Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
31 January 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Delegation of UN Ambassadors: "It's time that the international community and the UN itself understand that UNRWA's mission has to end." Israel - Prime Minister 31 Jan 2024
- PM Netanyahu Meets with Representatives of the Families of the Hostages Israel - Prime Minister 31 Jan 2024
- Israeli Forces Strike Northern and Southern Gaza Amid Push for New Halt in Fighting VOA 31 Jan 2024 -- Amid an international push for a new, temporary cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces carried out airstrikes Wednesday in northern and southern Gaza.
- Jan. 30: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 31 Jan 2024
- Israel pulls some troops from Gaza, Lebanon border: Report IRNA 31 Jan 2024 -- The Israeli military has reportedly withdrawn some troops from the Gaza Strip and along the border with Lebanon.
- Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 26,751: ministry People's Daily 31 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 26,751, and 65,636 others wounded since Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
- Humanitarian response in Gaza 'completely dependent' on UNRWA, says relief chief UN News 31 Jan 2024 -- It has been another day of intense activity across the UN as the crisis in the Middle East stemming from the war in Gaza continues, both in the region and at UN Headquarters in New York. The Security Council reviewed the world court's (ICJ) provisional ruling on genocide allegations, and the UN chief briefed the top UN committee on Palestinian rights, stressing that the relief agency, UNRWA, is the "backbone" of humanitarian operations in Gaza.
- Gaza: A struggle to keep young hopes alive, amid shattered dreams UN News 31 Jan 2024 -- Children in Gaza will likely lose at least a year of education, with the school year suspended, and classrooms closed or turned into shelters. Ziad Taleb, a correspondent for UN News, has been talking to teachers and children at a school in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, which is overflowing with displaced people who have fled their homes in a desperate attempt to find safety.
- Gaza economic recovery could take decades: UN report UN News 31 Jan 2024 -- The war in Gaza has resulted in an unprecedented level of destruction to its economy which will take tens of billions of dollars and decades to reverse, UN trade and development body UNCTAD said in a new report on Wednesday.
- Guterres: Two-State solution the only path to a just, lasting peace UN News 31 Jan 2024 -- Secretary-General António Guterres underscored on Wednesday the critical role of the UN committee on the rights of Palestinians in the face of the ongoing and escalating war in Gaza, stressing that only a two-State solution can ensure a just and lasting peace and stability in the Middle East region.
- 'We cannot abandon the people of Gaza': chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA UN News 31 Jan 2024 -- Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top UN humanitarians and NGO chiefs warned of the "catastrophic consequences" of defunding UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees facing allegations of collusion with Hamas.
- Secretary-General's remarks to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People UN Secretary-General 31 Jan 2024
- UNRWA funding suspension catastrophic for Gaza: Heads of UN agencies ISNA 31 Jan 2024 -- Withdrawing funds from UNRWA is perilous and would result in the collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, with far-reaching humanitarian and human rights consequences in the occupied Palestinian territory and across the region, said the statement from heads of organizations that form the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee.
- 'This is a population starving to death,' WHO warns about Gaza Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the people in the Gaza Strip are starving to death due to the constraints imposed by Israel on the delivery of humanitarian aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.
- UNRWA has no replacement in Gaza, UN warns amid funding cuts Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- The UN aid coordinator for the Gaza Strip says no organization could ever replace the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees due to UNRWA's "tremendous capacity" in handling the situation in the besieged Palestinian territory.
- 'Hellish': WHO says unable to deliver aid to Gaza hospital despite 'serious medicine shortage' Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) says it could not deliver medicine, fuel and food to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza despite a "serious shortage" after delays at checkpoints.
- UN Security Council says concerned about 'rapidly deteriorating' Gaza conditions Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- The United Nations Security Council has raised the alarm at the "dire and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation" in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues its genocidal war on the besieged territory.
- 'No substitute for UN agency assisting Palestinians' IRNA 31 Jan 2024 -- A senior UN relief coordinator for Gaza has rejected an Israeli call for stripping the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees of its authority in the Gaza Strip, saying there is no alternative to the agency known as UNRWA.
