AMMAN -- The Ministerial Committee formed by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza on Saturday urged the U.S. administration to "reconsider and reverse" its decision not to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation for the upcoming UN General Assembly.
In a statement issued after its meeting in Amman, the committee voiced its "deep regret" at Washington's decision, and stressed that the move contradicts obligations under the UN Headquarters Agreement, which guarantees the rights of Palestine, a UN permanent observer state, to participate in UN activities, according to a post published by Jordan's Foreign Ministry on Facebook. (Jordan-U.S. Decision-Palestinian Visas)
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SANAA -- Top officials of Yemen's Houthi group on Saturday vowed to retaliate against Israel as the group confirmed earlier in the day that Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi of the Houthi-backed government, along with several other ministers, was killed here in Israeli airstrikes on Thursday.
Earlier on Saturday, the group acknowledged in a statement that the officials were hit in Sanaa during a workshop reviewing government activities over the past year, and that several other ministers were wounded and remain in hospital. (Yemen-Israeli Strikes-Houthi Retaliation)
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GAZA -- At least 57 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Palestinian sources.
In Gaza City, four people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting two apartments and a gathering of Palestinians, spokesperson for Gaza's civil defense Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua. (Gaza-Israeli Attacks-Death Toll)
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CAIRO -- Three people were killed and 94 others injured after a train derailed in Egypt's northwestern Matrouh governorate, the Health Ministry said Saturday.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment, said the ministry. (Egypt-Train Derailment-Casualties) ■
