Today's Top 3 News: TNI Commander: 2 Hospitals in Indonesia Ready to Accommodate 1,000 Palestinians
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15 June 2024 22:48 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top three news on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Here are the highlights: TNI Commander: 2 Hospitals in Indonesia Ready to Accommodate 1,000 Palestinians, Indonesian Hajj Pilgrims Placed at 1,169 Tents During Wuquf in Arafat, and Jokowi Extends Rice Assistance Until December 2024.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. TNI Commander: 2 Hospitals in Indonesia Ready to Accommodate 1,000 Palestinians
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia Military or TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto said his institution has prepared troops for peace operations in Gaza, Palestine, which will later evacuate a thousand Gaza patients to Indonesia.
He said that Indonesia has prepared two hospitals to receive thousands of Palestinian patients due to Israeli attacks. "At the Gatot Subroto Central Army Hospital and General Soedirman Hospital in South Jakarta," he said while attending the MUI event in Jakarta on Friday, June 14, 2024.
2. Indonesian Hajj Pilgrims Placed at 1,169 Tents During Wuquf in Arafat
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Hajj pilgrims will be accommodated in 1,169 tents spread in 73 maktab or markaz during the Wuquf performance in Arafat. These officers in Arafat will welcome and guide the pilgrims to occupy the tent set based on the embarkation and the group.
"Each tent has been labeled with stickers of the origin of the pilgrims with colors and identities that are easy to be identified and remembered by the pilgrims," said the member of the Ministry of Religious Affairs Media Center Widi Dwinanda, in a written statement on Saturday, June 15.
3. Jokowi Extends Rice Assistance Until December 2024
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has decided to extend the food assistance program in the form of 10 kilograms of rice until the end of this year. The rice aid will be distributed every two months in August, October, and December.
This was confirmed by the head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas), Arief Prasetyo Adi, at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Friday, June 14. The food aid, which targets 22 million beneficiary families (KPM), was supposed to end this month.
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