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05 August 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- The Nagel Commission to evaluate force building and the security budget convened for its first meeting which was chaired by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 05 Aug 2024 -- In Accordance with the Prime Minister's Directive to Establish a Commission to Evaluate the Security Budget, the Nagel Commission met Yesterday
- Israel has defeated only 3 of Hamas' 24 battalions in Gaza: Report IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- A report by American news network CNN has raised doubts about Israeli claims regarding the effectiveness of its military operations against Hamas, revealing that only three of the 24 al-Qassam battalions have been rendered combat ineffective since the start of the war in Gaza.
- Israel to seize $27.5mn in assets from Palestinian Authority IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- Israel's Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich has announced that the regime would confiscate the property worth $27.5 million from the Palestinian Authority (PA).
- Israel seizes more Palestinian funds amid Gaza war Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- The Israeli regime has confiscated more funds belonging to the Palestinian Authority (PA), the government that controls the West Bank and represents the Palestinians in the international community, amid the war in Gaza.
- UN investigation: 9 staffers 'may have' been involved in October 7 attack VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- United Nations internal investigation has concluded that nine of 19 Palestinian staffers accused by Israel "may have been involved" in the October 7 terror attacks in southern Israel, while insufficient or no evidence was found regarding 10 others.
- Nine UNRWA staff to be fired for potential role in 7 October attacks on Israel UN News 05 Aug 2024 -- The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel.
- Middle East: UN rights chief warns against wider war, appeals for urgent de-escalation UN News 05 Aug 2024 -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in the Middle East as tensions mount in the wake of recent deadly attacks linked to the war in Gaza, which is about to enter its 10th month.
- Israel: Amid reports of torture inside jails, rights experts call for end to impunity UN News 05 Aug 2024 -- Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel's Sde Teiman prison represent "the tip of the iceberg", UN independent human rights experts warned on Monday, calling for swift action to end impunity surrounding reports of violations against Palestinian detainees.
- U.S. Posturing Assets to Defend Israel, U.S. Forces in Middle East DoD News 05 Aug 2024 -- The Defense Department continues to move vessels and aircraft across the Middle East to improve U.S. force protection, increase the defense of Israel and ensure the United States can respond to a range of contingencies, said Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh at a press briefing today.
- Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds an Off-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing DoD 05 Aug 2024
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 05 Aug 2024
- Biden aims to defuse Mideast tensions VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- U.S. President Joe Biden met with his national security team Monday and spoke with Jordan's king to defuse heightened tensions in the Middle East after a pair of high-profile assassinations last week.
- Biden holds security talks as tensions heighten in Middle East VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- President Joe Biden discussed tensions in the Middle East with his national security team and with Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that his country will exact a "heavy price" if attacked by Iran or its proxies in the region.
- More deployment of troops to Mideast defensive: US claims IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- A US government official has claimed that the increased presence of American troops and military equipment in West Asia is a defensive measure aimed at reducing tensions.
- Iran: Israel taking aim at regional, global peace by assassinating Haniyeh IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that Israel is taking aim at regional and international peace and security by assassinating Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh as the regime considers conflict to be only way for its survival.
- Iran's acting FM renews pledge to avenge Haniyeh assassination IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that the Zionist assassination of Hamas Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran will not go unpunished, stressing that the Islamic Republic's response will be "definite and decisive".
- Iran to finally hold IPO for world's largest gas condensate refinery Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- Iran is planning to list the shares of the world's largest gas condensate refinery as part of a plan to boost the flow of liquidity to the multi-billion dollar facility.
- Iran's acting FM warns of Israel's 'vicious' plot to spread war in region Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says it is imperative to put an end to the Israeli regime's "vicious" scheme to expand the scale of war in the region.
- 'Crushing response': IRGC says Israel born in 'cradle of terror'; to be buried in miscalculations Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) calls the Israeli regime an entity that has been born out of terrorism, saying the regime will fall prey to its own transgressions
- Iran blasts Europe's silence on Haniyeh assassination, says inaction 'suspicious' Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- Iran's interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has denounced the awkward silence of European countries on the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, stressing that the Islamic Republic will definitely employ its legitimate right to create deterrence against Israel.
