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119 people died in the earthquake in Nepal
At least 119 people have been killed in an earthquake in a remote area of western Nepal, local officials confirmed to AFP on Saturday morning.
The US Geological Survey reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.6 at a depth of 18 kilometers.
With its epicenter 42 kilometers south of Jumla, not far from the border with Tibet, the quake hit the Himalayan country’s western side on Friday evening.
“The death toll reached 119 and at least 100 were injured,” Gopal Chandra Bhattarai, a police spokesman in Karnali province, where at least two districts suffered heavy damage, told AFP.
The western districts of Jajarkot and Rukum, south of the quake, have so far been worst hit in the border province of Karnali.
Videos and photos posted on social media show residents searching through the rubble in the dark to pull out survivors from the collapsed buildings.
Destroyed or damaged mud houses could be seen and survivors were outside to protect themselves from possible debris, while ambulance sirens were heard.
People felt moderate tremors in places like New Delhi, India’s capital, which is 500 kilometers from the epicenter.
Bhattarai said Nepalese security forces have been widely deployed to help with relief efforts in the earthquake-affected areas.
He further informed that although some roads are closed due to damage, we are trying to reach the area through other roads.
The Kathmandu government deployed security forces in relief operations.
“We have reports of human and material damage in two areas due to the earthquake,” where “security forces have been mobilized for relief operations,” said Home Ministry spokesman Narayan Prasad Bhattarai.
He added that the death toll is uncertain at this stage.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal expressed “deep sorrow over the human and material damage caused by the earthquake”.
The US Geological Survey reported several aftershocks of magnitude 4.0 in the same area a few hours after the quake.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in 2015, killing about 9,000 people, destroying more than half a million homes and 8,000 schools.
In November 2022, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Doti near Jumla, killing 6 people.
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US President Joe Biden has set a deadline to end Israel’s war on Gaza, US sources said, while US intelligence agencies believe Israel has ignored US calls for an ongoing occupation since October 7.
The website Politico cited three Israeli officials as saying that the US president’s administration has given Israel until the end of the year to end its war on the Islamist movement (rebellion)
An official explained that the US administration had advised Israel not to go to Gaza But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration ignored this and continued with plans to infiltrate the area.
Biden spoke by phone with Netanyahu yesterday, and the White House stressed the urgent need for the US president to “protect civilians and separate civilians from Hamas, including corridors that allow people to safely evacuate designated areas of fighting. .”
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On the other hand, the Huffington Post website quoted a US official as saying that US intelligence estimates that the Israeli military is continuing to operate at the same pace and showing limited concern for civilians despite repeated US calls for restraint.
The official said he doubted the current Israeli military offensive would be bloodier than Israel’s assault on the northern Gaza Strip in the first phase of its occupation of Gaza.
Citing a US State Department official that the Israeli military is waging a “campaign of ethnic cleansing” in Gaza, a US diplomat said Washington was angry at how it had “literally” tarnished Netanyahu’s reputation. America to advance its own political agenda.
In this case, the Associated Press quoted a senior US State Department official as saying that the death toll in Gaza is still high as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke by phone with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Termer. Israel should make more efforts to allow humanitarian aid to enter it.
Blinken, after a press conference with his British counterpart David Cameron yesterday, said there was a gap between the Israeli government’s stated intentions to protect civilians and the number of casualties in the Strip.
“For example, it’s not just about creating safe zones, it’s about communicating where non-combatants know where, when and by what means they can escape. Refugees must be provided with food, water and medicine. These safe zones,” he added.
Over two months of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have claimed more than 17,000 lives and injured some 46,000 people, in light of the widespread destruction of infrastructure and the displacement of more than two dozen Gazans in addition to the worsening humanitarian crisis. million, for areas south of the Strip.
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The US Bloomberg agency quoted Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayeh as saying that the Palestinian Authority is working with US officials on a plan to manage the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.
The preferred outcome of the conflict is for the Islamist movement (Hamas) currently operating in the Gaza Strip to become a junior partner in Palestinian liberation, Shtaeyeh said in an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday from his headquarters in Ramallah. The organization aims to establish a new independent state that includes the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.
Shtayeh said that the Palestinians should not be divided and that Israel’s goal of completely eliminating Hamas is unrealistic, and that there is room for negotiation if Hamas is willing to accept the PLO’s political approach and reach an agreement.
Phil Gordon, the US vice president’s national security adviser, held discussions with Palestinian officials in Ramallah about the “revitalization” of the Palestinian Authority, the White House said last Wednesday.
He insisted that a revived Palestinian Authority would be able to govern the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
According to the White House, he emphasized the need to strengthen the Palestinian Authority’s security forces to eventually take over responsibilities in Gaza.
In a related context, the British newspaper The Times said that a British military team is operating in the West Bank to prepare the Palestinian Authority to take over the administration of the Gaza Strip.
According to Israeli figures, 1,200 people were killed and about 240 detained and captured after attacks on Israeli cities on October 7, after which Israel pledged to eliminate Hamas.
More than 17,170 Palestinians have been killed and about 46,000 injured since Israel began shelling the Gaza Strip following the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation in response to the occupation, according to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip. Against the Palestinian people and their sanctity.
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Yesterday, UNESCO added Peruvian ceviche – a dish made from marinated raw fish – to the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list.
According to local anthropologists, the type of fish used to prepare this dish varies from one region to another.
According to celebrity chef Javier Vargas, president of the Peruvian Seafood Restaurants Association, there are at least a thousand recipes or methods of preparing ceviche in the country.
The Peruvian Ministry of Culture welcomed UNESCO’s announcement that the addition of Chevy to the organization’s list of “Intangible Heritage of Humanity” is “the first of the traditional Peruvian cuisines and recognizes all participants in the food’s value chain. Fishermen from the coast, the Andes and the Amazon, farmers and chefs.”
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which met in Botswana last Monday, approved the inclusion of ceviche in the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
• Eating the food varies from one region to another depending on the type of fish used to prepare it.
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