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20 November 2023 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari November 20th, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 20 Nov 2023
- IDF in Cooperation With COGAT Helps Facilitate the Safe Evacuation of Newborn Babies From Shifa Hospital to Receive Essential Medical Attention in Egypt Israel Defense Forces 20 Nov 2023
- IDF and ISA Eliminate 3 Additional Hamas Company Commanders; Ground Operations in Gaza Continue Israel Defense Forces 20 Nov 2023
- Daily Recap: Hamas - Israel War November 20th, 2023 - Day 45 Israel Defense Forces 20 Nov 2023
- Heavy Fighting Erupts Around Northern Gaza Hospital Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict VOA 20 Nov 2023 -- Heavy fighting erupted Monday around a hospital in northern Gaza as Israel pressed on with its offensive against Hamas militants.
- Over 8,000 People Evacuated From Gaza Via Rafah Crossing - Egypt's Information Service Sputnik 20 Nov 2023 -- Over 8,000 evacuees from the Gaza Strip have arrived in Egypt via the Rafah border crossing, including 6,713 foreign nationals and dual citizens, Egypt's State Information Service reported on Monday.
- 45 days of Israeli war leaves 13,300 Gazans dead IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- The number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli regime's intense airstrikes on the Gaza Strip continues to rise and reached 13,300 on the 45th day of the onslaught on the besieged territory, according to the latest figures released by the Government's Media Office there, with women and children making up nearly 70% of the death toll.
- 700 people trapped inside Gaza's Indonesian Hospital under siege by Israel: Official Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- A senior health official in Gaza says hundreds of people have been trapped inside a hospital in the territory, hours after Israeli forces launched an attack on the facility and imposed a siege on it.
- A dozen killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza's Indonesian Hospital; complex surrounded by tanks Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- At least 12 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli forces' direct strikes on Indonesian Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the northern Gaza as the Israeli brutal aggression on the besieged strip enters its 45th day.
- Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 13,000 People's Daily 20 Nov 2023 -- Gaza's government media office announced on Sunday that the Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 13,000 since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on Oct. 7.
- Qassam Brigades: We destroyed 29 enemy armored vehicles IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- The Qassam Brigades announced on Sunday night that they have destroyed 29 armored vehicles of the Zionist regime in the battles in Gaza since morning.
- Al-Qassam rocket attack on the Zionist "Tasilm" military base IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades of the military wing of the Hamas movement launched a rocket attack on the "Tasilm" military base of the Israeli regime.
- War and health crisis in Gaza a 'recipe for epidemics' warns WHO UN News 20 Nov 2023 -- The thousands of injuries sustained by civilians across Gaza combined with a burgeoning public health crisis is a 'recipe for epidemics', the World Health Organization's emergency response director said on Monday.
- Gaza: 'Unprecedented and unparalleled' civilian death toll: Guterres UN News 20 Nov 2023 -- The UN chief said on Monday that in the current conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza, the world is witnessing an "unparalleled and unprecendented" level of civilian death, compared to any other conflict since he became Secretary-General in 2017.
- "This must stop," UN chief says in response to escalating deaths in Gaza People's Daily 20 Nov 2023 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday once again called for a humanitarian ceasefire, in response to the increasing number of deaths in Gaza.
- IRGC: Palestinian resistance shattered Israel's delusion of grandeur; US rushed to take over Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- A senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States was forced to run Israel after the occupying regime was defanged at the hands of the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance fighters in their October 7 operation.
- Iran raps UN Security Council for failing to call for ceasefire in Gaza Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- Iran has slammed the United Nations Security Council for failing to call for ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in its recently-approved resolution on Israel's genocidal war against the besieged territory.
- Iran rejects any role in Yemen's ship seizure ISNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesmanIn Nasser Kanani rejects Israel Prime Minister office allegasion that claimed Iran was involved in the seizure of the Israeli ship by the Yemenis.
