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07 August 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Israeli foreign minister calls for death of new Hamas leader VOA 07 Aug 2024 -- Israel's foreign minister has called for the death of Yahya Sinwar, the newly appointed leader of Hamas, as Israel braces for expected retaliation from Iran following its killing of a commander of Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and the killing of Sinwar's predecessor in Tehran last week.
- Israel Targets Gaza Humanitarian Facility Claiming Hidden Arms Factory - Statement Sputnik 07 Aug 2024 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday that it had attacked a facility inside a humanitarian area in the town of Deir al Balah in the Gaza Strip, where weapons for Palestinian movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad were supposedly produced.
- Israel Informs Washington of Its Involvement in Killing of Hamas Political Chief - Reports Sputnik 07 Aug 2024 -- Israel immediately informed US officials that it was behind the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, The Washington Post reported, citing sources.
- IDF Sharpening Offensive Capabilities as Attack from Iran Looms - Report Sputnik 07 Aug 2024 -- The Israeli military is seeking to sharpen its offensive capabilities and improve its defensive readiness amid a potential attack by Iran and its allied forces in the region, The Times of Israel reported citing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
- Aug 6: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 07 Aug 2024
- Prospect Of Iran-Israel War Brings Region To 'Most Dangerous Moment' In Years RFE/RL 07 Aug 2024 -- The Middle East faces its biggest crisis in years as it braces for a potential full-blown war between Iran and Israel that could drag in the entire region.
- Israeli military issues new evacuation order in northern Gaza Press TV 07 Aug 2024 -- The Israeli military has issued new evacuation orders in areas of the northern Gaza Strip that were among the first to be hit in October 2023.
- WHO regional chief voices grave concern over Middle East escalation UN News 07 Aug 2024 -- Recent developments in Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Sudan, have highlighted the complexities of emergencies in the World Health Organization's (WHO) vast Eastern Mediterranean region, officials from the UN agency said during a virtual media briefing on Wednesday.
- Lack of Gaza ceasefire hurting polio vaccination campaign: WHO Press TV 07 Aug 2024 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) says the absence of a ceasefire is hurting the fight against polio in the Gaza Strip.
- Israel killed 10,000 Palestinian students, 500 teachers since October Press TV 07 Aug 2024 -- The Palestinian Ministry of Education says over 10,000 students in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israel since the beginning of the regime's genocidal war in Gaza last October.
- US insists Gaza cease-fire talks in final stage as region braces for wider war VOA 07 Aug 2024 -- The Biden administration is emphasizing the nearness of a Gaza cease-fire amid fears that an expected attack by Iran and its proxies on Israel will push the Middle East into a wider war.
- Washington protects Israel by sending ship-based jets to West Asia base: US Official Press TV 07 Aug 2024 -- The United States tries to protect Israel against Iran's potential retaliatory strikes by dispatching several ship-based navy fighter jets to a base in West Asia, a US official says.
- Israel/Gaza: Statement by the High Representative on remarks of Minister Smotrich regarding starving civilians European External Action Service (EEAS) 07 Aug 2024 -- The European Union strongly condemns recent declarations of Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich at the Katif Annual Conference.
- Chinese FM holds phone talks with FMs of Egypt, Jordan, condemns assassination of Hamas leader Global Times 07 Aug 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday had phone conversations with Egyptian and Jordan's foreign ministers, exchanging views on the situation in the Middle East, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry.
- OIC: Haniyeh assassination 'serious infringement' of Iran's sovereignty IRNA 07 Aug 2024 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned Israel's assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, calling it a "crime of aggression" and a "serious infringement of Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity."
- Chinese, Egyptian FMs held phone talks on bilateral ties, Mideast situation People's Daily 07 Aug 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Badr Abdelatty, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates.
- Turkey joins South Africa's genocide case at ICJ against Israel Press TV 07 Aug 2024 -- Turkey has submitted its official request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
- No: 161, 7 August 2024, Regarding Türkiye's Intervention in the Application Filed by the Republic of South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Aug 2024
- Hamas leader's assassination 'heinous' crime, infringement on Iran sovereignty: OIC Press TV 07 Aug 2024 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the Israeli regime's recent assassination of senior Hamas' leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in the Iranian capital Tehran, underlining the criminal aspects of the atrocity.
- Development Minister calls for peace and security in Middle East, announcing new aid for Gaza on first trip to region UK FCDO 07 Aug 2024 -- International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds will pledge new UK aid and meet key Jordanian Ministers in her first official visit to the Middle East.
- Hamas releases appalling figures on Israeli war on Gaza IRNA 07 Aug 2024 -- The Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip has released some appalling figures about Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
- 'Big blow': Resistance says Sinwar shows Hamas 'stands strong' despite Israel extermination Press TV 07 Aug 2024 -- The appointment of Yahya Sinwar as the new political leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas after the Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh has drawn in applause from various regional resistance groups, who described his selection as "the best successor to the best predecessor."
- Yahya Sinwar named as new Hamas leader People's Daily 07 Aug 2024 -- Hamas announced on Tuesday the selection of Yahya Sinwar as its political bureau chief, replacing late chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week.
- Sinwar's appointment proves Israel's goal of assassinating resistance leaders fails: Hezbollah Press TV 07 Aug 2024 -- Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah has hailed the election of Yahya Sinwar as the new political leader of Hamas, saying the appointment once again proves Israel's goals of assassinating the resistance group's leaders have failed.
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