(8 Oct 2024)
LEBANON QATAR AID
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beirut, Lebanon - 8 October 2024
1. Qatari military plane loaded with aid on tarmac at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International airport
2. Lolwa al-Khater, Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation with Firass Abiad, Lebanon’s health minister
3. Various of al-Khater in a meeting with Najib Mikati, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Lolwa al-Khater, Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation:
"The truth is that the Israeli occupation forces would not have gone so far and expand the conflict beyond Gaza if the international community had taken a serious stand against what was happening in Gaza. We saw the conflict and the attacks expand after that to the West Bank, and now to brotherly Lebanon. We need a serious stance from the international community for an immediate ceasefire."
5. Various of exterior of Karantina governmental hospital in Beirut
6. Various of al-Khater, Abiad and other officials visiting hospital
7. Wide of news conference
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Lolwa al-Khater, Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation:
"I came today from the State of Qatar carrying a message of solidarity and love for Lebanon, solidarity and love for the brotherly people of Lebanon in the face of this brutal aggression that has targeted Lebanon, its civilians, its infrastructure, and, as I learned, even its hospitals."
9. Various of al-Khater and officials during hospital visit
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Lolwa al-Khater, Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation:
"As I learned from His Excellency the Minister of Health, approximately 13 hospitals were attacked, and there were 125 martyrs among the medical personnel. If this had happened anywhere else in the world, we would have seen the international community rise up to stop such a massacre, but unfortunately, we see inaction."
11. Various of al-Khater and officials during hospital visit
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Lolwa al-Khater, Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation:
"The airport today is the only passage, the only passage for the movement of people, and the only passage for humanitarian aid. So securing humanitarian corridors, dealing with the airport as a humanitarian corridor, and hence it should be protected in accordance to all international conventions, including the Geneva Conventions. This is a necessity. It's not a luxury. It's not an option. It's an absolute necessity. This is the only passage for goods and for the movement of the people as well, including ourselves and journalists."
13. Various of news conference, media
STORYLINE:
A Qatari plane carrying humanitarian aid arrived in Beirut on Tuesday to help the Lebanese government deal with the humanitarian crisis caused by the Israeli bombardment in several regions of the country.
Qatar's Minister of State for International Cooperation, Lolwa al-Khater, led the delegation that delivered the aid.
She met with Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad and the country's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Al-Khater condemned the Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past weeks that killed over 1,300 people, displaced more than a million others, and caused widespread destruction across the country.
"We need a serious stance from the international community for an immediate ceasefire," she said.
Al-Khater, who visited one hospital in Beirut, also condemned the attacks on health workers since fighting escalated between Israel and Hezbollah.
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