An-Najah News -  According to the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates a Palestinian expatriate living in Saudi Arabia has died  after contracting coronavirus disease raising the total corona deaths among the Palestinian community in that country to 58 and worldwide to 201. 

The Ministry identified the deceased as 66-year-old Ziad Husni Shurafa. 

With the new cases, the overall corona cases among Palestinians in the diaspora have reached 3971 while 1652 have recovered worldwide.

An-Najah News - Jordan condemned the Israeli occupation plans to build over 1,000 new illegal settlement units east of occupied Jerusalem, said the Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Daifalla Fayez.

He affirmed Jordan's rejection of all forms of Israeli settlement construction and expansion, adding that the settlements are a violation of international law and undermine the two-state solution chances.

Fayez stressed the need to immediately halt the Israeli illegal settlement policy, calling on Israel to abide by its obligations as the occupying power.