DUBAI: The Bahraini government has extended restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus, state news agency BNA reported.
The executive committee ordered the extension of the closure of cinemas, gyms, swimming pools and fitness studios, shisha cafes from April 9 until April 23 – while restaurants and cafes will continue to be limited to providing takeaway and delivery services for the same time period.
“All non-essential medical services offered by private health clinics will remain suspended,” the committee said in a statement. Only elderly people and pregnant women will be allowed to enter grocery stores in the first hour of their openings, it added.
Public gatherings continue to be restricted to five people or less, while all people are required to wear a face mask the committee added.
Meanwhile, staff overcrowding in all businesses should be prevented in all working areas including retail stores to ensure enough social distancing is maintained at all times, the statement added.
And stores must also continue to be sterilized and strictly enforced queues with adequate space between customers must be arranged.
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Bahrain extends coronavirus control restrictions for another 2 weeks
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Bahrain extends coronavirus control restrictions for another 2 weeks
- The executive committee ordered the extension of the closure of cinemas, gyms, swimming pools and fitness studios, shisha cafes from April 9 until April 23
- Public gatherings continue to be restricted to five people or less, while all people are required to wear a face mask
Israel says it killed Hamas financial officer in Gaza
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said Wednesday that it had identified a Hamas financial official it killed two weeks ago in a strike in the Gaza Strip.
Abdel Hay Zaqut, a financial official in Hamas’s armed wing, on December 13 in the same strike that killed military commander Raed Saad, seen by Israel as one of the architects of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack.
The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said on Wednesday that Zaqut was killed while he was in a vehicle alongside Raed Saad in “a joint operation by the Israeli army and the Shin Bet,” Israel’s internal security agency.
Zaqut “belonged to the financial department of the armed wing” of Hamas, Adraee wrote on X.
“Over the past year, Zaqut was responsible for collecting and transferring tens of millions of dollars to Hamas’s armed wing with the aim of continuing the fight against the State of Israel,” he said.
Hamas’s leader for the Gaza Strip, Khalil Al-Hayya, confirmed on December 14 the death of Raed Saad and “his companions,” though he did not name Zaqut.
The Israeli army said Saad headed the weapons production headquarters of Hamas’s military wing and oversaw the group’s build-up of capabilities.
Since October 10, a fragile truce has been in force in the Gaza Strip, although Israel and Hamas accuse each other of violations.
The war began with Hamas’s 2023 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,200 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed more than 70,000 people in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory, a figure the UN deems is credible.
Abdel Hay Zaqut, a financial official in Hamas’s armed wing, on December 13 in the same strike that killed military commander Raed Saad, seen by Israel as one of the architects of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack.
The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said on Wednesday that Zaqut was killed while he was in a vehicle alongside Raed Saad in “a joint operation by the Israeli army and the Shin Bet,” Israel’s internal security agency.
Zaqut “belonged to the financial department of the armed wing” of Hamas, Adraee wrote on X.
“Over the past year, Zaqut was responsible for collecting and transferring tens of millions of dollars to Hamas’s armed wing with the aim of continuing the fight against the State of Israel,” he said.
Hamas’s leader for the Gaza Strip, Khalil Al-Hayya, confirmed on December 14 the death of Raed Saad and “his companions,” though he did not name Zaqut.
The Israeli army said Saad headed the weapons production headquarters of Hamas’s military wing and oversaw the group’s build-up of capabilities.
Since October 10, a fragile truce has been in force in the Gaza Strip, although Israel and Hamas accuse each other of violations.
The war began with Hamas’s 2023 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,200 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed more than 70,000 people in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory, a figure the UN deems is credible.
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