza, the clock will tick faster towards famine and many more will die of hunger, dehydr
ation + lack of shelter.

This cannot happen, it would only stain our collective humanity,” the UNRWA chief concluded.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: The Public Security Directorate (PSD) advised the public to exercise caution and due diligence today due to the anticipated weather instability.

The PSD advised people to drive carefully in order to prevent accidents or slips on wet roads, as well as to avoid areas where water bodies and floods could arise as a result of rain, particularly in the east of the Kingdom.

It also emphasized the significance of not sleeping with heating appliances on, using them correctly, and occasionally providing enough ventilation.

Additionally, the PSD advised drivers to exercise caution when driving when dust reduces horizontal vision, particularly in desert regions, and to not hesitate to call the unified emergency number (911) in the event that such a situation arises.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: The total quantity of olive fruits received from all governorates of the Kingdom and used for pressing reached 138,898 tons, an increase of 7.5 percent from the 2022 season, which was 129,157 tons.

The results of the annual survey of olive presses in the Kingdom during the 2023-2024 season, conducted by the Department of Statistics (DoS) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, indicated a decrease in the quantity of olive oil produced from pressing by 1.5 percent in the 2023 season, where it reached 25,028 tons in the 2023 season compared to 25,417 tons in the 2022 season.

According to a DoS statement issued on Sunday, the oil yield from the olives used in the pressing process decreased from 19.7 percent in the 2022-2023 season to 18 percent in the 2023-2024 season.

Irbid Governorate ranked first in the quantity of olive fruits used in pressing and the quantity of olive oil produced, where the quantity of olive fruits used in pressing reached 51.8 thousand tons and the quantity of olive oil
produced reached 10.2 thousand tons in 2023, while Aqaba Governorate was the least in the quantities of olive fruits used in pressing, where it reached 1.5 thousand tons and the least in the quantity of olive oil produced, where it reached 221 tons.

The total number of presses in Jordan reached 146 presses in 2023, and the olive press survey forms are collected in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture using the comprehensive survey method, where the survey includes the production of olives received by the presses and does not include the production of olives prepared for pickling or pickles or other uses outside the olive presses.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: Minister of Public Works and Housing, Maher Abu Al Sammen, met on Sunday with the World Bank Country Director for Jordan, Holly Benner.

During the meeting, which was attended by the Ministry’s Secretary General, Jamal Qutaishat, Abu Al Sammen highlighted the plans and strategies for developing the road network in the Kingdom and implementing public-private partnership projects, stressing the importance of the partnership between the World Bank and Jordan in various fields.

Abu Al Sammen praised the Bank’s cooperation in preparing plans and strategies for developing the roads and infrastructure sector in the Kingdom, in addition to contributing to providing the necessary technical support to the government to implement public-private partnership projects aimed at creating and maintaining the road network, given the high costs that the government pays to develop the road network and the inability to provide the necessary funding for it, whether for maintaining existing roads or building new ones.

Abu
Al Sammen also commended the World Bank’s support for road network development projects in the Kingdom, such as the Road Asset Management System project, which is funded by the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Inclusive Growth and Economic Opportunities in Jordan, which will contribute to raising the effectiveness of planning and implementing maintenance work and prioritizing road maintenance according to the precise condition of the road network.

He stressed the need to proceed with the procedures for adopting the performance-based road maintenance contracts document, as this type of contract aims to manage the maintenance of the road network through financial support to involve the private sector in routine and emergency road maintenance in light of the limited financial resources allocated to the road maintenance and sustainability sector.

For her part, Benner lauded Jordan’s ability to fulfill its obligations and implement plans and strategies, stressing that the World Bank is working continuously with the Jo
rdanian government to provide support for the establishment of infrastructure projects and provide technical support for preparing the necessary studies and technical plans in the transport and infrastructure sector.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Gaza: In the early hours of Sunday, a staff member of the Palestinian Red Crescent was killed due to gunfire from Israeli occupation forces at Al Amal Hospital, situated west of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources confirmed that Amir Subhi Abu Eisha, an emergency operations room staff member at the Palestinian Red Crescent, was fatally wounded while carrying out his duties at Al Amal Hospital.

Since the commencement of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, a total of 364 medical workers, including doctors, nurses, and paramedics, have tragically been killed.

In a separate incident, at dawn on Sunday, medical teams successfully recovered the bodies of six deaths from beneath the debris of a house that was targeted by Israeli airstrikes in the eastern part of Rafah, a city situated in the southern part of the Strip.

Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes launched a series of intense raids in the central, southern, and western areas of Khan Yunis. The city is currently witnessing severe air and gr
ound bombardment, along with shooting from Israeli helicopters.

Additionally, military vehicles have been deployed near the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex.

According to a preliminary count by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the number of deaths in Gaza has reached 32,142, predominantly comprising children and women.

Moreover, the total number of injuries stands at 74,412 since the start of the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Gaza Strip on October 7th of the previous year.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: Minister of Justice, Ahmed Ziadat, Sunday said the general pardon draft law of 2024 is “according to the principles carried by the directive of His Majesty King Abdullah II.”

Ziadat added in a joint press conference with the Minister of Government Communications, Muhannad Mubaideen, that the Cabinet approved the draft law, according to which 7,355 inmates will be released from correctional and rehabilitation centres.

The draft law excluded crimes that would affect the state’s efforts to combat drugs, money laundering and human trafficking, adding that it took into account the requirements of national security.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Sunday condemned the Israeli occupation’s decision to seize 8,000 dunams in the northern Jordan Valley in the West Bank.

The OIC’s issued a statement saying that the Israeli plans to seize lands and build settler units “reflects the Israeli occupation’s persistence in committing more crimes and illegal measures in flagrant violation of international law and international legitimacy resolutions.”

The OIC urged call on the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to end all crimes and attacks of the Israeli occupation throughout the occupied Palestinian territory, especially in the Gaza Strip.

Source: Jordan News Agency