RAMALLAH -- The Palestinian presidency on Saturday condemned a settler attack on Palestinian homes and the burning of vehicles in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh denounced the violence, describing it as acts of "terrorism" and urging for international response to stop Israeli "aggression on Gaza first." (West Bank-Israel-Attack)

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CAIRO -- Egypt's state-run automaker El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company on Saturday resumed production after 15 years of suspension, the Egyptian cabinet said in a statement.

At a ceremony marking the return of the company's production lines, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said El Nasr's return is "a strategic decision by the state," and emphasized the vital role of private-sector partnerships in advancing major projects. (Egypt-Automaker-Production Resumption)

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BEIRUT -- Eleven people were killed, and 11 others injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported.

According to the NNA, six people from the same family were killed, and 11 others were injured in an Israeli raid on a house in the village of Khreibeh in the eastern Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. (Lebanon-Israeli Strikes-Death Toll)

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NICOSIA -- Cypriot authorities have relocated dozens of immigrants from the island's buffer zone to government-run refugee reception centers, ending their four-month standoff in makeshift tents under UN supervision.

On Saturday, Nikolas Ioannidis, deputy minister of migration and international protection, confirmed that approximately 70 immigrants from Somalia, Sudan, Congo, Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan were transferred to state facilities. (Cyprus-Immigrants-Buffer zone) Enditem

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