General Strike March for the Global Sumud Flotilla and for Gaza - Italy

General Strike March for the Global Sumud Flotilla and for Gaza - Italy

Milan, Italy. The march in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla following the Israeli army's boarding of the ship off the coast of Gaza. Pictured: Khader Tamimi (President of the Palestinian Community of Lombardy). Italy. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Blood Donation Campaign in Palestine

Palestinians participated in a blood donation campaign for the wounded and injured in Gaza at the Tamimi clan’s council in Hebron, following an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on July 22, 2025. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

China-made products popular among Iraqis

STORY: China-made products popular among Iraqis DATELINE: Feb. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of shops selling Chinese goods STORYLINE: In the past few years, an increasing number and variety of Chinese-made goods have become an important part of local people's lives in the Iraqi market. Chinese goods attract local people due to the products' affordability and good quality that meet the needs of the people. Ihsan Baqir, the owner of an electrical appliances store in al-Rasheed Street in downtown Baghdad, told Xinhua that most of the devices in his store are imported from China because there is a great demand. "Chinese goods meet the demand of all levels and provide consumers with a variety of choices," Baqir said. Mohammed al-Tamimi, head of Iraq's Chamber of Commerce office in Diyala, Iraq's eastern province, told Xinhua that "a large share of the goods in the provincial markets are Chinese-made products, especially electrical products." According to M

Reptile festival held in Baghdad

STORY: Reptile festival held in Baghdad DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the reptile festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI ABDUL HUSSEIN, Reptile breeder 3. various of the reptile festival 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MUSTAFA AL-TAMIMI, Reptile breeder 5. various of the reptile festival STORYLINE: A team of reptile lovers named Reptile IQ organized a festival for non-venomous reptiles on Friday at the al-Zawra Zoo in central Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. The festival aims to change the prevailing social view that all reptiles are harmful and should be eliminated. The team members believe that approaching and touching reptiles reassure and urge people not to harm them. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI ABDUL HUSSEIN, Reptile breeder "In general, these reptiles are cute animals that can be kept as pets, but most people are afraid of these reptiles. So we try to make people see for themselves that these animals are not evil and not harmful creatures.

Palestinians struggle to harvest olives in West Bank

STORY: Palestinians struggle to harvest olives in West Bank DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Palestinian olive farmers with Israeli soldiers 2. various of Palestinian olive farmers collecting olives 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM ABU SHAKHDAM, Palestinian olive farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SHARIF AL-TAMIMI, Palestinian olive farmer STORYLINE: Palestinians who grow olives in parts of the West Bank under Israeli rule have found the current harvest season more grueling than before, as the precious daylight hours were increasingly spent on getting Israeli security approvals. Akram Abu Shakhdam, an olive farmer living in Area C of the West Bank, says Israelis are forcing Palestinian locals to give up their lands to Israeli settlers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM ABU SHAKHDAM, Palestinian olive farmer "We face difficulties when we come to harvest olives, teenage Israeli settlers would come and start harassing us. When we try to defend

Palestinian suspected of 2 shooting attacks killed by Israeli forces

STORY: Palestinian suspected of 2 shooting attacks killed by Israeli forces DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:28 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the scene of shooting attack 2. various of a checkpoint 3. various of Israel security forces in the West Bank STORYLINE: A Palestinian who had killed Israeli police in a recent attack was shot dead on Wednesday night in the West Bank while perpetrating another attack, said Israeli police and army. The man was identified as Udai Tamimi from the refugee camp of Shuafat in East Jerusalem, who killed a soldier in a drive-by shooting attack at a checkpoint near the camp on Oct. 8, the army said in a statement. On Wednesday night, the man opened fire at security forces guarding the entrance to Ma'ale Adumim, a large Israeli settlement located east of Jerusalem, the police said in a separate statement. The guards shot back and killed him, the police said, adding one security member was lightly injured. Right after the shootin

MIDEAST-EAST JERUSALEM-SHUAFAT-CLASHES

MIDEAST-EAST JERUSALEM-SHUAFAT-CLASHES

(221010) -- JERUSALEM, Oct. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian youths clash with Israeli security forces in Shuafat, East Jerusalem, on Oct. 10, 2022. A gunman opened fire at a military checkpoint near Shuafat, a Palestinian neighborhood of East Jerusalem, killing Noa Lazar, an 18-year-old female sergeant with the military police, the Israeli military said in a statement. Police said army troops, police officers and Shin Bet internal security agents have been on a large-scale manhunt since Saturday night for the shooter identified as Udi Tamimi, a 22-year-old resident of the refugee camp of Shuafat. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-EAST JERUSALEM-SHUAFAT-CLASHES

MIDEAST-EAST JERUSALEM-SHUAFAT-CLASHES

(221010) -- JERUSALEM, Oct. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian youths clash with Israeli security forces in Shuafat, East Jerusalem, on Oct. 10, 2022. A gunman opened fire at a military checkpoint near Shuafat, a Palestinian neighborhood of East Jerusalem, killing Noa Lazar, an 18-year-old female sergeant with the military police, the Israeli military said in a statement. Police said army troops, police officers and Shin Bet internal security agents have been on a large-scale manhunt since Saturday night for the shooter identified as Udi Tamimi, a 22-year-old resident of the refugee camp of Shuafat. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)