18 July 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News

Netanyahu makes surprise visit to southern Gaza VOA 18 Jul 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in southern Gaza on Thursday as their tanks continue to drive into Rafah. The visit comes as Netanyahu is set to address the U.S. Congress next week in Washington.
PM Netanyahu in Rafah: "Only the military pressure will help us advance the hostages deal." Israel - Prime Minister 18 Jul 2024 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today, in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, received a comprehensive briefing from the Head of the IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate, Maj.-Gen. Michel Yanki, about the activity of the logistics, maintenance and medical personnel, who have been working around the clock for nine months in order to support the combat soldiers.
Israeli Parliament Approves Resolution Against Establishing Palestinian State Sputnik 18 Jul 2024 -- The Israeli parliament, Knesset, has approved, by a majority vote of 68 out of 120 members, a resolution opposing the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Israeli news portal Ynet reported on Thursday.
Escorted by police, extremist Israeli minister intrudes into al-Aqsa Mosque for third time in a year Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- Israel's far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, escorted by the regime's forces, has stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds, the third such desecration in less than a year.

July 17: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 18 Jul 2024
Israel kills Lebanese Jamaa Islamiya group senior leader IRNA 18 Jul 2024 -- A senior leader of the Lebanese Jamaa Islamiya group was killed in an Israeli drone attack in eastern Lebanon.
Israel bombs Gaza refugee camps as tanks push deeper into Rafah Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- Israel has bombarded the Gaza Strip's historic refugee camps in the center and struck Gaza City in the north, while tanks pushed deeper into Rafah in the south.
Gaza death toll rises to 38,848 as Israel commits more massacres IRNA 18 Jul 2024 -- The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has said that 38,848 people have been martyred in the besieged territory since the Israeli genocidal war began in October.

'Largest' displacements so far in Gaza's war of attrition: UN aid agencies UN News 18 Jul 2024 -- UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Thursday about having to cut rations in Gaza where fresh evacuation orders by the Israeli military have prompted "the largest displacements since October" across the enclave.
No end in sight to the 'war on women' in Gaza UN News 18 Jul 2024 -- Wars are never gender neutral and Gaza is further evidence of this as some one million women and girls bear "the worst brunt" of nine months of conflict, the UN Women Special Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Thursday.
UNRWA says struggles to prevent spread of diseases in Gaza People's Daily 18 Jul 2024 -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said Wednesday that it is struggling to prevent the spread of diseases among displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds a Press Briefing DoD 18 Jul 2024
Conclusion of Temporary Pier Operations in Gaza CENTCOM 18 Jul 2024 -- U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) personnel have concluded operations for the USAID-led mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza from the sea using the Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) capability.
US military officially ends mission of controversial pier off Gaza's coast Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- The US military has officially declared an end to the mission of its floating pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip that was apparently used to facilitate an Israeli massacre instead of delivering aid to the besieged territory.

At UN, Iran urges intl. action to stop Israeli genocide in Gaza Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger has expressed deep concern over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, appreciating Iran's contributions to the Geneva-based humanitarian organization.
Iran strives to end Israel war in Gaza, prevent spread of tensions: Interim foreign minister Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- Iran has once again reiterated its support for the resistance front in Palestine, saying it is trying to prevent the expansion of tensions in the region.

No: 140, 18 July 2024, Regarding the Provocation by an Israeli Minister at Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Resolution by the Israeli Parliament Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Jul 2024
Lavrov: Hezbollah, Lebanese govt. avoid full-scale war with Israel, but some within regime seek conflict Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement and the Lebanese government do not want a "full-blown war" with Israel but "some" within the regime are seeking it.

Hamas, Islamic Jihad urge PLO to withdraw recognition of Israel Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movements of Hamas and Islamic Jihad have called on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to withdraw its recognition of Israel.

Islamic Jihad slams Ben-Gvir's provocative intrusion into al-Aqsa Mosque Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad has condemned in the strongest terms Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's intrusion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East al-Quds.

Hezbollah fires barrage of rockets at Israeli positions IRNA 18 Jul 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement has first a barrage of rockets at Israeli positions in different areas of occupied Palestine in the past 24 hours, official sources of the Zionist regime reported on Wednesday night.
Netanyahu's insistence on war quickens Israel's demise: Hezbollah official Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- A senior official with Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah has said that the Israeli prime minister's insistence on waging another war against the country only serves to speed up the occupying entity's demise.
Top Lebanese resistance commander killed in Israeli drone attack Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- The leader of Lebanon-based Islamic Group, who is also a commander of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, has been assassinated in an Israeli drone strike in eastern Lebanon.
Thousands of Israeli settlers seek shelter as Hezbollah fires missile barrage Press TV 18 Jul 2024 -- Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers in the northern part of the occupied territories seek refuge in shelters to escape the missiles that the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah rained down on the area.

PH Army test-fires Israeli-made Sabrah light tank guns Philippine News Agency 18 Jul 2024 -- The Philippine Army's (PA) 1st Tank Battalion has test-fired the 105mm main guns of its newly acquired light tanks from Israel.

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