Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
30 April 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 30 Apr 2024 -- "You have to hear this to believe this. The International Criminal Court in the Hague is contemplating issuing arrest warrants against senior Israeli government and military officials as war criminals. This would be an outrage of historic proportions."
- ICC may issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu, officials: Israeli media IRNA 30 Apr 2024 -- Israeli media reports say that there is a possibility the International Criminal Court (ICC) will secretly issue arrest warrants for officials of the Zionist regime for their role in the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Heroism and Hope Forum Representatives: "We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there - with or without a deal." Israel - Prime Minister 30 Apr 2024 -- "The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question. We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there - with or without a deal, in order to achieve the total victory."
- Netanyahu says Rafah offensive will happen with or without cease-fire and hostage release deal VOA 30 Apr 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to carry out a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of whether there is an agreement with Hamas for a cease-fire and release of hostages held in Gaza.
- Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without ceasefire deal' Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to carry out the planned ground invasion of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, whether or not a ceasefire and prisoner swap deal is reached with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
- Israel to launch Rafah invasion if no deal reached on captives in 72 hours: Report Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- The Israeli military has reportedly finalized plans to launch an all-out military offensive against the densely-populated southern Gaza city of Rafah in the next 72 hours.
- April 29: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 30 Apr 2024
- 10,000 bodies buried under Gaza rubble decomposing, spreading disease Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- Gaza civil defense agency has warned of a looming health disaster in the besieged Strip as the decomposition of dead bodies under the rubble of buildings destroyed by the relentless Israeli bombings accelerates.
- Growing donor support for UNRWA shows vote of confidence in embattled agency VOA 30 Apr 2024 -- The head of UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians, reports many countries have resumed the funding that they suspended following allegations by Israel in late January that several staff members were linked to terrorism.
- Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war UN News 30 Apr 2024 -- With the situation in Gaza "worsening by the day", UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for Israeli and Hamas leaders currently taking part in intense negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement.
- Gaza destruction impossible to even process, UN humanitarian says UN News 30 Apr 2024 -- After nearly seven months of war in Gaza, nowhere is safe, people are scared, and everyone is hanging on to hopes of a ceasefire.
- 'Extraordinary, deep anxiety' in Gaza over feared Rafah attack UN News 30 Apr 2024 -- Ordinary Gazans remain in a "constant state of trauma" over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on the enclave's southernmost city of Rafah amid a growing number of strikes there, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday.
- UN: Israeli ground offensive in Rafah would be 'tragedy beyond words' Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- The UN's humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, has warned about the repercussions of a ground offensive by Israeli troops in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying it would be a "tragedy beyond words."
- Guterres calls for independent probe into Gaza mass graves Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is "deeply alarmed" by reports of mass graves in several locations in the besieged Gaza Strip.
- UNRWA says 182 staff members killed in Israeli hostilities in Gaza Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- UNRWA says at least 182 of its employees have been killed since the start of the Israeli military aggression in the besieged Gaza Strip.
- A ground operation in Rafah will be nothing short of a tragedy beyond words - Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator UNOCHA 30 Apr 2024 -- After almost seven months of brutal hostilities that have killed tens of thousands of people and maimed tens of thousands more, Gaza is bracing for even more suffering and misery.
- Press Conference at UN Geneva by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: Transcript of Introductory Remarks UNRWA 30 Apr 2024
- UNRWA Situation Report #105 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - All information from 25-28 April 2024, is valid as of 28 April 2024 at 22:30 UNRWA 30 Apr 2024
- Secretary-General's opening remarks at press encounter UN Secretary-General 30 Apr 2024
- April 30 USCENTCOM, Royal Jordanian Air Force Conduct Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza CENTCOM 30 Apr 2024 -- U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on April 30, 2024, at 1:40 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict.
- Blinken says 'time to act is now' for Hamas to accept cease-fire deal VOA 30 Apr 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept a proposed cease-fire deal in its conflict with Israel, saying that there are "no more excuses" and "the time to act is now."
- US Congress threatens ICC with retaliation over arrest warrants for Israeli officials Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- American lawmakers are in the process of drafting a bill aimed at responding to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in case it decides to issue arrest warrants against high-ranking Israeli officials accused of committing war crimes in Gaza.
- Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags 'disproportionate' police action on US campuses UN News 30 Apr 2024 -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said he was troubled by "a series of heavy-handed steps" taken by some universities in the United States to disperse and dismantle Gaza war protests.
- Biden pledges cooperation with Egypt, Qatar to implement proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire VOA 30 Apr 2024 -- The White House said Monday U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to work with Egypt and Qatar to ensure the implementation of a proposed cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
- Transcript: Mayor Adams Briefs Media on Recent Protests at Columbia University With NYPD Commissioner Caban City of New York 30 Apr 2024
- Top UN court refuses request for Germany to halt military aid to Israel VOA 30 Apr 2024 -- The United Nations' top court on Tuesday rejected Nicaragua's request for an emergency order for Germany to halt military aid to Israel.
