CAIRO -- Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine stressed on Monday the necessity of ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian lands in order to revive peace and the Palestinian cause, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Presidency.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a tripartite conference in Egypt's coastal city of New Alamein, where the three leaders touched on the latest developments in the Palestinian cause.

The leaders emphasized the need for the Palestinian people to obtain their entire legitimate rights, including the establishment of an independent and sovereign state on the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital, resolving the issue of Palestinian refugees in accordance with international legitimacy resolution, and achieving the two-state solution based on the approved references. (Egypt-Summit-Palestine)

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TEHRAN -- Another eight suspects have been detained for involvement in Sunday's "terrorist" attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Iran's southern Fars province, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported Monday.

The suspects, who are all foreign nationals, have been arrested by Iranian intelligence forces, Mizan quoted Fars province's Chief Justice Kazem Mousavi as saying. (Iran-Attack-Suspects)

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JERUSALEM -- Credit ratings agency Fitch on Monday kept Israel's credit rating at A+ with a stable outlook.

The U.S.-based agency said in a report cited by Israel's Finance Ministry that the result weighs up "a diversified, resilient, and high value-added economy and strong external finances against a relatively high government debt-GDP ratio, ongoing security risks, and a record of unstable governments that hindered policymaking."

Fitch's best- and worst-case scenario credit ratings range from AAA to D, and A+ is three notches below the top grade. (Israel-Fitch-Rating)

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ISTANBUL -- An explosion Monday rocked a shipyard in Türkiye's Istanbul, leaving one person dead and another wounded, Istanbul governor's office said in a statement.

The blast, resulting from gas compression in the waste depot of a ship, took place at around 10:30 a.m. local time (0730 GMT) in the Tuzla district on the Asian side of Istanbul, said the statement.

Firefighters and staff from the government disaster agency were dispatched to the scene, and the injured had received first aid, it added. (Türkiye-Shipyard-Explosion) Enditem

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