SHARJAH: The first meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Media Affairs Committee of Sharjah Consultative Council took place at the Council’s headquarters.

This meeting, part of the regular session for the eleventh legislative term, focused on discussing the committee’s agenda and plans to support various sectors in Sharjah.

During the meeting, chaired by Sheikha Ali Al Nuqbi, the committee emphasised its dedication to supporting the sectors of media, culture, heritage, archaeology, higher education, and private education in the Emirate of Sharjah. Committee members were present at the meeting.

Key topics covered in the meeting included discussions on upcoming activities, the outlining of goals, and implementing initiatives related to media, education, heritage, and archaeology.

The committee also delved into its collaboration with government entities in Sharjah, development of a plan for monitoring private education and cultural institutions, and the continuation of communication with higher educat
ion institutions.

Source: Emirates News Agency

GAZA: The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said tonight that the Israeli occupation forces continued tonight the artillery bombardment of several houses and sites in and around the Al-Amal Hospital and the PRCS headquarters in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, causing fragments to fall near the ambulance center and the headquarters of the said hospital.

PRCS stressed in a statement that violent artillery fire against targets less than a hundred meters away from the hospital is increasing.

It added that these violations continue unabated since yesterday’s direct targeting of the eighth and seventh floors of the PRCS headquarters, which shelters thousands of displaced people, resulting in the killing of five people, including a newborn less than five days old, and the injury of three others.

PRCS said the occupation’s targeting of its transmission tower is hampering the work of the ambulance crews, especially in light of losing all means of communications with Khan Yunis government, i
n the southern Strip.

Since the start of Israel’s all-out aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7th, hospitals, medical facilities and ambulances, which are protected under international law, have not been spared from the occupation’s targeting; through shelling, the imposition of sieges and the killing and detention of medical personnel.

Tuesday afternoon, Israeli occupation jets shelled the seventh and eighth floors of PRCS headquarters in Khan Yunis, where thousands of displaced persons are seeking refuge, killing and injuring several people, including the newborn.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA