20 December 2023 - Israel Special Weapons News

Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari December 20th, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 20 Dec 2023
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Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 20 Dec 2023 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today , on the continuation of fighting against Hamas:

Gaza death toll reaches 20,000 IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- The death toll from Israel's war on Gaza has reached 20,000 as the regime presses ahead with its indiscriminate air attacks on the Palestinian territory for 75 days now.
Israeli airstrikes kill dozens more civilians in Gaza Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- The Israeli military kills dozens more civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank as the regime comes under more pressure to end its genocidal war and accept a new temporary ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian territory.

'Barely a drop to drink': children in the Gaza Strip do not access 90 per cent of their normal water use UNICEF 20 Dec 2023 -- Recently displaced children in the southern Gaza Strip are accessing only 1.5 to 2 litres of water each day, well below the recommended requirements just for survival, according to UNICEF estimates.
Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns UN News 20 Dec 2023 -- As the UN Security Council was slated to meet for a third consecutive day on Wednesday in a new push for consensus to pause the fighting in Gaza, the head of the UN Children's Fund UNICEF warned that without safe water, "many more children" will soon die from disease.
WFP delivers first aid convoy from Jordan to Gaza. WFP 20 Dec 2023 -- A 46-truck convoy, organized by WFP and the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), on Wednesday carried more than 750 metric tons of life-saving food into Gaza, marking the first time a direct aid convoy from Jordan has reached the Strip since the upsurge in hostilities began on 7 October.
Acute water shortages in war-torn Gaza pose deadly risks for children, UNICEF warns Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- The United Nations children's agency has warned that acute water shortages in the war-torn Gaza, triggered by Israel's ongoing war, pose deadly risks for children in the Palestinian territory with large-scale disease outbreaks looming.
Aid Enters Through Jordan for First Time Since October VOA 20 Dec 2023 -- The World Food Program said a 46-truck convoy organized with a Jordanian charity arrived in Gaza on Wednesday with 750 metric tons of food.
UN Security Council Delays Vote on Aid Resolution in Bid for US Support VOA 20 Dec 2023 -- The United Nations Security Council postponed a vote Wednesday in a bid to get U.S. support on a resolution that seeks to facilitate scaled up aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, where the World Food Program says half the population is starving amid Israeli military strikes.
INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on 'unprecedented' conflict in Gaza UN News 20 Dec 2023 -- The scale of the conflict in Gaza is having an "unprecedented" effect on UNRWA, with staff operating under fierce bombardments, whilst grieving for colleagues killed in the fighting. Juliette Touma, Director of Communications at UNRWA, tells UN News that the agency, whose staff in Gaza are operating under fierce bombardments, whilst grieving for colleagues killed in the fighting.

Iran says US must ensure any deal on Gaza ceasefire is 'durable' IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says a truce agreement for Gaza appears within reach, calling on the United States -- as the main ally and supporter of the Israeli regime -- to ensure that any ceasefire is durable and leads to lifting of the humanitarian siege on the Palestinian territory.
Iran says made great diplomatic efforts in support of Palestine IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- Iran has made extensive diplomatic efforts at regional and international levels in support of the oppressed Palestinian people and to end the Zionist regime's criminal war against Gaza, says the Foreign Ministry spokesman.
Iran FM, Hamas chief discuss latest developments in Gaza IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and the Palestinian Resistance movement's (Hamas) head of political bureau Ismail Hanieh have held talks in the Qatari capital on the latest developments in Gaza.
Iran and Syria top diplomats discuss Israeli crimes against Palestinians ISNA 20 Dec 2023 -- Iran Foreign Minister and his Syrian counterpart discussed bilateral relations and regional developments.
Diplomatic negotiations show region gradually moving toward ceasefire in Palestine: Iran FM Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says diplomatic efforts have intensified in the Western Asia region for a renewed ceasefire in Gaza where the Israeli regime has been pounding the Palestinians for 75 days.
Gaza war not only rights violation, but obliteration of mankind; US rights claims bogus: Iran's deputy FM Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- What is happening in Gaza is an "annihilation of human existence" enabled by Washington despite its claim to champion human rights across the globe, says Iran's deputy foreign minister for political affairs.

Minister Geoffrey van Leeuwen announces extra €25 million in emergency aid for Gaza during visit to Rafah border crossing Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Dec 2023 -- The Netherlands is making an extra €25 millionavailable for humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza.
Syrian, Iranian FMs condemn ongoing Israeli military operation in Gaza People's Daily 20 Dec 2023 -- Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Tuesday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in Gaza, the state news agency SANA reported.
'External forces' seeking to turn Gaza war into regional conflict: Russia Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- Russia says some "external forces" are trying to exploit the Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip to ignite hostilities in the Middle East.
Western Countries Plotting Against Establishment of Palestinian State - Lavrov Sputnik 20 Dec 2023 -- The de-escalation efforts of Western countries in the Middle East are aimed at preventing the Gaza Strip from uniting with other Palestinian territories into a single political entity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.
Israeli-based ships to be banned from anchoring at Malaysia waters IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- Malaysia has said that it will not let the Israel-based integrated shipping services ZIM be berthed at any of its ports, media outlets reported.
Malaysia imposes docking ban on Israeli cargo ships in solidarity with Gaza Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- The Malaysian government has imposed an indefinite ban on vessels owned by an Israeli shipping cargo company from docking at its ports in response to the bloody Israeli onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli military raids cities, towns all over the West Bank ISNA 20 Dec 2023 -- Sources told Al Mayadeen that the occupation forces raided the town of Beit Ummar north of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian media outlets also announced that a young man was injured by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire during their invasion of the town of Tammun, further to the north.

