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Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

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Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

2024-10-09 13:43 Last Updated At:10-10 00:47

The death toll in Lebanon from the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 2,119 since last October, with 10,019 others injured, according to a statement released Monday by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

Over the past 24 hours, 36 fatalities and 150 injuries were reported in various regions of Lebanon due to the Israeli attacks, said the statement.

Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces across the Lebanese-Israeli border since Oct 8, 2023, to show solidarity with Hamas.

The Israeli military has been conducting an air campaign in Lebanon, dubbed "Arrows of the North," since Sept 23, marking a significant intensification of hostilities.

Lebanese authorities said an estimated 1.2 million people have been displaced over the last year, most of them within the past two weeks.

Israel's mass forced displacement campaign in Lebanon may soon cause major disease outbreaks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned as Israel attacks health care centers in the country.

In a press briefing on Tuesday by video link from Beirut, WHO Deputy Incident Manager for Lebanon Ian Clarke warned of disease outbreaks in Lebanon due to crowded conditions in displacement shelters and hospital closures as medics have fled Israel's assault.

"WHO is deeply concerned by the impact of the recent escalation of violence on the health system in Lebanon, including the rising number of attacks on health care workers and facilities. Since September 16, attacks on health care had been recorded leaving behind 65 deaths and 40 injuries among health staff. Health facilities had been greatly impacted: more than 96 primary health care centers and health facilities had been forced to close in the south due to rising hostilities, five hospitals were reported non-functioning due to physical or infrastructural damage, and an additional four hospitals have been partially evacuated," he said.

As the number of displaced people increased and the population was left with limited access to emergency and trauma care, as well as access to essential health services, including routine vaccination and essential child and maternal health services, Lebanon was facing a situation where there was a much higher risk of disease outbreaks, such as acute watery diarrhea, hepatitis A, and a number of vaccine preventable diseases, Clarke said.

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,119

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China-Kazakhstan border gate sees 75 pct annual increase in passenger traffic

2024-11-03 04:05 Last Updated At:07:17

More than six million people have checked in and out of the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center this year as of Friday, a 75 percent increase from the same period last year, according to data from the Center.

Located in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center serves as a vital hub for trade and tourism between China and Kazakhstan.

The mutual visa exemption agreement between the two countries took effect on Nov. 10, 2023, allowing nationals from each country to stay in the other for up to 30 days per entry, with a maximum of 90 days within a 180-day period.

Twelve manual inspection channels and ten express lanes at the Center are open daily to accommodate the peak passenger flow that begins early each morning.

Data from the Horgos entry-exit border checkpoint shows that the Cooperation Center sees an average daily traffic of over 20,000 people, with peak single-day numbers reaching as high as 37,000.

Home to over 200 duty-free shops, the Cooperation Center offers a vast selection of products across tens of thousands of categories, from handicrafts and clothing to specialty foods and high-tech items.

As the largest duty-free shopping zone in western China, it also stands as the world’s first cross-border free trade and investment cooperation zone.

Thanks to the Cooperation Center's preferential policies, prices in these duty-free shops are lower than elsewhere, attracting many tourists.

China-Kazakhstan border gate sees 75 pct annual increase in passenger traffic

China-Kazakhstan border gate sees 75 pct annual increase in passenger traffic

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