23 January 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News

IDF Chief of the General Staff's Statement Regarding the 21 Soldiers Killed in Action: Israel Defense Forces 23 Jan 2024
Statement by IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, January 23rd, 2024 Israel Defense Forces 23 Jan 2024
Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, January 23rd, 2024, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 23 Jan 2024
Zionist Army admits heavy casualties in Gaza war IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- The Zionist Army has admitted that it has suffered heavy casualties in the Gaza war, local media reported.
Two dozen Israeli troopers killed in Gaza clashes, highest single-day death toll Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- Twenty four Israeli troopers have been killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours, making it the deadliest day for its invading forces since their ground operation began.
Israel Reports 24 Soldiers Killed in Gaza in Single Day VOA 23 Jan 2024 -- Israel on Tuesday reported that 24 of its soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip, one of the single worst days for Israeli forces since launching its campaign to eliminate the Hamas militant group.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "My main expectation is total victory; there is no substitute for victory." Israel - Prime Minister 23 Jan 2024 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Tuesday, 23 January 2024), visited the Elyakim IDF base where he met with cadets in the company commanders training course, both conscripts and reservists.
Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 23 Jan 2024
PM Netanyahu: "While we bow our heads in memory of our fallen, we are not relenting - even for a moment - in striving for the goal that has no alternative - achieving total victory." Israel - Prime Minister 23 Jan 2024
Israel Does Not Want War With Hezbollah, But Ready for Any Situation - Defense Minister Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- Israel does not want a war with the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, but is ready for any development of events in the north part of the border in light of the ongoing provocations, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Tuesday.

Jan. 22: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 23 Jan 2024
Israeli military 'encircles' Khan Younis after dozens of troops killed in Gaza Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- The Israeli military says its ground forces have "encircled" the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after two dozen of its soldiers were killed in its largest single-day toll in the three-month of aggression on the besieged Palestinian territory.
Hamas takes control of three Israeli drones IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has announced that they have successfully taken control of three Israeli military drones.
Zionists admit serious damage to Miron base in Hezbollah attack IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- The Zionist Army has admitted that an attack by Hezbollah against Miron base in northern occupied lands has inflicted major damage to the strategic airbase.
25,000 civilian fatalities reported in Gaza conflict amid mounting humanitarian demands People's Daily 23 Jan 2024 -- "Intense" Israeli strikes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire into Israel persisted on Monday, with UN humanitarian reports stating more than 25,000 deaths in the enclave since the war's onset on Oct. 7.
Palestinian-Israeli conflict threatens stability of wider region People's Daily 23 Jan 2024 -- The U.S. military announced on Saturday it had attacked a Houthi anti-ship missile in Yemen as the group prepared to launch the projectile into the Gulf of Aden, in the latest flare-up that sparks fears of a wider war in the Middle East amid the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
At least 50 Palestinians killed by Israeli bombings on Khan Younis: medical sources People's Daily 23 Jan 2024 -- At least 50 Palestinians have been killed and dozens of others wounded by Israeli bombings on shelter centers of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said on Monday.

Speech for RC Hanaa Singher-Hamdy for the opening of the Regional preparatory meeting for the Fourth Review Conference on the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons In Marriott Kathmandu on 23 January 2024 UNOCHA 23 Jan 2024
Bombardment, displacement and collapsed health care: a crisis for women and girls in Gaza UNRWA 23 Jan 2024
Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the Middle East UN Secretary-General 23 Jan 2024
UPDATING LIVE: Rejection of two-State solution by Israeli leadership 'unacceptable', says Guterres UN News 23 Jan 2024 -- Top diplomats are debating the deepening crisis in the Gaza Strip and the whole Middle East in the UN Security Council, against the backdrop of Israel's unrelenting military operation, mounting death toll and escalating global calls for an immediate ceasefire. The UN Secretary-General told ambassadors and foreign ministers during Tuesday's meeting that any refusal to accept a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, "must be firmly rejected".
Gaza fighting spreads into hospitals where there's 'no way in and out' UN News 23 Jan 2024 -- Amid continuing heavy fighting in Gaza on Tuesday morning including reported attacks on hospitals in the southern city of Khan Younis, UN humanitarians expressed deep concern for patients and others seeking treatment who had "no way in and out".
UN Agency for Palestine Refugees Says 570,000 People in Gaza Strip Face Dire Hunger Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- About 570,000 people in the Gaza Strip face dire hunger, and the work of humanitarian organizations is difficult due to access and communication problems, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Tuesday.
Nations Reaffirm Urgency of Two-State Solution for Israel and Palestine VOA 23 Jan 2024 -- Nations expressed support for a future independent Palestinian state at the United Nations on Tuesday, days after Israel's prime minister took a strong stance against the two-state solution.
UN agency says over half a million Palestinians face 'catastrophic hunger' in Gaza Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees says more than half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic hunger as Israel presses ahead with its genocidal campaign in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Israel 'starving' Gaza, 'destroying' food system, warns UN expert Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- A UN expert has warned that Israel is "intentionally" starving Gazans and "destroying" its food system as the genocidal war continues incessantly for more than 100 days now.
WHO chief 'deeply concerned' as Israel storms a Gaza hospital, lay siege to another Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- World Health Organization Director-General has said he is "deeply concerned" after Israeli forces stormed one hospital and put another under siege as they advanced deep into western Khan Younis in Gaza.

