Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
14 August 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- IDF Says Hamas Shelled Humanitarian Corridor in Rafah Area Sputnik 14 Aug 2024 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that the humanitarian corridor in the Rafah area was allegedly shelled by Palestinian movement Hamas, due to which movement and coordination along the route were temporarily suspended.
- 10,000-plus Israeli forces afflicted with physical or mental trauma in Gaza war: Military Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- The Israeli regime's ministry for military affairs says more than 10,000 of the regime's forces have been afflicted with either physical or mental trauma during Tel Aviv's now-eleven-months-long war on the Gaza Strip.
- 'Iran, Hezbollah will definitely respond to Israel for assassinations' IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- Israeli reserve duty Lieutenant Colonel Alon Avitar says the Islamic Republic and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah will definitely respond to the Israeli regime in the wake of the assassination of the Hamas leader in Tehran and a senior Hezbollah military commander in Beirut.
- Israelis using Palestinian civilians as human shields in Gaza: Report Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- The Israeli army uses Palestinian men as human shields to search tunnels in the besieged Gaza Strip for Hamas resistance fighters and booby traps, according to a report.
- Prime Minister's Office Statement Israel - Prime Minister 14 Aug 2024 -- "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the departure of the Israeli delegation to Doha tomorrow, as well as the mandate for conducting the negotiations."
- Rift widens between Netanyahu, Gallant as Gaza war drags on IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Minister of Military Affairs, Yoav Gallant, are reportedly communicating only through the military secretary, signaling escalating tensions between the two.
- Aug 13: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 14 Aug 2024
- Fighting continues in Gaza and West Bank as negotiators approach cease-fire talks VOA 14 Aug 2024 -- As negotiators prepared to resume discussions about a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, fighting continued overnight in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Sixteen Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli attack on Gaza IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- Sixteen Palestinians have been killed in the Zionist regime's latest airstrikes on the central and northern parts of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported.
- Gaza Ceasefire Showdown: Truce Elusive as All Sides Place Their Bets Sputnik 14 Aug 2024 -- The Palestinian movement, Hamas, has announced that it is not going to partake in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations slated to be held on August 15 in Doha, Qatar.
- Humanitarians report rise in children killed and injured in the West Bank UN News 14 Aug 2024 -- The killing, injury and displacement of Palestinians continues in the West Back against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, now in its 10th month, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update issued on Wednesday.
- Gaza remains at 'high risk' of polio virus spread, warn UN aid teams UN News 14 Aug 2024 -- The risk of polio spreading in Gaza remains high unless there is an urgent and comprehensive response to the serious health threat, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday.
- UN: Ceasefire badly needed as no place in Gaza remains safe IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, in a briefing to the Security Council, has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, arguing that there is not safe place left for the Palestinians there as civilians are still being ordered to evacuate areas in the blockaded territory.
- 84 pct of Gaza Strip under Israeli evacuation orders: UN relief agency People's Daily 14 Aug 2024 -- Nearly 84 percent of the Gaza Strip is under evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army, a UN relief and human development agency said Tuesday.
- White House projects confidence on Gaza cease-fire talks VOA 14 Aug 2024 -- The United States and key mediators Egypt and Qatar are intensifying efforts to push Israel and Hamas toward a cease-fire deal to end 10 months of fighting triggered by Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
- Gaza ceasefire can refrain Iran from attacking Israel: US pres. IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- US President Joe Biden has said he expects Iran will refrain from its planned retaliatory attacks against Israel if a ceasefire agreement is reached in Gaza.
- US approves $20bn weapons package for Zionist regime IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) has approved the sale of $20 billion in fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel as the regime presses ahead with more than 10-month genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
- US approves $20 billion weapons package for Israel Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- The United States is sending a new multi-billion dollar military package for Israel amid the regime's genocidal war against Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
- US Approves $18.82Bln Sale of 50 F-15IA Aircraft to Israel - Pentagon Sputnik 14 Aug 2024 -- The US State Department has approved an $18.82 billion sale of 50 F-15IA multirole fighter jets and related equipment to the government of Israel, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on Tuesday.
- Iran 'keeps its options open' by linking retaliation with Gaza cease-fire Global Times 14 Aug 2024 -- Citing three senior Iranian officials, Reuters reported on Tuesday that only a cease-fire deal in Gaza stemming from hoped-for talks this week would hold Iran back from direct retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on its soil.
