Category: General

Amman: Jordan on Thursday observes the 56th anniversary of the Battle of Karamah, a major clash on March 21, 1968, which saw Jordanian forces successfully fend off an Israeli offensive in the Jordan Valley’s town of Karamah, translating to “dignity” in Arabic.

On this historical occasion, His Majesty King Abdullah II received messages from high-ranking officials and military officers. Likewise, HRH Crown Prince Hussein received similar messages in recognition of the event.

The battle resulted in the tragic loss of 88 Jordanian soldiers, with another 108 sustaining injuries. The Jordanian military effectively countered the Israeli assault, inflicting substantial casualties, including 250 killed and 450 wounded Israeli soldiers.

The battle led to significant material losses on both sides, with Jordan losing 13 tanks and 39 vehicles, and Israel suffering the destruction of 88 vehicles along with seven fighter planes being downed.

The initial motive behind Israel’s attack was purportedly to dismantle a strong
hold of Arab fighters in Karamah. However, the underlying objective was to capture the strategic eastern highlands of the Jordan Valley in Balqa, located 35 kilometers northwest of Amman. This maneuver aimed at encircling the capital, compelling Jordan to capitulate and seizing additional territories.

Israel’s broader ambition was to diminish the Jordanian military’s capacity and consolidate its dominance following its victory in the 1967 war.

The battle reached a critical point when Israel proposed a ceasefire five hours into the fighting, an offer firmly rejected by the late King Hussein. He stated the refusal would stand “as long as a single Israeli soldier remains on the eastern bank of the Jordan River”.

King Hussein later praised the Jordanian forces for their meticulous planning and strategic execution during the battle, highlighting their success in preempting the enemy’s movements and maintaining the element of surprise.

The resolve and bravery demonstrated by Jordan in this confrontation garnere
d widespread acclaim from senior military officials and media outlets in the West, celebrating Jordan’s triumph over a more formidable adversary.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Vigil was held in Sana’a province in solidarity with the Palestinians and their heroic resistance, and in support of expanding the operations of the armed forces in Red Sea, Arab Sea, and the Indian Ocean against ships linked to the Zionist entity or heading to the occupied Palestinian ports.

The participants in the rally, which was organized by the offices of the General Postal Authority and the General Authority for Insurance and Pensions in the province, in the presence of the province’s agent, Muhammad Jamil, blessed the revolutionary leadership’s serious direction to expand military operations and continue them effectively to reach areas and locations that the enemy never expected.

They announced their support for the decision of the revolution leader , Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, to prevent ships linked to the Israeli enemy from crossing through the Indian Ocean.

A statement issued by the movement affirmed the continuation of supporting the Palestinians, considering it a jihad for the s
ake of God and one of the greatest closeness to God in this great month, the month of patience and jihad.

The statement renewed the call for the continuation of the complete boycott of American and Zionist goods and the companies that support them, considering this a jihad for the sake of God and accessible to all.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Dozens of Palestinian civilians, the majority of them children and women, were Thursday killed and injured in the intense and ongoing occupation bombing of Gaza City, as the brutal Israeli aggression against Palestinians enters its 167th day in a row.

For the fourth day in a row, the occupation army continues a massive incursion and invasion into Al-Rimal neighborhood, and inside and around the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, amid missile and artillery shelling and gunfire, which led to the killing of dozens of citizens, while others were left with separate injuries as a large number of victims are still under the rubble.

The occupation army blew up the specialized surgical building in the Shifa Medical Complex, west of Gaza City, amid a complete loss of communication with all medical teams inside the complex in Gaza City.

The Israeli army threatened everyone inside to evacuate it immediately as families inside appealed to the Red Cross and international institutions to go to the complex to rescue them.

Dozens
of citizens were killed, and others were injured, in a violent artillery shelling that targeted homes owned by Abu Hasira family, and others on Al-Rashid Street and its surroundings in Al-Mina area, west of Gaza City.

The occupation Apache helicopter opened fire on houses surrounding Al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City.

The western neighborhoods of Gaza City, Tal al-Hawa, al-Rimal, Sheikh Ajlin, and al-Shati camp are seeing intense artillery shelling.

An airstrike targeted a house in al-Shati Camp, west of Gaza City, killing and injuring dozens.

A number of citizens were killed when the occupation bombed a house owned by Saidam family in the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes also bombed a house owned by Kurd family next to the Jaffa Mosque in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens.

Nine people were killed, and a large number are still trapped under the rubble, after Israeli aircraft bombed a house owned by Abu Al-Arabi family in the new
camp, west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes bombed for the fourth time on the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

BEIJING: China’s electricity consumption, a key indicator of economic activity, experienced strong growth in the first two months of 2024, China Central Television reported.

Power consumption rose by 11 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 1.53 trillion kilowatt-hours.

Specifically, the power consumed by primary and secondary industries increased 11.1 percent and 9.7 percent yearly, respectively, while the power used by the tertiary sector soared 15.7 percent.

The data revealed that from January to February, China’s residential power use registered a 10.5 percent increase from the same period last year.

Source: Emirates News Agency

Ramtha: Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) on Thursday signed a cooperation agreement with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to implement a project to support global health security and identify diseases arising from antimicrobial resistance in Jordan.

During the signing ceremony, JUST President Dr. Khaled Al-Salem said the university gives the agriculture, food and veterinary medicine sectors a “special priority.”

According to the agreement, he said activities related to common diseases, epidemiological reproduction, and capabilit-building of national laboratories will be implemented.

For his part, FAO Representative in Jordan, Nabil Assaf, pointed out that the project aims to enhance coordination between health sectors to manage zoonotic diseases by establishing national “One Health” platforms and operating them sustainably.

Assaf added that this initiative also aims to improve implementation of measures to prevent and control endemic animal diseases by promoting and adopting good
husbandry practices, biosecurity and other health measures.

Source: Jordan News Agency