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Jordan says electric link with Iraq to begin operation on Saturday

28 March 2024; MEMO: Jordan said an electricity grid inter-connection with Iraq will go into operation on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports.

The electric line between Jordan’s Risha power station and Iraq’s Rutba station will have a capacity of 13 megawatts, Amjad Rawashdeh, head of the Jordanian National Electric Power Company, told the state news agency, Petra.

Spain air drops 26 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza after 18 Palestinians killed of malfunction

28 March 2024; MEMO: Spanish military aircraft delivered 26 tonnes of humanitarian aid yesterday to Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip, with Madrid urging Israel to open land border crossings to prevent famine, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Palestinian PM Mustafa forms cabinet, calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

28 March 2024; MEMO: Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mustafa, formed a new cabinet on Thursday, in which he will also serve as Foreign Minister, making an immediate ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza a top priority, Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported.

UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza

29 March 2024; THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave.

Israeli court halts subsidies for ultra-Orthodox, deepening turmoil over mandatory military service

29 March 2024; AP: TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an end to government subsidies for many ultra-Orthodox men who do not serve in the armya blockbuster ruling that could have far-reaching consequences for the government and the tens of thousands of religious men who refuse to take part in mandatory military

Lebanon's Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets after Israel strikes

27 March 2024; MEMO: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched dozens of rockets at Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli town over the border, today in response to deadly Israeli strikes on the village of Hebbariyeh in southern Lebanon a day earlier, Reuters reports.

Israeli emergency services said a rocket strike today killed a factory worker in Kiryat Shmona following warning signs in the area.

Israel: president defies UN and calls for war in Gaza to continue

27 March 2024; MEMO: Israel’s President Isaac Herzog defied the UN and called on Tuesday for the offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to continue until the Hamas leader in the territory, Yahya Sinwar, is captured “dead or alive” and the Israeli hostages are freed.

Lebanon Sunni militant head affirms coordination with Hezbollah against Israel

27 March 2024; MEMO: The head of a Lebanese Sunni political and militant group that has joined Hezbollah, a Shia resistance movement, in its fight against Israel said yesterday that the conflict has helped strengthen cooperation between the two groups, despite their sectarian differences.

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