RAMALLAH: Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa Tuesday opened the weekly government session by referring to the international efforts and contacts made by President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian government to stop the ongoing brutal attack on Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
He pointed out in the same context that state institutions are continuing to coordinate with various international parties to increase the quantities of emergency relief aid, and to pressure Israel to open more crossings in addition to bringing in as many fuel shipments as possible to operate water well pumps and sewage pumps in all areas where technical crews are able to work.
The Premier stressed that the government is making and continues to make every effort possible to respond to the emergency needs of Palestinian people in various areas, specifically the areas targeted by daily raids and sabotage, especially reconnecting and rehabilitating water, electricity and road networks, and respond
ing to the need to rent temporary homes to shelter families whose homes were recently targeted in some camps in the West Bank.
Mustafa addressed the Tawjihi high school general matriculation exam as Israel prevented 39,000 students in the Gaza Strip from taking the exam and killed 10,000 students and 400 teachers.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA