Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
03 January 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari January 3rd, 20:40 Israel Defense Forces 03 Jan 2024
- Israel's far-right minister doubles down on forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Israeli right-wing minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says the regime of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu should push the migration of Gazans out of the besieged Palestinian territory to make room for the Israelis.
- Israel Strikes Gaza After Killing of Senior Hamas Leader VOA 03 Jan 2024 -- Israel carried out new airstrikes Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, while the Israeli army said it was on high alert for attacks by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, following a drone strike that killed a senior Hamas official in Beirut.
- Death toll of Palestinians rises to 22,313 in Gaza: Health ministry IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has said that the total death toll from Israel's attacks on the besieged territory since October 7 has reached 22,313.
- Security Council meets over Red Sea attacks amid growing threat of spillover from Gaza war UN News 03 Jan 2024 -- The UN Security Council on Wednesday held its first open meeting on the continuing attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, which are becoming an increasing threat to global trade and the stability of the entire region as the intense fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza continues.
- Gaza war: 'Intense ground battles' reported, hospital hit kills five UN News 03 Jan 2024 -- Continuing airstrikes were reported across Gaza on Wednesday and "intense ground battles" between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in refugee camps in central areas that have reportedly left many dead.
- UN agency chief warns of 'unbearable suffering' in Gaza Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned of "unbearable suffering" and the spread of disease in the Gaza Strip, as a nightmare of bloodshed in Gaza is unfolding due to Israel's incessant bombing of the coastal territory.
- WHO Chief Slams Israeli Attacks on Al-Amal Hospital in Southern Gaza Strip Sputnik 03 Jan 2024 -- World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned on Wednesday "unconscionable" Israeli strikes on Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
- UN chief sees assassination of Hamas leader in Beirut as worrying development People's Daily 03 Jan 2024 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sees the assassination of a senior Hamas leader in a suspected Israeli strike in Beirut as a worrying development, said a UN spokesperson on Tuesday.
- Blinken Heads to Middle East as Risks of Broader Regional Conflict Grow VOA 03 Jan 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the Middle East this week amid intense diplomatic efforts to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and increasing international pressure on Israel to reduce civilian casualties among Palestinians.
- Israeli regime's terror machine a real threat to regional peace: Iran FM IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says the Israeli regime's terror machine is a real threat to regional peace and security.
- Raisi terms assassination of Aruri as Zionists helplessness against Palestinians IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has described the assassination of Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau Saleh al-Aruri as the Zionist regime's inability, helplessness, and disgraceful failure against Palestinians.
- Zionist assassinations, a failed attempt to compensate February 7 defeat: IRGC IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- The Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) has said in a statement that crimes and assassination by the Zionist regime are failed attempts to compensate an irreparable failure in Al-Aqsa Operation on February 7 and to scape from Gaza quagmire.
- IRGC: Israeli killing of Arouri will further inspirit Palestinian fighters against Israel Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri in an Israeli drone strike on Lebanon, saying the targeted killing will further boost Palestinian fighters' resolve to fight the occupying regime.
- Leader: Gaza 'pulse' of Muslim world today; Gazans standing against tyranny, US Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said the border of the Muslim world is in Gaza today, and that the Palestinians there are standing against arrogance and the United States.
- US upsets regional balance; Arouri assassination will backfire on Washington: Iran defense minister Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani has denounced the assassination of a top official of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, warning the United States to "brace itself for its dire consequences."
- Israel's terror machine 'real threat' to regional security, peace: Iran FM Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has denounced as a "cowardly terrorist operation" the Israeli assassination of the deputy head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, stressing that the regime's terror machine is a "real threat" to regional peace and security.
- Senior Hamas leader's killing risks escalating conflict, spillover Global Times 03 Jan 2024 -- The conflict between Israel and Palestinian armed group Hamas has affected more regions apart from the Gaza Strip and the Red Sea, as the latest airstrike launched by the Israeli military on Beirut, capital of Lebanon, killed a senior leader of Hamas, leading to more people expressing concerns about the escalation of the conflict.