- Secretary Blinken's Meeting with UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Kaag US Dept. of State 31 Jan 2024
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken And UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 31 Jan 2024
- Sustainable truce in Israeli war on Gaza key to security conundrum in region: Iran's UN mission Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations says a sustainable ceasefire in Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip is the key to restoring security and stability in the West Asia region.
- China expected to play bigger role in Middle East: Yemeni official Global Times 31 Jan 2024 -- China said on Tuesday that it supports Yemen's sovereignty, territorial integrity and supports the legitimate government of the country and a resolution to the Yemen issue through political means. Amid the escalating Red Sea crisis, Yemen also expects China to play a bigger role in promoting peace and stability in the Middle East.
- After ICJ ruling, all countries now obliged to stop aiding Israel's Gaza war: South Africa FM Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor says a recent ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) means all countries have an obligation to stop aiding Israel in its brutal war in Gaza.
- We continue to work intensively with the UN and partners to get more aid into Gaza: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 31 Jan 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Gaza.
- China Circumspect After International Court Ruling on Israel VOA 31 Jan 2024 -- In a carefully worded response this week, China voiced its support of the U.N.'s International Court of Justice, or ICJ, ruling that orders Israel to desist from the killing of Palestinians in Gaza. Experts tell VOA that privately China has reservations about the use of such courts to deal with allegations of genocide, which could have awkward implications for Beijing.
- Hamas warns against 'new massacre' after Israeli forces attack hospital IRNA 31 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned against a "new massacre" being committed by the Zionist regime's military after its incursion into a hospital in Khan Younis.
- Hamas warns of Israeli military's intention to commit carnage at Khan Younis hospital Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has warned about the Israeli military's intention to perpetrate a massacre at al-Amal Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, after the regime forces stormed the medical facility.
- Hezbollah conducts fresh missile attacks on Zionist positions IRNA 31 Jan 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement has targeted the Zionist regime's positions in northern occupied Palestine with missiles.
- Hezbollah targets Zionists' positions in northern occupied Palestine IRNA 31 Jan 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah has reported that it targeted the Zionist regime's positions in northern occupied Palestine.
- Completely ready for war with Israel: Hezbollah official Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- Amid continued Israeli-triggered border confrontations between the occupying regime and Hezbollah, a senior official with the Lebanese resistance movement says the group is completely ready for potential warfare with Tel Aviv.
- Yemen attacks US warship in Red Sea: Army spokesman IRNA 31 Jan 2024 -- Yemen's army spokesman says the country has attacked a US warship sailing in the Red Sea to respond to US aggressions on the Arab country and as part of a campaign to support the people of Palestine in their fight against Israel's invasion of Gaza.
- Yemeni missiles can reach US fleet in 75 seconds ISNA 31 Jan 2024 -- Cooper affirmed, during an interview with CBS, that there has never been an instance of targeting commercial ships or US Navy vessels with ballistic missiles before, in reference to one of the operations by the Yemeni Armed Forces whereby they targeted a US warship with a number of ballistic missiles.
- US threats via Omani back channels will not deter Yemen: Al-Houthi ISNA 31 Jan 2024 -- In a post on X, Al-Houthi said that expanding the scope of engagement in the region is one among many other threats made by the US against the Yemeni people via Omani officials.
- Yemen's Houthis say ready for long-term confrontation with U.S., Britain in Red Sea People's Daily 31 Jan 2024 -- Commander of Yemen's Houthis on Tuesday said the group is ready for a long-term confrontation with the United States and Britain in the Red Sea as tensions are rising in the region amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
- Yemen strikes American commercial ship bound for occupied Palestine Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- Yemen's Armed Forces strike an American commercial vessel bound for the occupied Palestinian territories in continued support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have come under a genocidal US-backed war by the Israeli regime.
- US threats won't deter Yemen from keeping up anti-Israel operations: Top official Press TV 31 Jan 2024 -- A ranking Yemeni official says the US's threats against the country will not deter it from continuing its operations in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have come under a genocidal Washington-backed war by the Israeli regime.
- Israel-Saudi Arabia normalization still possible: US IRNA 31 Jan 2024 -- A White House spokesman has said that there is still the possibility to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia despite the war on Gaza and the growing opposition to any diplomatic nexus between Tel Aviv and Riyadh.
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