RAMALLAH, December, 31, 2024 (WAFA) – The Council of Ministers in its weekly session today discussed the  escalation of the attacks carried out by the Israeli authorities against Palestinian detainees in Israeli custody, which claimed the lives of five detainees the day before yesterday alone.

The Council of Ministers also warned of the widening circle of famine in the Gaza Strip and the increasing number of deaths, especially children, due to the severe cold, heavy rains

The Palestine Prisoners' Society (PPS), in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, is intensifying its international efforts to pressure to stop the occupation's violations against detainees and stop the policy of torture and medical neglect.

The Council of Ministers, on the 60th anniversary of the launch of the Palestinian revolution, saluted the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in various places of their presence.

Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa informed the members of the Council of the political and diplomatic moves made by the Palestinian leadership, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, to stop the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, including the continued destruction of infrastructure and residential areas, targeting, burning and destroying hospitals, and the continuation of the policy of starvation as a weapon against more than two million Palestinians in the Strip.

The Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Ashraf Al-Awar, also presented the reasons for the decision of the occupation authorities to transfer and seize any lands inside the city of Jerusalem whose ownership cannot be proven to the Custodian of Absentee Property, as a pretext to seize the property of Jerusalemites.

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