Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
16 May 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, May 16 Israel Defense Forces 16 May 2024
- Israeli tank fire mistakenly kills 5 troops in Gaza Strip Press TV 16 May 2024 -- Five Israeli soldiers have been killed and several others injured in northern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip when Israeli tanks mistakenly fired shells at a building occupied by Israeli forces.
- Israel says more troops to enter Rafah in southern Gaza VOA 16 May 2024 -- Israel's defense minister Yoav Gallant said additional Israeli troops would "enter Rafah" as military operations escalate in southern Gaza, in remarks issued by his office Thursday.
- Israel sends more troops to Rafah, expands military invasion Press TV 16 May 2024 -- The Israeli military says it is sending an additional brigade to Rafah, pledging to "intensify" its ground invasion in defiance of global warnings over the fate of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians sheltering in Gaza's far-southern city.
- Pressure grows for Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza VOA 16 May 2024 -- International and domestic pressure is mounting on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to establish a strategic endgame for the Israel-Hamas war that would tie Israeli military gains to a political solution for the Palestinian enclave.
- May 15: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 16 May 2024
- Zionist settlers attack another Gaza aid convoy IRNA 16 May 2024 -- Israeli settlers have once again targeted a Jordanian humanitarian aid convoy heading to the Gaza Strip, Zionist media reported on Wednesday night.
- Secretary-General's remarks to the Summit of the League of Arab States UN Secretary-General 16 May 2024
- Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle UN News 16 May 2024 -- UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as aid teams issued increasingly urgent appeals for safe passage throughout Gaza, to replenish dangerously low stocks of lifesaving supplies.
- Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry UN News 16 May 2024 -- A renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon's death in Israeli detention has been labelled "horrifying' by a UN human rights expert, prompting calls for an independent international investigation.
- Gaza: World court opens hearings on request to halt Israel's Rafah incursion UN News 16 May 2024 -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began public hearings on Thursday stemming from South Africa's recent request for emergency provisional measures to immediately halt Israeli operations under way in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where more than one million Palestinians were sheltering during the seven-month-long war in the besieged enclave.
- At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity UN News 16 May 2024 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his longstanding call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held in the enclave, and unimpeded access for aid delivery, in remarks to the Summit of the League of Arab States in Bahrain on Thursday.
- UN chief: Launching attack on Rafah unacceptable IRNA 16 May 2024 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Israeli army's attack on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah is unacceptable.
- Pier for Gaza aid in place, US military says VOA 16 May 2024 -- The U.S. military says a temporary pier is now anchored to the shore of Gaza, the final step in completing a sea route to distribute aid to 2 million Palestinians affected by the Israel-Hamas war.
- U.S. Central Command personnel anchored a temporary pier to the beach in Gaza CENTCOM 16 May 2024 -- Today at approximately 7:40 a.m. (Gaza time) United States Central Command personnel supporting the humanitarian mission to deliver additional humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in need anchored a temporary pier to the beach in Gaza. As part of this effort, no U.S. troops entered Gaza. Trucks carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to begin moving ashore in the coming days. The United Nations will receive the aid and coordinate its distribution into Gaza.
- Aid Will Soon Flow to Palestinians in Gaza via DOD Temporary Pier DoD News 16 May 2024 -- The Joint Logistics, Over-the-Shore humanitarian aid corridor is in place in Gaza and will shortly begin funneling supplies to civilians in the region, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Central Command officials said today.
- Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds a Press Briefing DoD 16 May 2024
- Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Meeting with Representatives of Countries with Citizens Taken Hostage by Hamas The White House 16 May 2024
- Coordinator for Counterterrorism Richard Participates in Meeting on Countering Hamas US Dept. of State 16 May 2024 -- Coordinator for Counterterrorism Elizabeth Richard participated in a May 15 meeting in the Hague on countering Hamas.
- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 16 May 2024
- US House Passes Bill to Compel Delivery of Withheld Weapons to Israel Sputnik 16 May 2024 -- The US House of Representatives passed a bill to compel the provision of certain arms to Israel withheld by the Biden administration over a prospective large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
- Canada announces $65 million in international assistance funding to support needs of Palestinians Canada 16 May 2024 -- Canada is gravely concerned by the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and by reports of a ground offensive into Rafah. A military operation into Rafah will have disastrous consequences. About 1.5 million Palestinians are taking refuge in the area. There is nowhere for them to go and limited access to aid.
- Canada imposes sanctions on perpetrators of extremist settler violence against civilians in West Bank Canada 16 May 2024 -- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures Act. These are the first sanctions measures listing extremist Israeli settlers. Canada remains concerned with extremist settler violence and will examine additional measures in response to the grave breach of international peace and security posed by their violent and destabilizing actions against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank.
- Backgrounder: Canada imposes sanctions on perpetrators of extremist settler violence against civilians in West Bank Canada 16 May 2024 -- Effective immediately, Canada is imposing sanctions against 4 extremist Israeli settlers in response to the grave breach of international peace and security posed by their violent and destabilizing actions against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank.
- Canada Sanctions 4 Israelis Over Extremist Violence in West Bank - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 16 May 2024 -- The Canadian government imposed sanctions on four Israeli individuals over their involvement in "extremist settler violence" in the West Bank, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said on Thursday.
- Foreign Minister Baerbock on the situation in Rafah Germany Federal Foreign Office 16 May 2024
- Spain turns away ship carrying arms to occupied territories Press TV 16 May 2024 -- Spain has turned away a ship carrying arms to the occupied territories amid the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
- South Africa tells top UN court Israeli genocide has hit 'new and horrific stage' Press TV 16 May 2024 -- South Africa has hit out at Israel at the top UN court for stepping up "genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza, urging the court to order a halt to the regime's invasion of the besieged strip's southern city of Rafah.
- Greetings to Arab League summit participants President of Russia 16 May 2024 -- Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants in the 33rd Arab League summit.
- A successful negotiation is the best route to get all hostages returned to their families: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 16 May 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council Arria Meeting on condemning hostage-taking in Israel.
- Hamas to Abbas: Israel never awaited excuses to tyrannize Palestinians Press TV 16 May 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas for his faulting the Gaza Strip-based resistance groups' retaliatory operation of the last year against the occupied territories.
- Destruction of occupying Zionist regime imminent: Hamas chief IRNA 16 May 2024 -- Political bureau chief of the Palestinian resistance movement, Ismail Haniyeh says the resistance has proved that the destruction of the occupying Israeli regime is certain.
- Hezbollah deploys S-5 missiles against Zionist regime for first time: Report IRNA 16 May 2024 -- The Hezbollah of Lebanon has used unmanned combat aerial vehicles to target the positions of the Zionist regime for the first time while it previously utilized loitering munitions, media outlets have reported.
- Hezbollah drone targets Israel's largest spy balloon: Reports IRNA 16 May 2024 -- Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah has targeted the Israeli regime's largest radar and espionage center near the Sea of Galilee using a suicide drone, Israeli media report.
- Israel confirms Hezbollah attacked sensitive military base housing giant spy blimp Press TV 16 May 2024 -- Israel confirms Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has attacked a sensitive military facility from which a giant spy balloon, known as Sky Dew, is operated.
- Iraq's resistance strikes Haifa oil refinery IRNA 16 May 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has launched a drone strike on the Haifa oil refinery in the Israeli occupied territories.
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