President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric Egger has Monday arrived in the Gaza Strip, where she stated that “people’s suffering is intolerable.”
“I repeat our urgent call for civilians to be protected in line with the laws of war and for aid to enter unimpeded,” she added on her official account on X, formerly Twitter.
“The last week provided a small degree of humanitarian respite, a positive glimpse of humanity that raised hopes around the world that a path to reduced suffering could now be found,” she said in a statement.
She added that the purpose of her visit is to “to advance efforts that alleviate the devastating humanitarian toll the ongoing conflict is taking on civilians.”
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA
Acting Director General of General Security, Brigadier General Elias Baissari, on Monday received in his office, Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alaa Eddin Abdel Moneim Mohamed Moussa, with whom he discussed the general situation and developments on the regional arena.
Major General Baissari also met with the Head of the General Labor Confederation in Lebanon, Dr. Bechara Al-Asmar, accompanied by a delegation of the heads of the Beirut and Tripoli Ports’ Workers Unions. He discussed with them ways to facilitate their work within the framework of the mission of the GS General Directorate.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon