23 March 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News

Mar. 22: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 23 Mar 2024
32,142 Palestinians martyred in Gaza: Health Ministry IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- At least 32,142 Palestinians have been killed and 74,412 wounded in the Gaza Strip since October 7, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza.
Over 100 Palestinians martyred in Israeli raids on Shifa Hospital IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- A Gaza government official has said that over 100 Palestinians have been martyred during recent Israeli attacks on Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip.
Five wounded Palestinians die in Gaza's besieged al-Shifa hospital Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- At least five wounded Palestinians have died in Gaza's al-Shifa hospital which has been under Israel's siege for six consecutive days.
'Moral outrage': UN chief condemns Israel's blocking of aid into Gaza Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the blockade of relief trucks on Egypt's side of the border with the Gaza Strip, describing it as a "moral outrage."

Secretary-General's press encounter at Rafah border crossing UN Secretary-General 23 Mar 2024
At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN's Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire UN News 23 Mar 2024 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza that it is time for a ceasefire and for an "ironclad commitment by Israel" to allow unhindered aid deliveries into the besieged enclave as he began his annual Ramadan solidarity trip on Saturday with planned visits to Egypt and Jordan.
UN Chief Calls Blocked Gaza Aid 'Moral Outrage' VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- During a visit to the Rafah crossing Saturday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said blocked aid to Gaza is a "moral outrage."
UN chief: We don't have power to stop Gaza war IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the world body does not have the power to stop the Israeli regime's war on Gaza, calling on those "who have the power to stop it to do it".
Israel's crimes in Gaza could keep ICJ busy for 50 years, UN rapporteur warns Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, has warned that Israel's crimes in the Gaza Strip in nearly six months could preoccupy the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the next 50 years.

Biden admin. admits reputational damage to US, Israel over Gaza IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- A memo obtained by American media organization NPR shows that the administration of President Joe Biden is concerned about the Israeli regime's "major strategic error" in Gaza and its repercussions for Washington and Tel Aviv.
Blinken reiterates U.S. opposition to Israeli invasion of Rafah People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a visit to Israel, reiterated Friday that the United States opposes a ground operation by the Israeli military in Rafah.

U.S.draft setting preconditions for ceasefire in Gaza "unacceptable," says Chinese envoy People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- A Chinese envoy said Friday that by setting preconditions for a ceasefire in Gaza, a U.S. draft resolution essentially green-lights continued killing, which is "unacceptable."
"International organizations and institutions are merely watching the Israeli administration's barbarity" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 23 Mar 2024 -- Speaking at an iftar event in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said: "Israel, which is an inhuman terror state, has been nefariously massacring our Gazan brothers and sisters for 168 days, ignoring whether they are children, women, elderly or civilians, and has been carrying out a genocide more brutal than the ones in the Second World War. And international organizations and institutions, the United Nations in particular, are merely watching this barbarity of the Israeli administration except simple reactions."

Israel seizes about 2000 acres of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Israel has announced to seize hundreds of acres of more Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank to expand settlements. It is viewed as one of the regime's biggest land-grab schemes.

Hezbollah strikes Israel's Ramim barracks IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says it has targeted positions of Israeli military forces in fresh retaliatory strikes.
Hezbollah retaliates against Israeli atrocities in Gaza with drone, artillery strikes Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Hezbollah fighters have conducted several retaliatory strikes against Israeli positions, targeting various locations, including barracks and gathering sites in the 1948 occupied territories, in response to the ongoing war on Gaza.

US-UK attacks on Yemen encourage Israel to continue Gaza crimes: Ansarullah IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Airstrikes carried out by the US and the UK against Yemen encourage the Israeli regime to continue its atrocities against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a senior Yemeni official has said.
Ansarullah vows to keep on targeting Israel after US, UK strikes Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has denounced US and British strikes on the country, saying they embolden Israel to continue its genocidal war in Gaza.

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