China-donated relief supplies arrive in Papua New Guinea

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Relief supplies from China to Papua New Guinea arrived in Port Moresby on Thursday as China's top envoy in the Pacific island country said the move aims to help the affected people to cope with the recent natural disasters and rebuild their homes.

Chinese Ambassador to PNG Zeng Fanhua and PNG Minister of Defence Billy Joseph jointly attended a donation ceremony at Port Moresby International Airport, also known as Jacksons International Airport.

Zeng said that as a good partner of PNG who will take care of each other, China understands and shares the feelings of PNG people who have suffered from recent disasters, including floods and earthquakes.

On behalf of the government and people of PNG, Joseph thanked China for its timely assistance, saying that PNG will distribute the materials to the disaster-hit areas as soon as possible.

China has always firmly maintained the friendship between the two countries and is a true friend of PNG, Joseph said, adding that PNG highly appreciates it and is willing to further strengthen cooperation with China to jointly face various challenges.

Israel army's gunfire killed a UN staffer and injured another UN employee on Monday in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, the Hamas-run media office said.

In a statement, the media office said that the UN staffers were traveling in a vehicle belonging to the UN and bearing UN flags and markings when they were hit.

The death of the UN staffer was confirmed by the United Nations. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday in a statement that he was "deeply saddened to learn of the death of a United Nations Department of Safety and Security (DSS) staff member and injury to another DSS staffer when their UN vehicle was struck as they traveled to the European Hospital in Rafah this morning".