The Lebanese death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks had risen to 2,306 since October of last year, with 10,698 others injured, said the Lebanese Health Ministry on Sunday.
On Saturday alone, the Israeli attacks killed 51 Lebanese and injured 174 others, according to the ministry.
The ministry said the Israeli raids had resulted in 14 deaths and 63 injuries in southern Lebanon, and 10 deaths and 50 injuries in Nabatieh.
It added that three people had been killed and 11 others wounded in Bekaa, with 13 injuries reported in Baalbek-Hermel.
It also noted that 22 people had been killed and 33 others injured in Mount Lebanon, while two people had been killed and four others injured in north Lebanon.
In addition, unnamed Lebanese military sources reported on Sunday that an Israeli warplane fired four air-to-ground missiles at a house in Mayfadoun village deep in southern Lebanon, killing seven civilians and wounding one other.
Since Sept. 23, the Israeli military has been carrying out an extensive air campaign in Lebanon, dubbed "Arrows of the North," in a dangerous escalation with Hezbollah. Since Oct. 8, 2023, Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been exchanging fire along the Lebanese-Israeli border, stoking fears of a wider conflict as the war between Hamas and Israel continues in Gaza.
Lebanese death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 2,306: ministry
Lebanese death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 2,306: ministry
Lebanese death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 2,306: ministry
China has issued a document of guidelines on promoting the construction of new-type urban infrastructure.
The guidelines, made public on Thursday, was jointly approved by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, and highlights two major goals.
By 2027, significant progress should have been made in the construction of new-type urban infrastructure, providing ever increasing support for the development of resilient cities, while a number of experience and practices that can be copied and expanded should have been established.
By 2030, the construction of new-type urban infrastructure should have achieved remarkable results, to help push forward the building of a group of high-level resilient cities, improve urban safety and resilience, and ensure safer, more orderly, smarter and more efficient urban operations.
To achieve these aims, major tasks must be fulfilled in 11 aspects, including implementing the building and upgrading of intelligent municipal infrastructure, promoting the coordinated development of smart city infrastructure and intelligent connected vehicles, and developing smart residential quarters, according to the guidelines.
In addition, there are other important tasks such as raising the intelligence level of housing and building management, carrying out digital home construction, improving city information modeling platforms, and maintaining cyber and data security.
"Currently, various types of urban disasters and safety accidents are prone to occur frequently. Proposing comprehensive advancement in building resilient cities is an important measure to address the current urban disaster risks. Meanwhile, it is also an important aspect of advancing the modernization of urban governance in our country, with significant implications for implementing the holistic approach to national security and promoting the secure development of cities," said Wang Kai, president of the Chinese Academy of Urban Planning and Design.
Experts said that cities, which serve as the main engine of China's economic and social development and play a primary role in expanding domestic demand, provide the broadest application scenarios and innovation space for new-generation information technologies such as 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and the Industrial Internet.
"The construction of new-type urban infrastructure essentially aims to construct a new-type urban infrastructure system based on digitization, networking, and intelligence. We should firmly grasp the development trends of digitization, networking, and intelligence to enhance the level of intelligence of the entire urban infrastructure, improve our monitoring capabilities, and enhance our risk prevention and control capabilities," said Liang Feng, vice chairman of the Smart City Professional Committee of the Science and Technology Committee under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
China to step up construction of new-type urban infrastructure
