Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
08 May 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- India state-owned company shipped munitions to Israel amid Gaza war: Report Press TV 08 May 2024 -- In another revelation, an Indian state-owned defense company has been accused of sending ammunition and explosives to Israel, a report says, making New Delhi actively complicit in Tel Aviv's genocidal actions against Palestinians.
- Israel reopens Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza; UN says no new aid has arrived VOA 08 May 2024 -- The Israeli military said Wednesday it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, but the United Nations said no humanitarian aid had yet entered the Palestinian territory as no one was present to receive it after workers left the area because of Israeli attacks near there.
- May 7: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 08 May 2024
- Israel keeps bombing Rafah as truce talks resume in Cairo Press TV 08 May 2024 -- Israel has bombarded the overcrowded southern city of Rafah in Gaza, where it has launched a ground incursion, as a new round of talks on ceasefire and prisoner swap kicks off in Cairo.
- At least 35 killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah as vital aid corridors cut off Press TV 08 May 2024 -- Nearly three dozen Palestinian civilians, including women and children, have been killed as Israeli military forces bombed various neighborhoods in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
- Israel alleges killing 'Hamas' naval commander' Press TV 08 May 2024 -- The Israeli regime's military has alleged killing the commander of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas' naval unit in Gaza City amid the regime's now-seven-month-old genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
- Hamas, Israeli negotiators arrive in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks People's Daily 08 May 2024 -- Egypt is hosting delegations from Hamas, Israel, Qatar and the United States in Cairo on Tuesday with the aim of reaching a "comprehensive truce" in the Gaza Strip, state-affiliated Al-Qahera News TV channel reported.
- No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency UN News 08 May 2024 -- Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that "no fuel or aid" is getting into the enclave.
- Israeli forces bringing war to the West Bank, warns UN rights office UN News 08 May 2024 -- As war rages in Gaza, violations against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank have also increased substantially, a senior official with the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday.
- Humanitarians: Safe evacuation of Rafah impossible VOA 08 May 2024 -- Humanitarians and medical professionals working in the Gaza Strip warned Wednesday that a full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would be a catastrophe and said the safe, mass evacuation of civilians is not possible.
- Fuel running out at Gaza hospitals amid Israeli assault on Rafah: WHO Press TV 08 May 2024 -- The World Health Organization has warned that hospitals in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza urgently need medical supplies and fuel.
- UN official: Gaza war at "another critical juncture" IRNA 08 May 2024 -- UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has said that the war in the Gaza Strip is at another critical juncture.
- UN chief urges Israel, Hamas to cease fire, show political courage amidst Gaza crisis People's Daily 08 May 2024 -- As tensions continue to escalate in Gaza, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday once again called for Israel and Hamas to demonstrate "political courage" and work towards securing a ceasefire.
- US withholds weapons as Israel launches operation in Rafah VOA 08 May 2024 -- For the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the Biden administration has paused the shipment of weapons to Israel amid mounting concern over its plan to expand a military operation in Rafah that the United States does not support.
- US Report on Israel's Conduct in Gaza Strip Delayed Indefinitely - Reports Sputnik 08 May 2024 -- The Biden administration's report on whether Israel violated US law and international humanitarian law during its military operations in the Gaza Strip has been delayed indefinitely, Politico reported on Tuesday.
- The Federal Council intends to release CHF 10 million for emergency aid in Gaza Federal Council - Swiss Government 08 May 2024 -- At its meeting on 8 May 2024, the Federal Council decided to make a contribution of CHF 10 million to the humanitarian aid appeal of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The CHF 10 million contribution is exclusively earmarked for Gaza and will be used to provide the urgent assistance specified in the UNRWA Flash Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory covering the period April-December 2024. In its overall assessment, the Federal Council drew on the analysis of the Colonna report and coordination with other donors. The Federal Council will submit this decision to the foreign affairs committees of the National Council and Council of States for consultation.
- Bahamas recognizes State of Palestine IRNA 08 May 2024 -- The Foreign Ministry of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas has announced formally that it has recognized Palestine as a state.
- Jordan deplores Zionist settlers' attack on Gaza aid convoy IRNA 08 May 2024 -- Jordan's foreign minister denounced Israeli settlers for targeting his country's humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza, calling the attack a crime.
- Everything ready for permanent ceasefire in Gaza: Iran FM IRNA 08 May 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says that a permanent ceasefire in Gaza would be within reach if Western countries led by the US are honest about their promises for ending the Israeli war on the enclave.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Emir of Qatar His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Prime Minister of Canada 08 May 2024 -- Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, about the ongoing situation in the Middle East.
- Netanyahu impedes ceasefire in Gaza war: Hamas IRNA 08 May 2024 -- Benjamin Netanyahu is the individual hindering the process of truce and prisoner exchange agreement amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, Taher Al-Nono, a Hamas official and advisor to Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has said.
- Israel uses negotiations as cover for Rafah invasion: Hamas Press TV 08 May 2024 -- A senior Hamas official says the Israeli regime is prolonging underway negotiations on a potential truce in Tel Aviv's months-long war on the Gaza Strip so it can carry out a full-scale invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
- Hamas Returns Delegation to Cairo to Continue Ceasefire Talks Sputnik 08 May 2024 -- Hamas's delegation has returned to Cairo to continue discussing ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and to reach an agreement that will allow to end the ongoing conflict, the Palestinian movement said on Tuesday.
- Hezbollah carries out combined attacks against Zionist targets IRNA 08 May 2024 -- Hezbollah of Lebanon has conducted a series of combined and targeted attacks against Zionist bases, according to local media.
- Hezbollah says it hit Israeli targets in 'multipronged attack' Press TV 08 May 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it carried out a multipronged attack on targets controlled by the Israeli regime in north of the occupied Palestine.
- Iraqi resistance launches drone attack on south occupied Palestine IRNA 08 May 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has carried out a drone attack on the port of Eilat in the south of the occupied Palestine.
- 'Wider escalation': Yemen warns Israel of more retaliatory attacks if Rafah invaded Press TV 08 May 2024 -- A high ranking official of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has warned of a broader escalation in its attacks if Israel launches a full-scale invasion of the densely-populated southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
- West asked Iran 'don't hit Israel hard', lower intensity of True Promise: FM Press TV 08 May 2024 -- Iran's foreign minister says the West had asked the Islamic Republic to exercise restraint and lower the intensity of its retaliation before Iran's daring strikes last month on the Israeli-occupied territories in response to the regime's deadly attack on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria.
- No resistance group involved in Iran's 'legitimate' response to Israel: UN ambassador Press TV 08 May 2024 -- Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations has roundly dismissed the Israeli regime's groundless accusations and provocative rhetoric against the Islamic Republic, stressing that no resistance group was involved in the country's legitimate missile and drone strikes against the occupied territories.
- President Raeisi hails Iran's anti-Israel retaliatory strikes as 'source of national pride' Press TV 08 May 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has praised as a source of national pride the Islamic Republic's daring strikes last month on the Israeli-occupied territories in retaliation for the regime's earlier aggression on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria.
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