Foreign Ministry in process of evacuating Malaysians from West Bank

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The Foreign Ministry is in the process of evacuating a Malaysian woman who is married to a Palestinian from the West Bank in view of the current clashes in Palestine involving Hamas, the ruling authority in Gaza, and the Israeli regime.  Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said the woman, identified as Dr Nurul Ain Latif from Kota Baru, was reported to be in a safe place.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The Malaysian government has decided to continue the Palestinian People's Human Rights Fund

00:14 which has been established.

00:17 With the current development, we are moving this fund to involve all parties.

00:26 Therefore, we hope for the support of the Malaysian people

00:32 to express our concern and to provide the humanitarian aid

00:41 that is very much needed by the Palestinian people at this time.

00:47 I also want to inform you of some recent developments involving the Malaysian people

00:53 who are in the conflict-affected areas.

01:03 The report that we received involved five Malaysian people,

01:13 including a person who involved Dr. Nurain Latif and his three children.

01:24 We have also been able to contact the Malaysian Embassy in Amman.

01:34 He is now in a safe condition and we are planning to release him from prison.

01:52 We cannot give any details on the evacuation steps,

02:04 but we can say that this is a situation in which we need to take care of the safety of the people.

02:11 In terms of other developments, I would like to inform you that 23 Malaysian and Singaporean people

02:22 who were previously in conflict but are now safely crossing over to Egypt on 10 October,

02:36 and until now, this morning, we have received information about the casualty rate

02:49 which continues to increase in the areas that are being bombed by Israel.

03:01 Thank you.

03:03 [END]

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