- 'Resistance forces act independently': Iran denies role in Israeli ship seizure IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Iran has rejected accusations of involvement in the Yemeni Ansarullah's seizure of an Israeli ship, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani reiterating that regional resistance forces act independently and based on their respective countries' national interests.
- Gaza experiencing challenging time; sympathy no longer enough: Iran UN envoy IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has said that Gaza is experiencing a challenging time, where people are facing unabated war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Israeli regime, adding that sympathy is no longer enough in such a dire situation.
- FM: Iran unaware of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, will continue backing Hamas politically IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has reiterated that his country was not aware of the October 7 Operation Al-Aqsa Storm by Palestine's Hamas Resistance Movement against Israel, saying that what Hamas did was a completely Palestinian decision.
- All countries must end trade, political ties with Israel to force it to end Gaza genocide: Iran president Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says all countries should end commercial and political cooperation with Israel in an attempt to compel the regime to end its atrocities in the Gaza Strip.
- Iran warned US resistance groups won't stay silent amid Gaza war; world wants ceasefire: Tehran Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- Iran says the resistance groups in the region have repeatedly warned the US and Israel that they will not sit idly by if the occupying regime continues its attacks against the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.
- Iran, Qatar FMs urge world to stop Israeli violations of intl. law, regime's war crimes Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- The foreign ministers of Iran and Qatar say the international community needs to take immediate action to force the Israeli regime to stop its brutal acts in the Gaza Strip that are in blatant violation of international law.
- IRGC chief: Israel defeated by resistance, own mistakes; Palestinians ultimate victor Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Israeli regime has been defeated by the resistance of the Palestinian people as well as its own mistakes.
- Arab Muslim Delegation in Beijing Calls for Immediate Gaza Cease-Fire VOA 20 Nov 2023 -- Arab and Muslim officials holding meetings with China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing on Monday called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and for allowing humanitarian aid into the war-shattered Palestinian enclave.
- Muslim, Arab nations urge China to press Security Council on Gaza ceasefire Radio Free Asia 20 Nov 2023 -- Top diplomats of Arab and majority-Muslim countries met with their Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday to gather support in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, where more than 13,000 Palestinians have been killed, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said.
- Statement on increase in Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in West Bank Canada 20 Nov 2023
- "Gaza has the same place in our hearts as Karabakh" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 20 Nov 2023 -- Addressing citizens following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting, President Erdoğan said: "Any incident taking place around us, from the Balkans to the Caucasus, from the Black Sea to the eastern coasts of the Mediterranean, are of direct concern to us. Gaza has the same place in our hearts as Karabakh. Just as we do not discriminate between Bosnia and Aleppo, or Tripoli and Balkh, or Thessaloniki and Mosul, so we consider Al Quds and our own ancient cities to be the same."
- Venezuela backs oil embargo on Israel: FM IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Venezuela's foreign minister has announced his country's support for an oil embargo against the Zionist regime as a response to Tel Aviv's barbaric raids on the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
- China urged action to prevent humanitarian disaster in Gaza ISNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Arab and Muslim ministers urged for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza during their visit to Beijing on Monday, marking the initial stage of a diplomatic tour aiming to advocate for an end to the Israeli aggression on Gaza and facilitate humanitarian aid to the devastated Palestinian enclave.
- China hosts Muslim-majority nations for 'urgent' action on Gaza Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- Diplomats from Arab and Muslim-majority nations have called for an immediate end to Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip as they meet at a summit hosted by the foreign minister of China.
- At the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers, Krišjānis Kariņš calls on EU to take an active role in addressing the crisis in the Middle East Latvia MFA 20 Nov 2023 -- On 20 November 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Krišjānis Kariņš, took part in an informal meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers to discuss the situation in Israel and the region.
- Qatar presents Israel with "2 suggestions" on hostage deal with Hamas: Palestinian source People's Daily 20 Nov 2023 -- A Palestinian source said on Sunday that Qatar presented Israel with "two suggestions" on the hostage deal with Hamas.
