05 March 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News

Prime Minister's Office Statement Israel - Prime Minister 05 Mar 2024
PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of a Meeting on Preparations for Ramadan Israel - Prime Minister 05 Mar 2024

Mar. 4: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 05 Mar 2024
97 Palestinians killed in Gaza in past 24 hours IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- The Gaza health ministry has announced the latest casualties in Gaza, reporting that 97 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.
Israeli forces open fire on aid-seekers in Gaza again IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Israeli occupation forces have shot and injured several more Palestinians in yet another attack on aid-seekers in the Gaza Strip, news sources reported on Monday night.
Sirens heard as rockets fired toward occupied Palestine IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Sirens activated in several Israeli settlements in the northern occupied Palestinian territories after a barrage of rockets fired from southern Lebanon in what is largely believed another attack launched by the Hezbollah resistance movement, media and sources reported on Monday night.
Gaza Information Office: Famine threatens lives of 700,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- The government information office in Gaza warned about the deepening of the famine in the Gaza Strip and announced: By preventing aid from entering the northern Gaza Strip, the Zionist regime's army has caused 700,000 Palestinians in this area to face the risk of death.
Israel deliberately attempting to exacerbate famine: Gaza Media ISNA 05 Mar 2024 -- The Government Media Office in Gaza stressed that the Israeli targeting of civilians as they arrived at Kuwait roundabout to obtain flour is "a deliberate attempt to exacerbate the famine."
Gaza govt. decries fresh Israeli attack on war-hit Palestinian aid-seekers Press TV 05 Mar 2024 -- The Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war, has decried the regime's latest attack on people amassing to collect aid in the violence-wracked and Tel Aviv-besieged coastal sliver.

UN: Death Stalks Children in Gaza as Famine Looms, Life-saving Aid Denied VOA 05 Mar 2024 -- More than a dozen children in Gaza have starved to death, and many more are at risk as malnutrition soars, infectious diseases spread, and urgently needed life-saving humanitarian aid is blocked from entering the Palestinian enclave, U.N. aid agencies warn.
WFP food deliveries to northern Gaza face further setbacks WFP 05 Mar 2024 -- Efforts by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver desperately needed food supplies to Northern Gaza resumed today but were largely unsuccessful.
Gaza: Efforts to deliver food aid to stricken north 'largely unsuccessful' UN News 05 Mar 2024 -- Efforts by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver desperately needed food supplies to northern Gaza resumed on Tuesday but were largely unsuccessful, the agency reported.
UN rights expert condemns 'systematic' war-time mass destruction of homes UN News 05 Mar 2024 -- An independent UN housing rights expert condemned on Tuesday the arbitrary destruction of civilian homes and infrastructure during conflicts, comparing the ongoing bombardment of Gaza with strikes against Dresden during the Second World War.
North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger UN News 05 Mar 2024 -- A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first time in months has been welcomed by UN humanitarians who on Tuesday issued a fresh alert about "appalling" conditions in medical facilities where more children risk are battling life-threatening malnutrition.
Children dying of starvation in Gaza, WHO chief warns IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that children in Gaza are at risk of death due to lack of food.
UN experts denounce Israel for 'massacre' of Gaza aid seekers Press TV 05 Mar 2024 -- UN special rapporteurs and working groups have strongly denounced a recent attack by Israeli forces against the Palestinians awaiting bags of flour near Gaza City, calling it a "massacre."
Gaza children starving to death as Israel throttles aid: WHO chief Press TV 05 Mar 2024 -- Children are dying of starvation and dehydration in northern Gaza as Israel's throttling of aid has cut off the supply of vital resources into the area for months, according to the Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO).

Biden: Gaza Cease-Fire Up to Hamas VOA 05 Mar 2024 -- U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the question of whether there will be a new six-week cease-fire in Gaza is "in the hands of Hamas right now," but at the same time said Israel had "no excuses" but to allow more humanitarian aid into the war-torn territory to assist famished Palestinians.
US presses Hamas amid Gaza ceasefire talks IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- The United States is piling up pressure on the Palestinian resistance movement Hams to accept a temporary ceasefire with Israel, in yet another attempt to back the Zionist regime while talks in the Egyptian capital are underway to find ways to hammer out a deal.
United States Central Command and Royal Jordanian Armed Forces Conduct Additional Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza CENTCOM 05 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on March 5, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict.
U.S. Participates in Second Humanitarian Airdrop for Gaza DoD News 05 Mar 2024 -- A combined effort by U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force provided additional humanitarian aid to northern Gaza today.
Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli War Cabinet Member Benny Gantz DoD 05 Mar 2024
Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Israeli War Cabinet Member Benny Gantz US Dept. of State 05 Mar 2024

Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani US Dept. of State 05 Mar 2024
Joint Statement on the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue US Dept. of State 05 Mar 2024 -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the State of Qatar on the occasion of the U.S. -Qatar Strategic Dialogue.
Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 05 Mar 2024
Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Meeting with Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani of Qatar The White House 05 Mar 2024

Iran FM warns OIC of Israeli plot to 'destroy Palestine' IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Addressing an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said "unprecedented" Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip prove the Zionist regime "is deliberately pursuing the policy of destroying the Palestinian nation."
Iran urges OIC to do more to stop Israeli genocide in Gaza IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to take greater actions to stop the Israeli regime's war crimes and genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Israel 'deliberately' pursuing policy of destroying Palestine: Iran Press TV 05 Mar 2024 -- Iran's foreign minister has condemned the "unprecedented" crimes Israel has committed in the besieged Gaza Strip over the past five months.

Russia stands against blackmailing UNRWA: Envoy to UN ISNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia stressed that Russia stands against any politicization of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA and finds the actions of donors to effectively blackmail the agency immoral.
"Peace cannot prevail in the Middle East without a fair solution to the Israel-Palestine issue" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 05 Mar 2024 -- Holding a joint press conference with President Abbas of Palestine, President Erdoğan said: "It has become all the more obvious with the recent incidents that peace cannot prevail in the Middle East without a fair solution to the Israel-Palestine issue. Yet, the only path to lasting peace is the establishment of an independent, sovereign and geographically-integrated Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East al-Quds as its capital."
The UK is committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza who desperately need it: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 05 Mar 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly meeting on UNRWA.

Hamas blames Netanyahu for collapse of truce talks Press TV 05 Mar 2024 -- A senior Hamas official has blamed Benjamin Netanyahu for the collapse of the latest round of talks on a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, saying the head of the Israeli regime is not willing to reach an agreement to end to the genocidal campaign in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Hamas Ready to Reduce Number of Palestinians Released as Part of Hostage Deal - Reports Sputnik 05 Mar 2024 -- Palestinian movement Hamas has expressed its readiness to reduce the number of Palestinian prisoners to be released as part of a deal with Israel if the Jewish state agrees to allow more Palestinian civilians to the northern Gaza Strip, the Axios news portal reported, citing an Israeli official and a source.

Massive blackouts as Hezbollah fires dozens of retaliatory rockets at Israeli sites Press TV 05 Mar 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has fired dozens of rockets at Israeli military sites in the northern flank of the 1948 occupied territories in retaliation for the ongoing brutal aggression against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Zionist regime uses phosphorus ammunition to destroy Lebanon farms: Minister IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Lebanon's Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Al Haj Hassan, has stated that the Israeli regime employed prohibited phosphorus ammunition to devastate farmlands in the Arab country.
Hezbollah vows appropriate response to Israeli aggression IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Head of Hezbollah's Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc says the Lebanese resistance movement will give an appropriate response to the Zionist regime's attacks and will ultimately emerge victorious.

IRCS chief: Gaza receives only 25% of int'l aid sent IRNA 05 Mar 2024 -- The president of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has referred to the prohibition of sending humanitarian aid to Gaza by the Zionist regime, saying that only 25% of this international aid has entered Gaza.

Yemen strikes Israeli vessel in Red, Arabian Sea: Yemeni Army ISNA 05 Mar 2024 -- The spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Monday two separate operations carried out in the Red and Arabian Seas, as part of support to the people of Gaza and their Resistance currently facing an ongoing Israeli genocide, and in response to the US-UK aggressions on the country.

Iranian Judiciary Says 'Mossad Agent' Executed In Connection With Attack In Isfahan RFE/RL 05 Mar 2024 -- Iran's judiciary has announced the execution of a person it claims was a Mossad agent involved in an explosion at a Defense Ministry workshop complex in the city of Isfahan last year.

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05 March 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News