Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
09 May 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 09 May 2024 -- "We are determined and we are united in order to defeat our enemies and those who want to destroy us. If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone."
- Israel objects to US decision to pause some arms shipments VOA 09 May 2024 -- Israeli officials objected Thursday to U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to pause a shipment of some weapons to Israel amid concern over Israel's plan to expand a military operation in Rafah that the United States does not support.
- Netanyahu vows to continue attacks in Gaza despite Biden's threat to halt weapon shipment People's Daily 09 May 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement on Thursday that the Israeli forces will continue their attacks in Gaza despite the U.S. threat to halt some weapon shipments.
- Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, May 9 Israel Defense Forces 09 May 2024
- Launches Identified From Area of Rafah Toward Kerem Shalom Crossing - Israel Defense Forces Sputnik 09 May 2024 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that numerous launches were identified from the area of Rafah toward the Kerem Shalom Crossing that opened Wednesday on the border between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip.
- May 8: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 09 May 2024
- Israeli warplanes's assault on Rafah claims more civilian lives amid rising fears of 'catastrophe' Press TV 09 May 2024 -- Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, resulting in the loss of civilian lives and leaving several others wounded as the brutal war enters its 216th day.
- At least 30 killed during Israel's continuing ground assault in Gaza's Rafah People's Daily 09 May 2024 -- Israel's army announced on Wednesday that it was continuing its ground assault on Gaza's Rafah, reporting approximately 30 casualties since the offensive began on Monday night.
- Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on military operations and border closures in Rafah, Gaza UNICEF 09 May 2024 -- "The humanitarian response of UNICEF and our partners — and thus the lives of all the children and their families in the Gaza Strip who depend on it — requires fuel. We need fuel to move lifesaving supplies - medicine, treatments for malnutrition, tents and water pipes - as well as staff to reach children and families in need. But the intensification of military operations in the Rafah area and the closure of key border crossings into southern Gaza have severed our access to fuel, threatening to grind humanitarian operations to a halt.
- 'Outrageous' arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily shutter East Jerusalem compound UN News 09 May 2024 -- The head of the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) has temporarily closed its headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem after an arson attack on Thursday following weeks of protests.
- Gaza: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams UN News 09 May 2024 -- Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza's southernmost city overnight and into Thursday, UN humanitarians reported.
- This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East UNRWA 09 May 2024 -- This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem.
- UN: 80,000 people displaced since beginning of Israeli attack on Rafah IRNA 09 May 2024 -- The Deputy Spokesperson of the United Nations announced that 80,000 people have been displaced from Rafah since the start of the Israeli army operation.
- Rafah assault will strengthen Hamas' hand, says White House VOA 09 May 2024 -- The United States is again warning Israel against expanding its limited operation into an all-out assault on Rafah, this time not only for long-held humanitarian concerns but for strategic calculations.
- Biden says U.S. won't provide weapons to Israel for Rafah invasion People's Daily 09 May 2024 -- The United States will not send weapons to Israel if they are to be used in a major military operation in Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip, U.S. President Joe Biden told CNN on Wednesday.
- Major Rafah invasion won't defeat Hamas: White House Press TV 09 May 2024 -- The White House has said a full-scale invasion of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the Israeli regime would not advanced the regime's and the United States' shared objective of defeating the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
- US claims it'd freeze arms supplies to Israel upon full-scale invasion of Rafah Press TV 09 May 2024 -- The US, the biggest supporter of Israel's ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, claims it would freeze its generous arms supplies to the regime if the latter went ahead with its promised full-scale invasion of the refugee-packed Gazan city of Rafah.
- May 9 USCENTCOM, Royal Jordanian Air Force Conduct Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza CENTCOM 09 May 2024 -- U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on May 9, 2024, at 12:11 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict.
- DOD Uses Unfavorable Sea Conditions to Gain Efficiencies on Gaza Aid Mission DoD News 09 May 2024 -- While unfavorable sea conditions have slowed deployment of two piers meant to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza, the Defense Department has found a way to use the delay to its advantage and get ahead on the mission once it gets underway.
- US Specifically Paused Weapons Shipment to Israel Including 2000-Pound Bombs - Ryder Sputnik 09 May 2024 -- The US specifically paused a weapons shipment to Israel, including eighteen hundred 2000-pound bombs and seventeen hundred 500-pound bombs, Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said.
- U.S. withholds arms shipment to Israel over "serious concerns" about Rafah offensive: State Dept People's Daily 09 May 2024 -- The United States has withheld one shipment of near-term weapons aid to Israel due to "serious concerns" that a looming large-scale military operation in Rafah by Israeli forces would cause significant loss of civilian lives, the State Department said on Wednesday.
