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Israeli Occupation Arrests 25 Palestinians in West BankTransport Min. receives the new French ambassador in Cairo

The Israeli occupation forces today arrested at least 25 Palestinians in the West Bank.

In a joint statement, Palestinian Prisoners Society and Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said that the arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarm and Occupied Jerusalem, noting that the occupation forces arrested a Palestinian woman who happens to be one of the hostages that were released as part of the recent exchange deals.

After 7 October, the number of Israeli arrests in the West Bank has risen to 7,655 people, which included those who were arrested from homes, through military checkpoints, as well as those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held hostages, the statement added.

The occupation forces also arrested yesterday a group of Palestinians in the town of Al-Isawiya in Occupied Jerusalem, the statement added, indicating that neither the number or identity of the detainees is known yet.

The Israeli occupation forces continue to carry out widespread raids and torture during arrest operations against Palestinian civilians, accompanied by field investigations, attacks, threats, and widespread sabotage and destruction of private property.

Source: Oman News Agency

Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir, received the new French Ambassador to Cairo, Ambassador Eric Chevalier, to discuss strengthening joint cooperation between the two sides in various fields of transportation.

Al-Wazir expressed the depth of relations between the political leadership and government of the two countries and the two friendly peoples, praising the fruitful and positive cooperation between the Egyptian Ministry of Transport and French companies in implementing giant projects on Egyptian soil in the fields of railways and subways.

The Minister also praised the existing cooperation between the Ministry of Transport in the field of managing and operating a number of transport projects, such as the French company RATP, which manages and operates the third line of the metro and the light electric train, and the CMA Company, which manages and operates the Tahya Misr multi-purpose station in the port of Alexandria.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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