GAZA: Several Palestinian civilians, mostly children and women, were killed and others injured late last night in an airstrike by Israeli occupation forces on a residential building in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that at least 11 civilians, most of them children and women, were killed and several others were injured, as Israeli fighter jets targeted a home belonging to the Thabet family in the Beshara neighborhood in central Deir al-Balah. Yesterday, local health authorities in Gaza announced that Israeli forces committed 7 massacres against families in the Strip, resulting in the deaths of 63 civilians and the injury of 112 others in the previous 24 hours. In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has resulted in nearly 31,553 Palestinians killed, the majority of whom are children and women, with injuries reaching 73,546 since October 7th of last year. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA Muscat: The Government Communication Centre today held its 23rd gathering with communication and media departments of various government units. The gathering discussed prominent strategic projects and events which were dealt with by the centre in cooperation with government units during the previous period. Moreover, the event highlighted the results of a study prepared by the centre on diagnosing the current situation of communication and media. The study also assessed the role of communication and media departments, their purviews and operations and their effects on the interaction with audiences. Further, the event reviewed the objectives of the study in analyzing the current situation and identifying points of strength and challenges facing these departments. The gathering also touched on the efforts of the Ministry of Information, represented by the Government Communication Centre and the Media Training Centre in empowering employees of communication and media departments in government units through the implementation of specialized training programmes. Source: Oman News Agency