05 January 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News

Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari January 5th, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 05 Jan 2024

Israel says time for diplomatic solution with Hezbollah is "short" People's Daily 05 Jan 2024 -- Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday the window of time for a diplomatic solution with Hezbollah is short.

Jan. 4: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 05 Jan 2024
Gaza death toll at 22,600 on 91st day of war IRNA 05 Jan 2024 -- The death toll from Israel's attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 22,600 since the regime waged its war on the besieged Palestinian territory three months ago, the Health Ministry in Gaza has announced.
Israel struck Gaza with 65k tons of missiles, bombs: Report Press TV 05 Jan 2024 -- The Israeli regime has reportedly dropped more than 65,000 tons of missiles and bombs on the Gaza Strip during its ongoing genocidal war against the coastal sliver.
Palestinian death toll rises to 22,438 in Gaza: ministry People's Daily 05 Jan 2024 -- Palestinian death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip rose to 22,438 since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, said the Gaza-based Health Ministry on Thursday.

Intensifying conflict, malnutrition and disease in the Gaza Strip creates a deadly cycle that threatens over 1.1 million children UNICEF 05 Jan 2024 -- Children in the Gaza Strip face a deadly triple threat to their lives, as cases of diseases rise, nutrition plummets and the escalation in hostilities approaches its fourteenth week.
Nearly 600 attacks on healthcare in Gaza and West Bank since war began: WHO UN News 05 Jan 2024 -- Hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank have been attacked nearly 600 times since war erupted in the enclave in response to the Hamas-led terror attack in southern Israel, the UN health agency said on Friday.
The war in Gaza must end - Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 5 January 2024 UNOCHA 05 Jan 2024
UN Aid Chief: Gaza War Must End VOA 05 Jan 2024 -- United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said Friday that three months into Israel's war in the Gaza Strip, the territory has become uninhabitable and aid workers are left with the "impossible mission" of supporting more than 2 million people.
Gaza has become 'a place of death and despair': UN Press TV 05 Jan 2024 -- The United Nations humanitarian chief has strongly deplored the situation in the Gaza Strip, which has been suffering under nearly three months of an unrelenting genocidal Israeli war.

Blinken Begins Middle East Tour in Turkey for Gaza Talks VOA 05 Jan 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saturday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, during Blinken's latest trip to the Middle East and Europe aimed at ramping up diplomatic efforts over the Israel-Hamas war and preventing an expansion of the conflict.

The situation in the Red Sea Government of Norway 05 Jan 2024 -- 'We are facing a very serious situation in the Red Sea. For the first time, ballistic anti-ship missiles have been used against civilian vessels. These are very advanced weapons systems. The indiscriminate attacks by the Houthi movement are unacceptable. Crews and innocent parties are exposed to mortal danger and suffer great economic and material losses', said Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.
Lebanon files complaint to UNSC over Israel assassination of Hamas official Press TV 05 Jan 2024 -- Lebanon has lodged an official complaint with the United Nations Security Council over Israel's assassination of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri in the capital Beirut.

Palestinian government rejects Israeli regime's post-war Gaza vision Press TV 05 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian government has strongly rejected an Israeli scheme referred to as the regime's post-war Gaza vision, indicating that it is not open to the so-called "day after plan" for Gaza outlined by the Israeli regime war minister.

Hezbollah pledges response to al-Arouri's assassination IRNA 05 Jan 2024 -- Secretary General of Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, has promised revenge for the assassination of deputy Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri by the Israeli regime.
Israel conceals 'heavy losses' as Hezbollah operations 'very exhausting': Nasrallah Press TV 05 Jan 2024 -- The secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah says Israel is concealing the "heavy losses" it has suffered in the war on the southern Lebanese border as the resistance movement's operations against the occupying regime are "very exhausting."

Hamas urges int'l bodies to counter forced migration of Palestinians by Zionists IRNA 05 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called on international bodies to confront the forced migration of Palestinians by the Zionist regime.

US military buildup in Red Sea 'serious' threat to intl. shipping: Yemen Press TV 05 Jan 2024 -- Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has cautioned that the US militarization of the Red Sea in an attempt to serve the Israeli regime will pose a serious threat to international shipping in the strategic waterway.
Indian navy warship on move to tackle hijack situation People's Daily 05 Jan 2024 -- The Indian navy's INS Chennai warship has been moving towards a hijacked vessel to tackle the situation, Indian media reported on Friday.
UN 'very disturbed' by Israeli ministers' calls for Palestinians to migrate from Gaza Press TV 05 Jan 2024 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said that he was "very disturbed" by Israeli calls for Palestinians to leave the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing that international law prohibits their forcible transfer.
Yemen's Houthis reject 12-country joint statement condemning attacks on Red Sea People's Daily 05 Jan 2024 -- Yemen's Houthi group on Thursday rejected a joint statement issued by 12 countries condemning Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, and vowed continued targetting of "Israel-linked commercial ships" in the waters.

Iranian cleric says Daesh created, backed by US, Israeli regime IRNA 05 Jan 2024 -- Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, Tehran's Friday Prayers Imam, has criticized the US and the Israeli regime for creating and supporting Daesh (ISIS), the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the latest terror attacks in the Iranian city of Kerman.

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