Iran urges ICRC to fulfill its duties to help Gaza IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Pirhossein Kolivand has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to commit to its duties to help Gaza.
Iran has sternly warned Washington against attacks on Yemen, says Iranian foreign minister Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the Islamic Republic has bluntly warned the United States that its decision to carry out joint strikes with the United Kingdom on targets in Yemen constitutes "a strategic mistake."
Israel 'helpless' on battlefield, attacks Syria, Lebanon to deflect 'disgraceful' Gaza defeat: Iran Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Israel's recent attacks on Syria and Lebanon are meant to divert the attention of the international community from the regime's "disgraceful defeat" in the Gaza war.

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Riyadh al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
Russia Says US Must Stop Hostilities, Ceasefire Vetoes in Order to Stabilize Middle East Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- Russian Foreign Minster Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with CBS, said that the US must stop its hostilities and stop vetoing UN ceasefire resolutions in order resolve the crisis in the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Arab League urges U.S. to adopt stance leading to Gaza ceasefire People's Daily 23 Jan 2024 -- The Arab League (AL) on Monday urged the United States to stop supporting the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians and to adopt a stance coherent with international humanitarian law.

Resistance groups hit Israeli, US positions again over Gaza genocide IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- The Islamic Jihad movement says the operation in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in southern Gaza, which caused the highest single-day casualty for Israeli soldiers, proves that the Zionist regime has failed to achieve any of its objectives in the war.

Lebanese FM: Hezbollah fire will stop if agreement in Gaza reached ISNA 23 Jan 2024 -- Bou Habib remarked that the "minor fighting" on the Lebanese-Palestinian border would "stop immediately and automatically" if such an agreement is reached.
Resistance fighter martyred in Israeli attack on Lebanon: Hezbollah IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- A fighter of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has been martyred in southern Lebanon, the group has said amid the ongoing trading of fire across the Lebanese border with the Israeli-occupied Palestine.
Hezbollah again targets Israel's Meron base in response to assassinations in Lebanon, Syria Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has once again targeted a strategic Israeli airbase in the north of the occupied territories in response to the regime's genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip and its recent assassinations in Lebanon and Syria.

Al-Maghazi operation proved Israeli army defeat: Islamic Jihad IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- The Islamic Jihad movement says the operation in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in southern Gaza, which caused the highest single-day casualty for Israeli soldiers, proves that the Zionist regime has failed to achieve any of its objectives in the war.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Al-Maghazi operation proved defeat of Israeli regime in Gaza war Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- A high-ranking member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement has hailed the resistance fighters' operation in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, saying Israel's heavy losses in a single day show the regime has failed in all its goals in the war against the besieged territory.

Iraqi resistance hits Israel's Ashdod port with drone IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- Iraq's Islamic Resistance, according to some news sources, has carried out a drone attack on the Israeli Ashdod port in the west of the occupied Palestinian territory.
Iraqi resistance retaliates against Israeli atrocities in Gaza, targets Port of Ashdod Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- Fighters from the Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have launched a drone strike against targets at a strategic port in the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories in response to the Tel Aviv regime's unrelenting ground and aerial offensives against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on US and UK illegal actions in the Red Sea Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
Fresh US-UK attack on Yemen futile, Yemeni official says IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- A military source in Yemen says that the futile attacks were carried out against bases that had been targeted dozens of times before, referring to the fresh US-UK aggression on the Arab country.
Yemen vows US-UK attacks will not go unanswered IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- The spokesman for the Armed Forces of Yemen Brigadier General Yahya Saree has said that a joint US-UK aggression on the country that took place in the early hours of Tuesday will not go unanswered.
Invasion of Yemen tantamount to invasion of Islamic ummah: Hamas IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- The invasion of Yemen is tantamount to an invasion of the Islamic ummah, an official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has said while reacting to the recent US-UK aggression against the Arab country.
Official: US, UK attacks will not deter Yemenis from supporting Gaza IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- Senior Yemeni official Mohammed Ali al-Houthi has said that the latest US and UK attacks on the country will not deter the Yemenis from supporting Gaza.
Iran sternly warned US against attacks on Yemen: FM IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran has warned the US that its decision to launch joint attacks with the UK against Yemen is a strategic mistake.
Yemen to keep up attacks on Israeli regime: Ansarullah IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- An Ansarullah movement official has vowed that Yemeni armed forces will continue attacking the Israeli regime targets despite the recent military aggression by the United States and its allies on the Arab country.
Yemeni officials vow more attacks against Israel ISNA 23 Jan 2024 -- He stressed that the US-UK aggression's aim to force Yemen to stop its naval operations, "will not be achieved," pointing out that "the US and the UK should understand that we are in an era of retaliation and our people do not know surrender."
Supporting Palestinians in Gaza 'religious' duty, US to face defeat in Yemen: PM Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- Yemeni Prime Minister Abdulaziz bin Saleh Habtoor has described support for Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip as a "religious" duty and says the United States will face defeat in its attempts to invade Yemen just as in other battles across the region.
Yemen asserts no lull in anti-Israel strikes after US, UK launch pro-Tel Aviv attacks Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- The United States and the United Kingdom have carried out a new round of military strikes across Yemen as Yemeni forces continue retaliatory attacks in the Red Sea on Israeli-owned ships or merchant vessels destined to the occupied territories over unrelenting Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip.
Over half a million Gazans at risk of death from starvation due to Israeli genocide: Senior Hamas official Press TV 23 Jan 2024 -- A senior official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned that more than half a million people face the risk of death from starvation in the besieged Gaza Strip after more than three months of US-backed Israeli genocide in the territory.

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23 January 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News