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06 May 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- PM Netanyahu at the 'Unto Every Person There is a Name' Ceremony: "The magnitude of the killing in the Holocaust is unbelievable. It amounts to 5,000 October 7's." Israel - Prime Minister 06 May 2024 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today, opened Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day with the Wreath Laying Ceremony at Yad Vashem. He then lit a memorial candle upon entering the Knesset, where he participated in the "Unto Every Person There is a Name". He read the names of the members of his father-in-law's family, the late Shmuel Ben Artzi, all of whom perished in the Holocaust.
- PM Netanyahu's Address to the Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day Israel - Prime Minister 06 May 2024 -- Following is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address, this evening, at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, to the opening ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day [translated from Hebrew except where noted:
- Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, May 6, 2024 Israel Defense Forces 06 May 2024
- Israel signals rejection of ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas Press TV 06 May 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire proposal in Gaza, where it has fought a seven-month Israeli aggression that has left tens of thousands dead.
- Israeli army urges Palestinians to evacuate eastern Rafah ahead of planned offensive People's Daily 06 May 2024 -- The Israeli army on Monday ordered Palestinian residents to evacuate the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza's southernmost city Rafah, ahead of a planned offensive in the area.
- Israeli army carries out airstrikes on eastern Rafah: sources People's Daily 06 May 2024 -- The Israeli army carried out on Monday airstrikes on areas in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, said Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses.
- Israel orders 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate Rafah ahead of ground invasion Press TV 06 May 2024 -- The Israeli regime is forcibly evacuating Palestinians from the eastern part of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip amid the prospect of its widely-discouraged ground invasion.
- IDF Calling on Palestinians to Evacuate Eastern Rafah Ahead of Offensive - Reports Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has started calling on Palestinians to leave the eastern part of the Gazan city of Rafah ahead of the planned military operation, The Times of Israel newspaper reported on Monday.
- Israel carries out strikes in Rafah, vows to continue hostage talks VOA 06 May 2024 -- Israel's military said Monday that it was carrying out strikes in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, shortly after Hamas announced it had accepted a cease-fire proposal to halt its war with Israel.
- May 5: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 06 May 2024
- US again fails to bring cease-fire to Gaza, 'more civilian casualties unavoidable if Israel attacks Rafah' Global Times 06 May 2024 -- The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is set to continue, as Israel warned Palestinians to evacuate from Rafah and the Israeli military prepared for an attack on the southern city on Palestine's border with Egypt. Experts said on Monday this will surely cause large numbers of civilian casualties, and the latest development in the situation proves that the US-dominated mediation has failed once again.
- UNICEF: 'Nowhere safe to go' for 600,000 children in Rafah VOA 06 May 2024 -- A ground incursion by Israeli forces would pose 'catastrophic risks' to hundreds of thousands of children taking shelter in Rafah, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund warned Monday.
- There is 'nowhere safe to go' for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF UNICEF 06 May 2024 -- With hundreds of thousands of children in Rafah injured, sick, malnourished, traumatized or living with a disability, UNICEF calls for children to not be forcibly relocated, and the vital infrastructure on which children rely to be protected
- UN pledges to stand with Gazans in Rafah; Guterres says ceasefire opportunity 'cannot be missed' UN News 06 May 2024 -- UPDATED: Amid reports that 100,000 Palestinians have been told to leave Rafah ahead of an anticipated Israeli military operation there and that Hamas has accepted the latest Israeli ceasefire proposal, UN humanitarians on Monday insisted that they had no intention of quitting the vital aid hub.
- Unexploded ordnance leaves dark legacy for Gaza, warn mine action experts UN News 06 May 2024 -- UN mine action experts warned on Monday that even when current hostilities end, the risk remains lethally high for civilians in Gaza from unexploded weapons and contaminated rubble throughout the devastated enclave.
- UNRWA chief: Israel continues to deny humanitarian access to UN in Gaza Press TV 06 May 2024 -- The commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, says the Israeli regime continues to bar the world body's humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip.
- UNICEF warns Rafah invasion to put 600,000 children at risk of catastrophe Press TV 06 May 2024 -- UNICEF says an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza's southern city of Rafah would pose "catastrophic risks" to the hundreds of thousands of children taking shelter there.
- DOD Continues Work on Temporary Pier for Gaza After High Seas Force Move DoD News 06 May 2024 -- The Defense Department is moving forward with plans to assemble a temporary pier for delivery of humanitarian aid despite relocating the construction site due to weather conditions, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said today.
- Biden hosts Jordan's King Abdullah for White House talks VOA 06 May 2024 -- Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday urged President Joe Biden to "take urgent action to prevent a new catastrophe" as Israel prepares a ground operation on the Gaza city of Rafah.
- Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel The White House 06 May 2024
- "I call on all Western actors to put pressure on the Israeli administration" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 06 May 2024 -- Delivering remarks following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting, President Erdoğan said: "We welcome Hamas' announcement that it has agreed to the ceasefire. Now the same step should be taken by Israel. I call on all Western actors to put pressure on the Israeli administration."
- Statement from Minister for Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide on ceasefire negotiations: 'Expect more from both parties' Government of Norway 06 May 2024
- Hamas Chief Informs Mediators of Acceptance of Gaza Ceasefire Proposal Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- The chairman of the political office of Palestinian movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has informed Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Abbas Kamel, the chief of Egypt's intelligence, of acceptance of a proposal to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Hamas said on Monday.
- Ball in Israel's court over Gaza ceasefire, Hamas chief tells Iran FM Press TV 06 May 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh briefed him on the Palestinian resistance movement's response to a proposed ceasefire for the Gaza Strip.
- Hamas: Looming invasion of Rafah will have serious consequences for Israel Press TV 06 May 2024 -- Hamas warns Israel that any ground operation in Rafah would have serious consequences for the regime as the Palestinian resistance movement is fully prepared to defend its people in the southern Gaza city.
- Hamas says seeks 'comprehensive truce' as Israel hell-bent on war, blockade Press TV 06 May 2024 -- Hamas has said it would only settle for a deal that encompasses all of the Palestinian resistance movement's demands from the Israeli regime amid the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
- Rockets from Lebanon hit N. Israel, causing power outages People's Daily 06 May 2024 -- About 20 rockets were launched from Lebanon at northern Israel on Sunday, damaging facilities and causing power outages in the city of Kiryat Shmona, Israeli sources said.
- Hezbollah targets Israeli military command base in occupied Golan Heights Press TV 06 May 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has targeted an Israeli military command base in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights with dozens of Katyusha rockets.
- Iraq's Islamic resistance hits two Israeli military bases with drones Press TV 06 May 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has targeted two Israeli military bases in the occupied Palestinian territories using drones.
- Analysts assess implications of Iran-Israel tensions VOA 06 May 2024 -- Despite an unprecedented direct attack on Israel last month, Iran has been careful not to engage in an all-out war with Israel at this time. But analysts say other radical elements in Iran might be willing to take more risk in the future.
- US-Israeli espionage cell dismantled in Yemen Press TV 06 May 2024 -- Yemen's security forces have dismantled a major espionage network operating for the US and Israeli intelligence services amid a campaign by the Arab country to defend the people of Palestine in their struggle against the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
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