December 11, 2020 at 6:38 am
Last Friday, Israeli occupation forces shot dead 13-year-old Palestinian boy Ali Abu Alia during a protest against the construction of an Israeli settlement in the village of Al-Mughayyir, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that Ali was shot with live rounds in the stomach. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that Ali was admitted to hospital in critical condition and later tragically succumbed to his wounds.
The harrowing killing of the Palestinian child was widely condemned with the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov tweeting: Appalled by the killing of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy (13 according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health), Ali Abu Alia, near Ramallah today.
Rahi, Kubis tackle need for government that can gain trust of Lebanese people, international community Fri 11 Dec 2020 at 16:32 Politics
NNA - Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, received this Friday in Bkirki the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubis, with whom he tackled the latest developments on the local arena.
The pair stressed the need for a government to be formed soon; one that will we gain the confidence of both the Lebanese and the international community, in order to be able to save Lebanon from the problems that have exhausted its people and drained its capabilities.