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21 February 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- 24h Operational Update: Targeted Operations in the Zaytun Area, Terrorists Eliminated Israel Defense Forces 21 Feb 2024
- Israeli army instructs soldiers not to film 'revenge videos' in Gaza amid ICJ genocide case Press TV 21 Feb 2024 -- The Israeli army's chief of staff Herzi Halevi has instructed troops "not to film revenge videos" after footage was used as evidence in the case against the regime for genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
- Israeli Parliament Approves Resolution Rejecting Unilateral Recognition of Palestine Sputnik 21 Feb 2024 -- The Israeli parliament approved on Wednesday by a vast majority of votes a draft government resolution rejecting the recognition of a Palestinian state by Israel under international pressure.
- Feb. 20: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 21 Feb 2024
- Israeli Airstrikes Hit Northern, Southern Gaza VOA 21 Feb 2024 -- The Israeli military said Wednesday it carried out airstrikes in northern and southern Gaza, a day after the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire, scaled up aid access and rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians.
- UNRWA Situation Report #80 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (All information from 18-19 February 2024, is valid as of 19 February 2024 at 22:30 (local time) ) UNRWA 21 Feb 2024
- Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC): Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on WHO 21 Feb 2024
- Gaza situation inhumane, ceasefire now: WHO chief Press TV 21 Feb 2024 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the alarm over the "inhumane" humanitarian situation in Gaza, which continues to deteriorate as Israel's bombs keep falling on the besieged territory.
- Gaza has become a 'death zone', warns UN health chief UN News 21 Feb 2024 -- An "inhumane" health and humanitarian situation now prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate, the head of the UN World Health Organization warned on Wednesday.
- WHO Chief Calls Gaza a 'Death Zone' VOA 21 Feb 2024 -- The Israeli military said Wednesday that it had carried out airstrikes in northern and southern Gaza, as the head of the World Health Organization said the enclave had become a "death zone."
- Humanitarian Agencies Call On Israel to Provide Aid to Palestinians VOA 21 Feb 2024 -- The heads of 19 United Nations agencies and partner organizations expressed their frustration in a joint statement Wednesday, calling on Israel "to fulfill its legal obligation" to provide food and medical supplies and facilitate aid operations to Gaza, and for world leaders to prevent an even worse catastrophe from happening.
- US Opposes Hague Court Issuing Opinion on Israeli-Occupied Territories VOA 21 Feb 2024 -- The United States said Wednesday the United Nations' top court should not issue an advisory opinion saying that Israel should "immediately and unconditionally withdraw" from territories sought for a Palestinian state without getting security guarantees in return.
- Blinken to Brazil's Lula: US Rejects Nazi Comparison to Israeli Attacks on Hamas VOA 21 Feb 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday, briefing him on U.S. efforts to end the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza but also telling him the U.S. disagrees with his assessment likening Israel's war effort to that of Nazi genocide in World War II.
- U.S. vetoes Security Council draft resolution demanding humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza People's Daily 21 Feb 2024 -- The United States on Tuesday vetoed a Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.
- US vetoing of Gaza resolution diplomatic catastrophe of century: Iran FM IRNA 21 Feb 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has described a decision by the United Sates to veto for a third time a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to impose a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as the diplomatic catastrophe of the century.
- Iran condemns US vetoing of UNSC Gaza resolution IRNA 21 Feb 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned the United States for vetoing a draft United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that included a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza where the Israeli regime has been pressing on with an incessant campaign of genocide against the Palestinians.
- 'Diplomatic catastrophe of century': Iran's foreign minister slams US veto of Gaza resolution Press TV 21 Feb 2024 -- Iran's foreign minister has censured Washington for vetoing, for the third time, a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip.
- Chilean envoy accuses Israeli regime of violating int'l law IRNA 21 Feb 2024 -- Chile's special representative to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Ximena Fuentes has accused the Zionist regime of committing systematic violations of international law in the Gaza war.
- NAM condemns Israeli regime's continued aggression on Gaza IRNA 21 Feb 2024 -- Iran's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Zahra Ershadi has said, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), that the movement slams the Israeli regime's continued aggression on Gaza.