- South Africa to host BRICS virtual meeting on Gaza as proposed by Iran's president Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- Upon a proposal by Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi, the leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies will hold an emergency virtual meeting to discuss Israel's ongoing onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
- Jakarta strongly condemns Israel's attacks on Indonesian Hospital in Gaza Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- Indonesia's foreign minister has condemned in the strongest terms Israel's attacks on Indonesian Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip as a "clear violation of international humanitarian laws."
- Lebanon's Hezbollah targets Israeli military sites with missiles in fresh attacks to support Palestinians Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has launched a fresh round of retaliatory missile attacks on Israel's military sites in the occupied territories in support of Palestinians amid the regime's barbaric aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip.
- Press release on the continuing evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Nov 2023
- Top Saudi diplomat urges intl. community to press Israel for ceasefire in Gaza Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud says the international community needs to shoulder responsibility to stop Israel's violations in the Gaza Strip.
- Oman slams Israeli airstrikes on UN-run schools in northern Gaza Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- Oman has strongly condemned Israel's relentless military attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, particularly the deadly raids on UN school-converted shelters in the northern flank of the enclave.
- Beijing hosts delegation, urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza Global Times 20 Nov 2023 -- China urged an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, expressed opposition to any forced displacement and relocation of Palestinian civilians and emphasized that any arrangement concerning the future and destiny of the Palestinian people must have their consent, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi told visiting Arab and Islamic foreign ministers on Monday.
- Qatar presents Israel with "2 suggestions" on hostage deal with Hamas: Palestinian source People's Daily 20 Nov 2023 -- A Palestinian source said on Sunday that Qatar presented Israel with "two suggestions" on the hostage deal with Hamas.
- ICRC President in Qatar to urge progress to alleviate humanitarian crisis ICRC 20 Nov 2023 -- The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) traveled to Qatar on Monday to advance humanitarian issues related to the armed conflict in Israel and Gaza.
- Hamas official urges UN to put Zionist war criminals on trial IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- A senior official of the Palestinian Resistance movement, Hamas, has urged the United Nations to condemn the crimes committed by the Israeli regime in Gaza and bring the war criminals to trial.
- Hamas says seizure of Zionist ship is a victory for bloods of Gazan people IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas official, says the Yemeni seizure of an Israeli ship is a victory for the bloods shed in Gaza Strip by the Zionist regime.
- Hamas: Israel's claim about captives aimed at covering up its 'security, military failure' Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has dismissed Israel's allegation about Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital being used by the movement to keep the captives it captured during a surprise operation against the regime last month.
- All Israeli ships in Red Sea 'legitimate targets', Yemen warns Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- The Yemeni information minister in the National Salvation Government has stressed that all Israeli ships passing through the Red Sea are "legitimate targets" as Sana'a is intensifying its operation against Israel in retaliation for its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip.
- Yemen not afraid of Zionist enemy's reaction: Ansarullah IRNA 20 Nov 2023 -- Yemen does not fear the Zionist enemy's reaction to the seizure of an Israeli ship, a member of the political bureau of the Ansarullah movement in Yemen emphasized.
- Western embassies receive 'suspicious' arms deliveries in Lebanon: Al Akhbar daily Press TV 20 Nov 2023 -- A Lebanese daily newspaper has revealed that Western embassies in the Arab country are receiving "suspicious" arms deliveries in what is speculated as a move aimed at fortifying the diplomatic missions against Israel's sporadic attacks on Lebanon.
- Iran's Proxies, Partners Flex Weapons-Manufacturing Capabilities In Middle East RFE/RL 20 Nov 2023 -- Iran's strategy in the Middle East is essentially a take on an old proverb: Give your proxies and partners weapons and you can sustain their battles for a day. Teach them to make weapons and they can fight your enemies for a lifetime.
- Amid War In Israel, Jerusalem Armenians Enter Standoff Over Holy Land RFE/RL 20 Nov 2023 -- With the world's attention focused on the fate of Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza strip, ethnic Armenians in nearby Jerusalem are locked in a struggle to hold onto their land in the face of increasing intimidation.
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