UN commends national efforts made to address the issue of displaced people in Libya.Young Palestinian man succumbs to his wounds from Israeli fire in Bethlehem

New York: Assistant Secretary-General Robert Piper, Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, commended national efforts made to address the issue of displaced people in Libya during his visit to the country late last year. This came during a meeting held by Ambassador Taher El-Sonni, Permanent Representative of Libya to the UN, with Piper to discuss his role in reforming the way that the UN addresses the internal displacement and progress Libya is making in this issue. During the meeting, Piper stressed the importance of rebuilding the support provided by the UN, making this issue more comprehensive, and linking it with peace-building discussions. Piper said that the number of internally displaced people has recently increased significantly globally and that the tools currently used are insufficient to deal with this problem. He also commended the support provided by the government and national authorities to deal with this issue and the local reconciliations that have been made in this rega rd. Source: Libyan News Agency BETHLEHEM: A young man died of wounds he sustained when Israeli occupation forces shot him earlier this evening south of Bethlehem. The occupation forces fired bullets at Ziad Hamran, 31, near the entrance to the town of Beit Fajjar, adjacent to the intersection of the colonial settlement of Gush Etzion, which is built on citizens' lands south of Bethlehem, security sources told WAFA. The occupation forces left Hamran bleeding on the ground until he passed away before withholding his body, the sources added. WAFA correspondent reported that Hamran was from the village of Al-Hashimiyeh, west of Jenin, noting that the village witnessed a massive march after the announcement of his killing, denouncing the ongoing crimes of the occupation against the Palestinian people. Israeli sources claimed that Hamran carried out a shooting attack at the Gush Etzion intersection, which resulted in the injury of two Israeli soldiers, one of them suffering serious injuries. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA