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19 April 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Intl community calls for restraint amid Iran-Israel escalation fears Global Times 19 Apr 2024 -- With sounds of explosions reverberating around central Iran on Friday morning, concerns of an all-out war in the Middle East are growing all over the world, as media reported that it was Israel that launched the strike, just a few days after Iran's first direct attack in retaliation to Israel's bombing of its diplomatic mission in Syria on April 1.
- Retaliatory spiral in Middle East must end, says UN chief after reported strikes on Iran UN News 19 Apr 2024 -- Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power station early Friday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a new appeal to all parties to "stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East".
- Tel Aviv, Tehran downplay Israeli airstrike on Iran VOA 19 Apr 2024 -- Both Tel Aviv and Tehran downplayed Israel's predawn aerial strike inside Iran on Friday, suggesting neither side wants to see the situation escalate into a full-scale regional conflict.
- Situation normal after air defenses fire at 'suspicious objects' in Iran Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- The sound of explosions have been heard near the central Iranian city of Isfahan and Tabriz in the country's northwest after air defense systems fired at "suspicious objects" early Friday.
- Israel's Limited Attack On Iran Appears Aimed At De-Escalating Conflict RFE/RL 19 Apr 2024 -- Israel had vowed to make Iran pay for Tehran's unprecedented drone and missile attack on April 13.
- Air defense system activated as blast heard in Iran's Isfahan: Official IRNA 19 Apr 2024 -- Iran activated an air defense system in the early hours of Friday after the sound of an explosion heard near a major airbase in the central province of Isfahan, an Iranian official says.
- US not involved in Israeli strikes on Iran, says Blinken VOA 19 Apr 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday the United States was not involved in Israel's predawn aerial strike inside Iran and declined to confirm reports that Washington was notified of Israeli plans shortly before the attack.
- Apparent Israeli Air Attack Strikes Near Iranian City Of Isfahan RFE/RL 19 Apr 2024 -- Israel's military reportedly struck targets inside Iran in retaliation for an unprecedented air attack Tehran launched last weekend on its sworn enemy, but the limited scope of the operation and a muted Iranian response appeared to indicate an escalation of the conflict had been avoided.
- Iran Has Strong Options For Retaliation Against Israel, Including Going Nuclear RFE/RL 19 Apr 2024 -- If Iran decides to respond to a suspected Israeli strike on its territory on April 19, it might not have to pull its punches like it did the last time.
- Iran Versus Israel: Who Has The Military Edge? RFE/RL 19 Apr 2024 -- Iran and Israel have traded attacks and threats in recent weeks, increasing fears of a full-scale war between the archfoes.
- US Media Claims Israel Targeted Air Defense Radar at Iranian Nuclear Facility Sputnik 19 Apr 2024 -- An air defense radar at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility was the target of Israel's strike early on Friday, ABC News reported, citing a senior US official.
- Iran's response to Israel will be 'immediate, at maximum level', FM tells CNN Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says his country's military reaction would be "immediate and at a maximum level" in case the Israeli regime commits folly again and decides to take a measure against the Islamic Republic.
- Next response to Zionist regime will be immediate, severe: Iran FM warns IRNA 19 Apr 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned that the Zionist regime will be met with a quick and severe response in case of its another mischief following the Islamic Republic's retaliatory strikes on the Israeli positions in the occupied territories.
- Raeisi: Operation True Promise 'a necessary response' to Israel Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has commended the Islamic Republic's retaliatory strikes on the Israeli-occupied territories on April 13, stressing that the military operation showcased the country's power and was a necessary response to the illegal regime.
- Operation True Promise yields four 'historic' achievements, says top commander Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Force Brigadier General Kioumars Haydari says Iran's recent retaliatory operation against Israel constituted four historic achievements, noting that the operation changed the balance of power in the region.
- Israel Reportedly Launches Retaliatory Attack On Iran RFE/RL 19 Apr 2024 -- Israel has launched an attack in Iran, U.S. media reported quoting U.S. government officials, in what appears to be retaliatory strikes for the unprecedented air attack Tehran launched last weekend on its sworn enemy.
- Iran retaliation against Israel ensured no aggression would go unanswered: href="/military/library/news/2024/04/mili Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah popular resistance movement praises Iran's recent retaliatory strikes against the Israeli regime.
- IRGC spokesman: Claim on Dimona power plant being damaged in Iran's attack on Zionist regime is false IRNA 19 Apr 2024 -- Spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) called the publication of news from a Zionist media that the building of the Dimona power plant was damaged in Iran's punitive attack against the Zionist regime false and called it a malicious act in line with the enemy's psychological operations.
- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 19 Apr 2024
- April 18: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 19 Apr 2024
- Number of Gaza martyrs exceed 34k IRNA 19 Apr 2024 -- The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip has increased to 34,012 since the start of the Zionist regime's aggression in this area.
- Palestinian death toll in Gaza nears 34,000: ministry People's Daily 19 Apr 2024 -- The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 33,970, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Thursday.
- UNRWA Situation Report #102 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - All information from 15-17 April 2024, is valid as of 17 April 2024 at 22:30 UNRWA 19 Apr 2024
- Over 14,000 kids killed in Israel's war on Gaza: UNICEF spokesman Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- A spokesman for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says more than 14,000 Palestinian children have so far been killed in Israel's ongoing war on Gaza.
- Blinken: Military operation in Rafah would have 'terrible consequences' for civilians VOA 19 Apr 2024 -- The Biden administration "cannot support a major military operation in Rafah," said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a news conference Friday at the G7 meeting in Italy.
- Israel-Iran conflict eases pressure on Biden to condition aid VOA 19 Apr 2024 -- The threat of a wider war between Israel and Iran may give U.S. President Joe Biden more breathing room to provide military assistance to Israel without restrictions sought by progressive lawmakers of his own party.
- Designations Related to Destabilizing Activities Affecting the West Bank US Dept. of State 19 Apr 2024 -- The Department of State is today designating Ben Zion Gopstein, the founder and leader of Lehava, an organization whose members have engaged in destabilizing violence affecting the West Bank. Under Gopstein's leadership, Lehava and its members have been involved in acts or threats of violence against Palestinians, often targeting sensitive or volatile areas.
- Treasury Designates Entities Involved in Raising Funds for Violent Extremists in the West Bank US Treasury 19 Apr 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on two entities for their roles in establishing fundraising campaigns on behalf of Yinon Levi (Levi) and David Chai Chasdai (Chasdai), two violent extremists who were sanctioned on February 1, 2024 in connection with violence in the West Bank. The fundraising campaigns established by Mount Hebron Fund for Levi and by Shlom Asiraich for Chasdai generated the equivalent of $140,000 and $31,000, respectively.
- US sanctions entities for funding West Bank extremists targeting Palestinians VOA 19 Apr 2024 -- The United States on Friday sanctioned two entities accused of raising tens of thousands of dollars for extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
- U.S. votes against Palestinian request for full UN membership at Security Council People's Daily 19 Apr 2024 -- The United States on Thursday voted against a Palestinian request for full UN membership at the Security Council.
- U.S. votes against Palestinian request for full UN membership at Security Council People's Daily 19 Apr 2024 -- The United States on Thursday voted against a Palestinian request for full UN membership at the Security Council.
- G7 Italy 2024 Foreign Ministers' Statement on the Situation in the Middle East US Dept. of State 19 Apr 2024 -- The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
- 'Irresponsible, unconstructive': Iran slams US veto of Palestinian bid for full UN membership Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- The spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the "irresponsible and unconstructive" US veto of a Palestinian request to the United Nations Security Council for full UN membership, blocking the world body's recognition of a Palestinian state.
- No: 65, 19 April 2024, Regarding the Recent Developments in Our Region Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Apr 2024
- OIC slams US for blocking Palestine's bid for full UN membership Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has slammed the United States for blocking Palestine's request for full membership in the United Nations, amid a genocidal Israeli war on Gaza.
- Update: History and people will remember this regressive action by US: Chinese FM on US veto of Palestine's full membership to UN Global Times 19 Apr 2024 -- China is very disappointed with the US decision, emphasizing that the urgency of accepting Palestine as a full member of the UN is now more apparent than ever. China will continue its efforts and play a constructive role to ensure that Palestine enjoys the same rights as all other UN member states, said China's permanent representative to the UN, following the US veto of Palestine's request for full UN membership.
- Palestine condemns U.S. veto of its full UN membership People's Daily 19 Apr 2024 -- Palestine condemned on Thursday "in the strongest terms" the U.S. veto on Palestine's full membership in the United Nations.
- Lebanon's Hezbollah missile attack on gathering of Zionist soldiers IRNA 19 Apr 2024 -- The Lebanese Islamic Resistance on Friday night announced that a missile attack was launched on the gathering of the Zionist soldiers on the border of occupied Palestine.
- Lebanon's Hezbollah continues its attacks on positions of Zionist regime IRNA 19 Apr 2024 -- The Lebanese Islamic Resistance has targeted the positions and military bases of the Zionist regime on five occasions since Friday morning.
- Iraqi resistance forces hit Israeli Ovda air base Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has said it carried out a strike on the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel.
- Israeli warplanes, Daesh terrorists attack Syria, Iraq Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- Israeli military aircraft have carried out a string of airstrikes against positions in Syria's southwestern provinces of Daraa and As-Suwayda as well as neighboring Iraq.
- Israel Attacked Air Defense Objects in South Syria, Causing Damage - Syrian Defense Ministry Sputnik 19 Apr 2024 -- Israel has carried out strikes on air defense facilities in southern Syria, causing material damage, the Syrian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
- Hackers break into Israeli military's computers, access trove of documents Press TV 19 Apr 2024 -- A decentralized hacker group says it has managed to break into the Israeli military's computers, accessing a trove of "top secret" documents.
- 'Anonymous' Hackers Claim to Have Pilfered Over 20 Gigabytes of IDF Files Sputnik 19 Apr 2024 -- Hacker collective known as Anonymous announced that it managed to breach the IDF's cyber defenses and abscond with a vast trove of data.
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