- ICJ rejects emergency measures over German arms exports to Israel Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled against issuing emergency measures to halt German arms exports to Israel amid the ongoing genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
- PM call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel: 30 April 2024 Gov.UK 30 Apr 2024
- Russia slams US hypocrisy in ICC probe of Israel, arrest warrant for Putin Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- Russia has censured the United States for hypocrisy in opposing an International Criminal Court investigation into Israel's crimes in its months-long war on the besieged Gaza Strip and supporting an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin issued by the same court.
- Rival Palestinian groups meet in China to discuss political reconciliation VOA 30 Apr 2024 -- China says rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah expressed a political will for reconciliation during talks Tuesday in Beijing.
- Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas hold talks in Beijing, achieve positive progress: Chinese spokesperson People's Daily 30 Apr 2024 -- At the invitation of China, representatives of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) recently came to Beijing for in-depth and candid talks on promoting intra-Palestinian reconciliation, and achieved positive progress, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
- Palestinian Political Groups Reject Israel's Proposal to Send Arab Troops to Gaza - Hamas Sputnik 30 Apr 2024 -- Political groups making up the Alliance of Palestinian Forces have rejected Israel's proposal to send Arab troops to the Gaza Strip, Palestinian movement Hamas said on Saturday.
- Hezbollah fighters blow up Israeli Merkava tank IRNA 30 Apr 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says its fighters have destroyed a Merkava tank of the Israeli regime's army in Metula town in the north of occupied Palestine.
- Hezbollah targets two Zionist settlements IRNA 30 Apr 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance of Lebanon announced that it conducted missile attacks on two Zionist settlements in northern occupied Palestine.
- Yemen raps US for obstructing peace, blocking efforts to halt Gaza genocide Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has denounced the United States over its role in scuttling UN-brokered peace efforts in the impoverished Arab nation, and its failure to stop the Israeli military's onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
- Gaza aid flotilla delayed after Guinea Bissau removes flag due to Israel pressure: Activists Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- Activists say a humanitarian aid flotilla aiming to set off from Turkey to deliver urgent aid to the besieged Gaza Strip has been further delayed after Guinea Bissau removed its flag from two vessels under the Israeli regime's pressure.
- Geneva Palais briefing note: Caught in the Crossfire - Lebanon's children under fire UNICEF 30 Apr 2024 -- "A new report from UNICEF in Lebanon underscores the deepening suffering of children in the country, as Lebanon grapples with a cascade of crises, compounded by conflict.
- Children in Lebanon pay heavy price amid intensifying conflict in the south and compounding national crises UNICEF 30 Apr 2024 -- Ongoing hostilities in southern Lebanon are taking a devastating toll on the population, forcing approximately over 90,000 people - including 30,000 children - from their homes. According to the latest report from the Ministry of Public Health, 8 children are among the 344 people killed and 75 children among the 1359 people injured since the escalation of the hostilities in October 2023.
- Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon UN News 30 Apr 2024 -- Children as young as four are being forced to go to work in Lebanon amid a "massive collapse" in humanitarian funding and escalating hostilities on the country's southern border with Israel that threaten to spiral into a "full-scale war", UN child experts said on Tuesday.
- April 30 Red Sea Update CENTCOM 30 Apr 2024 -- At approximately 1:52 p.m. (Sanaa time) on April 30, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) in Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas of Yemen.
- Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Portuguese-flagged ship in Arabian Sea VOA 30 Apr 2024 -- Yemen's Houthi rebels said on Tuesday that they struck a Portuguese-flagged container ship in a drone attack in the Indian Ocean.
- Yemeni army releases moment of attack on Israeli ship IRNA 30 Apr 2024 -- The armed forces of Yemen published the moment of the attack on the Cyclades ship on Tuesday night.
- Yemen warns US of escalating action against security IRNA 30 Apr 2024 -- Yemen's Supreme Political Council has warned the US not to make any attempts that could threaten Yemen's security and stability.
- 2 US destroyers, 2 Israeli vessels targeted: Yemeni army spox IRNA 30 Apr 2024 -- The spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces announced on Tuesday morning that the country's military targeted 2 American destroyers and 2 Israeli ships in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in a fresh operation in solidarity with Palestinians.
- Yemen warns US against new aggression targeting its security Press TV 30 Apr 2024 -- Yemen's top policy-making body has issued a stern warning to the United States that any move aimed at destabilizing the Arab country would lead to massive chaos in the region, especially in key waterways surrounding Yemen.
- Suspected Mossad Agent Arrested In Malaysia Sputnik 30 Apr 2024 -- Malaysia is a Muslim-majority country and has been a steadfast supporter of Palestine. It has no formal relations with Israel and in December, the country banned all Israeli ships from docking at Malaysian ports.
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