- QA-1, 3 January 2024, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Öncü Keçeli, in Response to a Question Regarding the Application Filed by the Republic of South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Jan 2024
- Lebanon: Israel exports Gaza failure; will file complaint to UNSC over Arouri assassination Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Lebanon is set to lodge a complaint against Israel at the United Nations Security Council after the assassination of the deputy head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement in a drone strike on the southern suburb of the country's capital city of Beirut.
- UK statement on situation in Gaza - 3 January 2024 UK FCDO 03 Jan 2024 -- The FCDO has issued a statement firmly rejecting any suggestion of the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza.
- 11K Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank in 2023 IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian Prisoner's Society says that 11,000 Palestinians were arrested in 2023, including 1,085 children and 300 women.
- Lebanese Hezbollah attacks 2 Israeli military bases IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah has issued a statement, announcing that resistance fighters have targeted two Israeli military positions.
- Haniyeh: Israel will be held responsible for Arouri assassination Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh says Israel will be held responsible for the assassination of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri, calling it "a complete act of terrorism and a violation of Lebanon's sovereignty."
- Arouri assassination shows Israel in deep impasse: Lebanon's Amal IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- Lebanon's Amal Movement has condemned the assassination of Saleh Al-Arouri, the deputy head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in an Israeli attack in Beirut, considering it a violation of the Lebanese sovereignty of the country.
- Arouri's assassination will not go unanswered: Hezbollah to Israeli regime IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says the Zionist regime's assassination of the deputy head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement Saleh al-Arouri will not go unanswered.
- Martyrdom of Saleh Arouri confirms Israel's disgraceful failure: Hamas IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- A senior Hamas official said that the assassination of Deputy Head of Hamas Politboro in Beirut Saleh al-Aruri will surely make the Palestinian resistance movement more determined to contnue their brave resistance against Tel Aviv's regime.
- Hezbollah chief says Hamas leader's assassination will not go unpunished Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- The secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says the assassination of a senior leader of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in the Lebanese capital of Beirut will not go unpunished.
- Hamas freezes talks with Israel after deputy leader killed in Beirut People's Daily 03 Jan 2024 -- Hamas announced a freeze on ceasefire negotiations with Israel after the faction's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed Tuesday evening in an Israeli attack in Lebanon, a Palestinian source told Xinhua.
- Hamas: Israeli Drone Strike Kills Senior Hamas Leader Near Beirut VOA 03 Jan 2024 -- An Israeli drone strike Tuesday night on Hamas offices in the Beirut suburbs killed senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri, the militant group and Mideast news outlets reported.
- A Joint Statement from the Governments of the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom The White House 03 Jan 2024
- US, Allies Warn Houthis of 'Consequences' if Attacks on Vessels in Red Sea Continue VOA 03 Jan 2024 -- The United States and 11 allies on Wednesday jointly warned Yemen's Houthi militants of unspecified consequences unless they halt attacks on cargo vessels sailing through the Red Sea.
- Yemeni armed forces strike Israel-linked ship in Red Sea IRNA 03 Jan 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have targeted a ship linked to the Israeli regime in the Red Sea as part of a campaign of strikes in the strategic waterway in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
- Yemeni army claims fresh attack on Israel-bound merchant vessel in Red Sea Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the country's military has launched missiles targeting a cargo ship in the Red Sea as the vessel was heading towards a port in the Israeli-occupied territories.
- We call on the Houthis to cease these attacks immediately: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 03 Jan 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Houthi threats to commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
- Iran: General Soleimani unmasked US, Israel; expanded authority of regional resistance Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh says the resistance front has expanded its authority, power and its geography thanks to the sacrifices made by Iran's late anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani.
- Israel accountable for all 'wrongful acts' against Iran, condemnation 'urgent': Envoy Press TV 03 Jan 2024 -- Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations says Israel must be held accountable for complicity in assassination and sabotage acts in the Islamic Republic amid confessions by the occupying regime's officials to the "internationally wrongful acts."
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