- US claims it'd freeze arms supplies to Israel upon full-scale invasion of Rafah Press TV 09 May 2024 -- The US, the biggest supporter of Israel's ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, claims it would freeze its generous arms supplies to the regime if the latter went ahead with its promised full-scale invasion of the refugee-packed Gazan city of Rafah.
- Iran blasts 'shameful' US pressure campaign on ICC IRNA 09 May 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the threats and pressures on the prosecutors and judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) by some US lawmakers are worrying and shameful.
- Iran: US threat of sanctions on ICC over Israel arrest warrants 'shameful' Press TV 09 May 2024 -- Iran has hit out at the US over reports that American lawmakers are preparing legislation to sanction International Criminal Court officials if they issue arrest warrants against Israeli officials.
- Israel's acts of terror, genocide in Rafah will cause another human disaster: Iran FM Press TV 09 May 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warns that the continuation of Israel's acts of terror and genocide in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip will lead to another human disaster in the region.
- Speaking with Guterres, Iran FM urges increased pressure on Israeli regime IRNA 09 May 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned of the continuation of the dangerous approach of the Zionist regime and called for increased pressure, especially from the United Nations, on the regime.
- Aid shipment destined for Gaza leaves Cyprus VOA 09 May 2024 -- Relief supplies for the Gaza Strip left Cyprus on a U.S. container ship Thursday morning, Cypriot officials said.
- Egypt, Jordan warn against humanitarian catastrophe of Israeli attacks in Rafah People's Daily 09 May 2024 -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh on Thursday warned against the humanitarian catastrophe of the ongoing Israeli military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah, according to the Egyptian presidency office's statement.
- UK holds firm on arms exports to Israel despite Rafah invasion Press TV 09 May 2024 -- British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said the United Kingdom will not halt arms sales to Israel even if the regime stages a large-scale assault on the southern Palestinian city of Rafah.
- UK forces airdrop 100 tonnes of aid for Gaza civilians UK MOD 09 May 2024 -- The Royal Air Force completed its 11th airdrop today, delivering a total of 110 tonnes of aid from 120 parachutes. In this latest airdrop, the UK has provided ready-to-eat meals, water, rice, tinned goods and flour for the people of Gaza
- Israel using truce talks as cover to attack Rafah: Hamas official IRNA 09 May 2024 -- Israel is not serious about reaching an agreement on the Gaza war and is using negotiations as a cover to attack Rafah city, a senior Hamas official says.
- Hamas chief discusses Gaza with head of Iraq's Fatah Alliance IRNA 09 May 2024 -- The political bureau chief of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas and the head of Iraq's Fatah Parliamentary Coalition held a telephone conversation on the Gaza Strip.
- Hamas delegation leaves Cairo after days of negotiation: statement People's Daily 09 May 2024 -- A delegation from Hamas for ceasefire talks departed Cairo for the Qatari capital of Doha on Thursday, Ezzat Al-Rashq, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, said in a statement.
- Hezbollah carries out combined attacks against Zionist targets IRNA 09 May 2024 -- Hezbollah of Lebanon has conducted a series of combined and targeted attacks against Zionist bases, according to local media.
- Iraqi resistance targets Israeli oil port, air base using missiles, drones IRNA 09 May 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has targeted the Zionist regime's Nevatim air base as well as the Asqalan Oil Port in the occupied Palestinian territories.
- Iraqi resistance strikes airbase housing Israel's 'aggressor squadron' Press TV 09 May 2024 -- Iraq's Islamic Resistance has announced striking the airbase housing the Israeli air force's "aggressor squadron," which acts as the opposing force in wargames partaken by the occupying regime.
- Yemeni army targets 3 Israeli-linked warships, vessels in support of Palestine IRNA 09 May 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have conducted a series of operations in support of the Palestinian people and their resistance, targeting three ships owned by the Zionist regime and related to this regime in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden.
- Houthi: Yemen to target Israel-linked ships regardless of destination Press TV 09 May 2024 -- Yemen's Ansarullah leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi says the country's forces will target ships of any company related to supplying or transporting goods to Israel regardless of their destination.
- Yemeni forces target 3 Israeli-affiliated ships in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean Press TV 09 May 2024 -- The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the army's naval, air and missile units have launched attacks on three ships affiliated to Israel as part of a maritime campaign in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
- Houthi group launches attacks on Israel-linked ships in maritime escalation People's Daily 09 May 2024 -- Yemen's Houthi group announced on Thursday that they have conducted attacks on three vessels associated with Israel in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, and Arabian Sea.
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