17 April 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News

Statement from President Joe Biden on the House's National Security Supplemental The White House 17 Apr 2024
Biden calls for quick congressional passage of Ukraine, Israel aid VOA 17 Apr 2024 -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday voiced his strong support for more military aid for Ukraine and Israel and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza after House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House of Representatives will vote on the funding packages Saturday night.
US works on 'comprehensive response' on Iran, urges Israel to exercise restraint VOA 17 Apr 2024 -- The United States said it is working with allies on a coordinated response to Iran's drone and missile strikes on Israeli soil over the weekend. At the same time, it continues to urge Israel to exercise restraint and avoid igniting a wider regional conflict.

PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 17 Apr 2024
Prime Minister's Office - Tekuma Authority Joint Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 17 Apr 2024
PM Netanyahu Meets with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock Israel - Prime Minister 17 Apr 2024

Secretary General Jonatan Vseviov: Drone and missile attacks can be successfully fended off with international cooperation - we simply have to be brave Estonia MFA 17 Apr 2024 -- Yesterday, on April 16th, Jonatan Vseviov, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took part in an informal videoconference of EU foreign ministers focussing on Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel over the weekend and the security situation in the Middle East.
On Israel visit, German FM urges 'restraint' after Iran's massive attack Press TV 17 Apr 2024 -- Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was in Israel. She urged "prudent restraint" against the backdrop of Iran's Operation True Promise against the occupying regime in retaliation for its April 1 bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

Next retaliatory operation will not be limited: Pres. Raisi warns Israeli regime IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned Wednesday that if the Zionist regime makes the slightest act of aggression on Iran's soil, it will be dealt with a powerful and fierce blow.
Raeisi: Iran 'Operation True Promise' inflicted strategic defeat on Israel Press TV 17 Apr 2024 -- President Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran's retaliatory operation against Israel inflicted not only a military defeat but also a strategic setback on the occupying Tel Aviv regime, and dissuaded certain regional Arab countries seeking to normalize diplomatic ties with the Zionist entity.
Raisi Reiterates Warning As Israel Mulls Response To Weekend Air Attack RFE/RL 17 Apr 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has reiterated his warning to Israel that "the tiniest invasion" would trigger a swift and severe response amid global concerns over how the Jewish state will retaliate following a drone and missile attack on it orchestrated by Tehran over the weekend.
Army chief: Regret-inducing response awaits any aggression IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- Iranian Army Chief Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi has said that any aggression against Iran's interests will be met with a firm and regret-inducing response.
Op. True Promise changes regional power balance: Navy chief IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani says "Operation True Promise" against the Zionist regime changed the regional power balance.
Foe's strategic mistake to be answered with Sukhoi Su-24: Commander IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- The Iranian Army Air Force is completely ready and waiting for the command of the Supreme Leader to hit the targets, especially with the Sukhoi Su-24, says the Iranian Army Air Force commander, Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi.
As Iran And Israel Escalate Conflict, Arab States Stick To Their Guns RFE/RL 17 Apr 2024 -- As the world anxiously awaited the outcome of Iran's large-scale attack against Israel, some Arab countries had already taken steps to blunt its impact.
Hamas: Iran's attack ended Israel's era of hit-and-run Press TV 17 Apr 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says Iran's military response to Israel's deadly April 1 strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus confirmed the end of the regime's era of acting "without accountability or punishment."
Israel has lost deterrence against Iran: Islamic Jihad Press TV 17 Apr 2024 -- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement says Israel has lost its deterrence against Iran as evidenced by the Islamic Republic's unprecedented drone and missile strike in the occupied territories.

April 16: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 17 Apr 2024
Over 5,000 Palestinians nabbed in Gaza since October 7 IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- The Gaza Government Media Office has declared that the Israeli regime's army has arrested and incarcerated more than 5,000 Palestinians in the besieged strip since October 7, 2023.
Israel has killed more than 10,000 women in Gaza since October: UN Press TV 17 Apr 2024 -- The United Nations says more than 10,000 women have been killed in the besieged Gaza Strip since Israel launched its savage campaign in early October.

Security Council Hears Briefing from Commissioner-General of Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East UN Security Council 17 Apr 2024 -- The Security Council met this afternoon on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. The Council heard a briefing from Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
$2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank UN News 17 Apr 2024 -- UN and partner agencies insisted on Wednesday that "critical changes" are needed to improve aid access into Gaza, as they launched a $2.8 billion appeal to provide urgent assistance for millions of people in the devastated enclave, but also in the West Bank, where Palestinians have been targeted by increasing settler violence.
'Insidious campaign' by Israel is denying life-saving aid to Gaza says UNRWA chief UN News 17 Apr 2024 -- The Commissioner-General of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) briefed the Security Council in New York on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, telling ambassadors that life-saving deliveries are being blocked by Israel as part of an "insidious campaign" to push it out of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Statement by the Commissioner-General of UNRWA to the Security Council UNRWA 17 Apr 2024
Chief of relief agency UNRWA pushes back against Israeli accusations VOA 17 Apr 2024 -- The head of the embattled U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees said Wednesday that as famine is taking hold across Gaza, the agency is facing an Israeli campaign to push it out of the occupied Palestinian territories and prevent it from carrying out its humanitarian mission.
1.7 million Palestinians forcibly displaced in Gaza: UNHCR Press TV 17 Apr 2024 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) has announced about 1.7 million Palestinians have been forcibly displaced inside Gaza due to Israel's genocidal war against the people of Palestine.

Joint Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner Janez Lenarčič on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and West Bank European Commission 17 Apr 2024
Palestinians in Gaza are facing a devastating humanitarian crisis and an imminent risk of famine: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 17 Apr 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on UNRWA.
Qatar evaluating role as mediator between Israel, Hamas VOA 17 Apr 2024 -- Qatar is rethinking its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, its prime minister said Wednesday during a press conference with his Turkish counterpart in Doha.
India treads carefully amid rising Middle East tensions VOA 17 Apr 2024 -- Mounting hostility between Israel and Iran is creating a diplomatic problem for India, which has long-standing and important relations with both countries.

Israel has speeded up settlement expansion since October 7: Report Press TV 17 Apr 2024 -- Israel has accelerated its settlement expansion across East al-Quds since the regime launched its brutal campaign of death and destruction in the besieged Gaza Strip in early October, a report says.

Hamas chief loses another close relative in Israeli raids IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- Palestinian media outlets have reported that Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement Ismail Haniyeh has lost his nephew in an Israeli attack.

Hezbollah launches retaliatory strike in northern part of Israel VOA 17 Apr 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah launched a missile strike Wednesday on a military base in northern Israel that left 14 soldiers wounded, six of them seriously, according to media reports.
Explosions heard in Israeli Meron airbase IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- The Israeli regime's news sources in the occupied lands have reported that the sound of an explosion was heard in the regime's Meron airbase, located in the north of occupied Palestine.
Hezbollah targets Zionists' position in Branit Barracks IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance of Lebanon has conducted a missile attack on the headquarters of the 91st Division in Galilee in "Barnit" barracks.
Hezbollah attack on Israeli military position injures 18: Reports Press TV 17 Apr 2024 -- At least 18 people have been injured, some of them seriously, in a drone and missile attack by Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah that hit an Israeli military center near the Lebanese border, Israeli media reported.
Hezbollah pounds another Zionist military base IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement has targeted another Israel base in the continuation of the operation against the Zionist army and in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Zionist regime assassinates Hezbollah commander IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- A senior commander pf Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
Israel's deterrence against Iran failed: Islamic Jihad official IRNA 17 Apr 2024 -- The Deputy Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement has said that Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes against Israel exposed the regimes' deterrence, turning it into a failure.

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