Lebanon's Hezbollah conducts missile attacks on Israeli positions IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah has targeted an Israeli military base and an artillery position in the northern occupied territories of Palestine.
Hezbollah official terms repeated Zionist threats to Lebanon as boring, empty IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council of the Lebanese Hezbollah Sheikh Ali Damoush has stressed that "the repeated Zionist threats to Lebanon have become boring and empty, and they reflect the reality of this confusing enemy and the anxiety and fear of Hezbollah."

Resistance strikes down US plot to secure Israel's control over region: Islamic Jihad Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- A senior official of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement says the United States is leading Israel's brutal war on the besieged Gaza Strip in an attempt to "uproot" the resistance, which has scuppered Washington's plans to secure the occupying regime's control over the region.

Hamas Leader in Egypt for Talks as Gaza War Sides Consider Pause in Fighting VOA 20 Dec 2023 -- Hamas said its top leader Ismail Haniyeh is in Cairo Wednesday to discuss the war in Gaza with Egyptian officials.
Hamas leader Haniyeh visits Egypt to discuss new Gaza truce Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- The head of Hamas' political bureau has traveled to Egypt to discuss a potential new Gaza truce involving an exchange of prisoners and the entry of more aid to Gaza.
Hamas official says resistance movement ready for all-for-all prisoner exchange with Israeli regime Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian movement is ready to release all Israeli captives in Gaza in return for Israel freeing Palestinian abductees, stressing however that the regime has so far blocked an exchange deal.
Haniyeh: Resistance stands strong on the battlefield ISNA 20 Dec 2023 -- The head of Hamas' political bureau says the Palestinian resistance stands "firm on the battlefield" despite two and a half months of Israeli war crimes in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Haniyeh says resistance stands 'strong, resolute' as Israel says ready for ceasefire Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- The head of Hamas' political bureau says the Palestinian resistance stands "firm on the battlefield" despite two and a half months of Israeli war crimes in the besieged Gaza Strip.

US, allies mull striking Yemen; UAE, Saudis divided over support Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- The United States and its Western allies are reportedly mulling over military strikes against Yemen, after the Arab nation's armed forces struck merchant vessels owned by Israel or bound for the occupied territories in support of Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
US-led coalition in the Red Sea only 'band-aid solution'; an immediate cease-fire in urgent need to avoid spillovers Global Times 20 Dec 2023 -- As the world's shipping and trade might be further disrupted by attacks on ships along the main Red Sea shipping route, worries among multinational companies - including Chinese ones that are entering the busiest export season - have grown.
Yemen's Houthis say new U.S.-led coalition won't stop their attacks on ships People's Daily 20 Dec 2023 -- Yemen's Houthi rebels on Tuesday said the new U.S.-led military coalition in the Red Sea would not stop their attacks on Israel-bound commercial ships.
US to face 'Vietnam scenario' if Yemen attacked: Ansarullah IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement, Seyyed Abdulmalik al-Houthi, has warned that the United States will experience a "scenario worse than Afghanistan and Vietnam" if the Yemeni armed forces come under attack.
Houthi: Armed Forces to target US warships in Red Sea in case of strike on Yemen Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- The leader of the Yemeni Ansarullah resistance movement says the country's armed forces will not hesitate to target US military warships in the Red Sea if Washington and its allies carry out military strikes against Yemen.
Yemen's Houthis Reveal General Mobilization Action to Send Soldiers to Gaza Sputnik 20 Dec 2023 -- A general mobilization is being carried out in northern Yemen to send soldiers to the Gaza Strip if such an opportunity arises, member of the political office of Yemen's Ansar Allah rebel movement, also known as the Houthis, Houtham Assad told Sputnik on Wednesday.

71% of Gazans suffer from extreme hunger as Israel wields 'weapon of starvation': Rights group Press TV 20 Dec 2023 -- A Geneva-based rights group has found that 71 percent of people in the Gaza Strip suffer from extreme hunger due to Israel's devastating war on the Palestinian territory and the regime's method of using starvation as a weapon.

Iran warns about repercussions of Israel attacks on Syria IRNA 20 Dec 2023 -- A senior diplomat with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described the continuation of the Israeli regime's strikes against Syria as part of the regime's aggressive nature, warning about their negative consequences for the peace and security in the West Asia region.

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