- G7 FMs urges efforts to avoid further escalation of Middle East conflict People's Daily 05 Aug 2024 -- The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries on Sunday urged all actors involved in the current Middle East crisis to refrain from any steps that could possibly escalate the conflict further.
- "Türkiye stands with Palestine during these difficult days of fight for survival" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 05 Aug 2024 -- Delivering remarks following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting, President Erdoğan said: "Türkiye stands with Palestine during these difficult days of fight for survival and supports its Palestinian brothers and sisters with all of its means. It is Türkiye that takes the clearest and strongest action against Israel's genocidal policies."
- "The global system has gone bankrupt with the Gaza crisis" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 05 Aug 2024 -- Addressing the AK Party Human Rights Training Program, President Erdoğan, in reference to Israel's attacks on Gaza, said: "The global system has gone bankrupt with the Gaza crisis. The United Nations Security Council keeps mum in the face of this atrocity, which should normally have prompted a global outcry."
- Gaza:Statement by the High Representative on the destruction of critical civilian infrastructure and worsening humanitarian situation European External Action Service (EEAS) 05 Aug 2024 -- The European Union is gravely concerned over the continuing destruction of key civilian infrastructure, including a water treatment plant in Rafah, and joins international calls for clarity on this incident.
- Regional de-escalation hinges on end to Israel's aggression in Gaza: Iraqi prime minister Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says preventing the escalation of tensions in the region solely hinges on putting an end to the Israeli regime's "aggression" in the Gaza Strip and preventing its expansion into Lebanon.
- 'Axis of Resistance to avenge assassination of leaders' IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- Deputy Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Jamil Mazhar says the Axis of Resistance will take revenge for the assassination of its leaders.
- Haniyeh's successor will be chosen in coming days: Hamas deputy chief IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas will appoint a new chief for its Political Bureau in the coming days, Deputy Chief of the movement's Political Bureau, Khalil al-Hayya has said.
- Israeli strikes on Gaza schools 'continuation of Nazi-like genocide', says Hamas Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has strongly condemned the Israeli regime's targeting of schools sheltering internally displaced people in the Gaza Strip, describing the "policy" as a continuation of the occupying entity's "Nazi-like genocide."
- Netanyahu will not be able to achieve his objectives: Islamic Jihad IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- One of the top officials of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine has pointed out that the prime minister of the Zionist regime will not be able to achieve his objectives in the ongoing war.
- Hezbollah launches drone, missile strikes against Israeli military sites IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, says it has launched fresh missile and drone strikes against Israeli military sites in northern occupied Palestine in response to Israeli "attacks and assassinations" in southern Lebanon.
- Zionists' airstrikes martyr 2 citizens in southern Lebanon IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- The Zionist regime's fighters' attack on southern Lebanon has martyred two Lebanese citizens.
- Two Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- The Hezbollah resistance movement says two of its fighters have lost their lives in fresh Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
- Hezbollah attacks Israeli military headquarters with squadron of drones Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has targeted an Israeli military headquarters in the northern occupied Palestinian territories with a squadron of suicide drones.
- Hezbollah launches rockets at Israel as conflicts escalate Global Times 05 Aug 2024 -- The likelihood of conflicts spilling over in the Middle East continues to rise as Hezbollah said on Sunday it had launched dozens of Katyusha rockets at Israel with Iran reportedly expected to attack Israel as early as Monday. A potential direct confrontation between Iran and Israel has emerged as the most significant manifestation of the spillover effects of the Palestine-Israel conflict, yet given Iran's domestic and international situation, an all-out war with Israel seems unlikely, said experts.
- Hezbollah targets Zionist positions with drones, rockets IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- Sirens sounded in several areas of the northern occupied Palestinian territories after drones and several rockets were fired on the Zionist positions by Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement.
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