- Arab League, OIC, and Egypt condemn US veto of Gaza ceasefire Press TV 21 Feb 2024 -- The Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and Egypt have censured the third veto by the United States of a draft resolution proposed at the United Nations Security Council demanding an immediate end to Israel's brutal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
- NAM denounces continuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza: Iran envoy Press TV 21 Feb 2024 -- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) censures Israel's unrelenting hostilities against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip that have resulted in thousands of human casualties, Iran's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations says.
- World condemns US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution at UNSC Press TV 21 Feb 2024 -- Condemnations have poured in from world countries after the United States once again vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that demanded an immediate ceasefire in Israel's months-long genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
- Objection to cease-fire in Gaza no different from giving green light to slaughter: Chinese envoy Global Times 21 Feb 2024 -- Following the US veto on a Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, China's United Nations envoy said Tuesday that objection to a cease-fire in Gaza is no different from giving the green light to the continued slaughter.
- Assault on Rafah will be met with decisive response: Resistance groups IRNA 21 Feb 2024 -- Senior officials of the Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad resistance movements have warned the Zionist regime against any ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying such assault will be met with a strong and decisive response.
- Hamas: US veto of truce resolution greenlit Israeli genocide on Gaza IRNA 21 Feb 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly condemned the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution proposed by Algeria for a ceasefire in Gaza.
- Hamas leader arrives in Cairo to hold talks on Gaza truce People's Daily 21 Feb 2024 -- Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday arrived in Cairo to hold talks with Egyptian officials on the Gaza truce.
- Hezbollah conducts strikes against Israeli positions, military bases ISNA 21 Feb 2024 -- In a series of operations on Monday, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah targeted various Israeli military positions and sites across the Lebanese-Palestinian border, the group said in a statement, confirming that all attacks achieved direct hits.
- 14 injured in Israeli drone strikes in Lebanon's southern town of Ghazieh People's Daily 21 Feb 2024 -- Israeli warplanes on Monday afternoon hit multiple targets in the southern town of Ghazieh with air-to-surface missiles, injuring 14 people, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.
- Gaza: Israeli forces attack MSF shelter in Al-Mawasi Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders 21 Feb 2024 -- The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of two MSF staff family members during an Israeli offensive on Al-Mawasi in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Six others were injured in the attack.
- Israel raids Gaza 'safe' area sheltering displaced Palestinians; MSF says 'horrified' Press TV 21 Feb 2024 -- The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has expressed horror over a deadly Israeli assault on a southern Gaza town that was previously designated as "safe" area by the regime's military.
- Red Sea Conflict Hits Egypt, Other Parts of the Region VOA 21 Feb 2024 -- Egypt's economy is facing serious hurdles after revenue from the country's most strategic asset — the Suez Canal — has dropped by nearly half. Attacks by the pro-Iranian Houthi militia group on ships passing by Yemen has made merchant ships avoid the Red Sea and the canal.
- Federal Council opens consultation on draft legislation to ban Hamas Federal Council - Swiss Government 21 Feb 2024 -- Switzerland is to ban Hamas. The Federal Council decided at its meeting on 21 February to open the consultation on the necessary legal basis. The ban will also include Hamas cover and successor organisations as well as organisations that act on its behalf or in its name.
- Israeli conspiracy behind Iran gas pipeline explosions: Minister IRNA 21 Feb 2024 -- Iran successfully foiled a plot by the Israeli regime to damage the natural gas transmission pipelines in southern and central parts of the country earlier this month, the country's Oil Minister Javad Owji has said.
- Iran says foiled Israeli plot to disrupt life of Iranians via gas pipeline attacks Press TV 21 Feb 2024 -- Iran's oil minister has blamed Israel for twin sabotage attacks on gas pipelines in the country last week, saying the government managed to foil an "evil" plot and repair the pipelines in the shortest time possible.
- Iran Blames Israel For Explosions At Gas Pipelines That Disrupted Supplies RFE/RL 21 Feb 2024 -- Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji has blamed Israel for a spate of recent explosions that disrupted gas transmission lines in two of Iran's provinces, incidents that have heightened tensions further between the two rivals.
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