- Iran condemns Aqsa Mosque incursion, says Israelis seek to escalate tensions in region Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a recent incursion by far-right Israeli ministers and illegal settlers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds as a provocative move aimed at escalating tensions in West Asia.
- Why Is Iran Delaying Its Vowed Attack On Israel? RFE/RL 14 Aug 2024 -- Iran has kept the world on edge since it promised to strike Israel more than two weeks ago -- a move experts say could plunge the region into an all-out war.
- The Spanish Government condemns the visit of the Israeli minister Ben Gvir to the Esplanade of the Mosques Spain MFA 14 Aug 2024
- Australian opposition lawmakers call for ban on visas for Palestinians fleeing Gaza VOA 14 Aug 2024 -- Newly released statistics from the Australian government show that thousands of Palestinians have had their visa applications rejected since the start of the Israel-Hamas war last October.
- Israeli crimes in Gaza stain on int'l norms: Pakistan army chief IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has reiterated his country's strong support for the aspirations of the Palestinian nation while condemning Israel for its "unabated violence and indiscriminate killing" in Gaza.
- Turkey to confront Israel attempts to set region on fire: Erdogan Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country would confront the Israeli regime's attempts "to set the region on fire," addressing Tel Aviv's ongoing incendiary acts of deadly aggression against the regional countries.
- Israel approves new West Bank settlement amid deadly raids on Palestinians Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- Israel has approved the construction of a new settlement on a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem as the regime's forces continue to raid areas across the occupied Palestinian territories.
- Israeli forces injured in clashes with resistance fighters in West Bank's Tubas Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- Casualties have been reported among Israeli forces after Palestinian resistance fighters targeted Israeli military vehicles in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas as fierce clashes are underway between fighters and the regime forces in the area.
- Hamas not willing for 'new talks' with Israel, official says Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it "would not take part in new talks" with the Israeli regime on a ceasefire in Gaza.
- Hamas calls for intensified resistance in West Bank after Tubas raid IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- Hamas has issued a statement, urging all Palestinians to back the resistance against the expansionist Zionist plans in the occupied territories.
- Hamas says will not attend upcoming Doha talks IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- A senior Hamas official has announced that the Palestinian resistance movement's representatives will not attend the Thursday Doha meeting to discuss a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an agreement on the prisoner swap due to the sabotage caused by the Zionist regime and its prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza.
- Hamas urges world to slam Israeli use of civilians as human shields IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- The world should condemn the Zionist regime's use of civilians as human shields, says a member of the Hamas Political Bureau.
- Hamas Official Says US No Longer Seen as Negotiator Capable of Bringing About Ceasefire Sputnik 14 Aug 2024 -- Hamas Political Bureau member Osama Hamdan said in an interview with the Associated Press that the United States is no longer seen as a reliable negotiator capable of bringing about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
- Israel launches airstrikes on southern Lebanon IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- The Zionist regime has carried out airstrikes against areas in southern Lebanon.
- Lebanon says 3 people killed in Israeli attacks in south IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese Health Ministry has said that three people have been killed in separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
- Hezbollah targets Israeli military sites in support of Gaza IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has carried out several attacks against Israeli military positions in solidarity with the people of Gaza and in support of Palestinian resistance.
- Hezbollah fires more rockets at Israeli targets in occupied Palestine IRNA 14 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has fired dozens of more rockets in retaliatory attacks on the Zionist regime's positions in the occupied Palestinian territories, news sources reported.
- Hezbollah strikes Kiryat Shmona in response to Israeli aggression Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says its fighters shelled the Kiryat Shmona settlement with a barrage of Katyusha rockets in retaliation for the Israeli regime's attacks on civilians in Lebanon.
- Nearly 550 killed in Israeli strikes since October: Lebanon Health Ministry Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese Health Ministry says the death toll from Israeli strikes on towns and villages in the southern part of the country following the onset of a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip now stands at nearly 550.
- Saudi crown prince fears 'assassination' for pursuing normalization with Israel: US magazine Press TV 14 Aug 2024 -- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly fears facing "assassination" as a result of his efforts at pursuing normalization of the kingdom's relations with the Israeli regime.
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