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17 October 2024 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Oct. 16: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 17 Oct 2024
- Death of Hamas leader brings hope, peril VOA 17 Oct 2024 -- The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar after what appears to have been a chance encounter with Israeli forces has sparked renewed hope in Washington that the conflict that has ravaged Gaza and set the Middle East on the brink of a regional war could give way to a potentially peaceful resolution.
- Israel says it killed Hamas leader who masterminded October 7 terror attack VOA 17 Oct 2024 -- Israel announced Thursday it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the militants' October 7, 2023, terror attack that sparked the Gaza war.
- Yahya Sinwar: Israel's most wanted man VOA 17 Oct 2024 -- Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli military operation, was Israel's most wanted man.
- Death Of Hamas Leader Sinwar Prompts Calls For Cease-Fire In Gaza War RFE/RL 17 Oct 2024 -- Yahya Sinwar, considered to be the mastermind of the October 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war in Gaza between Israel and the militant group Hamas, has been killed in southern Gaza in a major victory for the Israeli military.
- Who Was Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar? RFE/RL 17 Oct 2024 -- Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, is dead, according to Israel.
- Hamas Leader's Death Makes Israeli 'Hit List' Shorter But Might Not Alter Gaza War RFE/RL 17 Oct 2024 -- The death of Yahya Sinwar just months after he was named the top leader of Hamas highlights the difficulties the U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group has in protecting high value targets from Israel, but it might not have a major effect on the course of the war in the Gaza Strip.
- Dozens killed, 160 injured in Israeli bombing of school in northern Gaza Press TV 17 Oct 2024 -- In one of the deadliest attacks, dozens of people were killed after Israeli warplanes targeted the Abu Hussein School, housing displaced Palestinians in the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza.
- Zionist regime once again claims assassination of Yahya Sinwar IRNA 17 Oct 2024 -- The Zionist regime has once again claimed to have assassinated Yahya Sinwar, the new political bureau chief of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, in the Gaza Strip.
- Israeli Foreign Minister Says IDF Attacks on UN Peacekeepers 'Mistake' Sputnik 17 Oct 2024 -- The Israeli army's shelling of the positions of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was a "mistake," and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the country's Foreign Ministry are negotiating to prevent similar incidents, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said.
- Israel attacks Lebanon's Bekaa Valley shortly after evacuation order Press TV 17 Oct 2024 -- The Israeli military has conducted aerial assaults on areas in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley shortly after ordering residents to leave the region.
- Sirens blare amid Hezbollah attack on Israeli targets overnight IRNA 17 Oct 2024 -- Sirens were heard across occupied Palestine as Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement carried out the widespread rocket attack on Israeli targets overnight.
- Total of 48 Lebanese Localities Hit by Israeli Bombings During Day - Reports Sputnik 17 Oct 2024 -- Israeli aircraft and artillery struck 48 settlements in southern and eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported.
- Lebanon: Drone brought down by UNIFIL ship as cross-border fire intensifies UN News 17 Oct 2024 -- The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported on Thursday that one of its Maritime Task Force vessels off the southern Lebanese coast intercepted an approaching drone.
- Threat of famine persists in Gaza, experts warn VOA 17 Oct 2024 -- A United Nations-backed food security report warned Thursday that most of the residents of the Gaza Strip will face emergency levels of hunger in the coming months and that the threat of famine persists as aid dwindles and winter approaches.
- Over 1.8 million in Gaza face extreme hunger UN News 17 Oct 2024 -- More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing "extremely critical" levels of hunger, with 70 per cent of crop fields destroyed and livelihoods decimated during the ongoing Israeli military offensive, a UN-backed food security assessment released on Thursday has revealed.
- Lebanon: Cholera fears for communities uprooted by war UN News 17 Oct 2024 -- The UN health agency has warned that a first case of highly infectious cholera virus has been detected in northern Lebanon, raising fears that those displaced by Israeli bombardment may already be at risk from the potentially deadly disease.
- UN humanitarian aid convoy reaches Lebanon from Jordan UNRWA 17 Oct 2024 -- A joint UN convoy including UNRWA has successfully delivered urgently needed aid to Lebanon for the first time since violence escalated there at the end of September.
- Secretary-General's solidarity message to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) UN Secretary-General 17 Oct 2024
- WHO in Lebanon working to stop cholera spread amid conflict WHO 17 Oct 2024
- New Gaza food security assessment sees famine risk persisting amid ongoing fighting and restricted aid operations WFP 17 Oct 2024 -- The risk of famine will persist throughout Gaza this winter unless fighting stops and more humanitarian aid reaches families, according to a new food security assessment by experts from 16 UN agencies and NGOs. Twelve months of fighting have decimated livelihoods, drastically reduced food production and severely restricted both commercial and humanitarian supply lines, the report said.
- Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel The White House 17 Oct 2024
- Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Death of Yahya Sinwar The White House 17 Oct 2024
- Statement from President Joe Biden on the Death of Yahya Sinwar The White House 17 Oct 2024
- Secretary Blinken's Call with Israeli President Herzog US Dept. of State 17 Oct 2024
- Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Killing of Yahya Sinwar of Hamas DoD 17 Oct 2024 -- "The killing today of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the terrorist group Hamas, by Israeli forces is a major achievement in counterterrorism."
- Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 17 Oct 2024
- On the Death of the Terrorist Yahya Sinwar US Dept. of State 17 Oct 2024 -- "Yahya Sinwar was a vicious and unrepentant terrorist responsible for the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust."
- US Hopes Hamas Will Return to Ceasefire Negotiations With Israel Sputnik 17 Oct 2024 -- Washington hopes that Hamas is still willing to engage in truce negotiations with Israel given the fact that the Jewish state had agreed to the previously proposed deal, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Thursday.
- US extends immigration protections to Lebanese nationals VOA 17 Oct 2024 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday new guidelines offering temporary immigration protection to some Lebanese nationals in the United States, allowing them to remain and work in the country.
- Secretary Blinken's Call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud US Dept. of State 17 Oct 2024
- Secretary Blinken's Call with Qatari Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani US Dept. of State 17 Oct 2024
- IRGC chief warns Zionist regime of 'painful' retaliation if attacks Iran IRNA 17 Oct 2024 -- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami has warned the Zionist regime of a "painful" response if they conduct any aggression against Iran.
- Op. True Promise II just warning to Israel, only small part of our power, IRGC chief says Press TV 17 Oct 2024 -- Chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami says Operation True Promise II served just as a warning to Israel, stressing that it was only a small part of Iran's power.
- Foreign Minister Baerbock on the death of Yahya Sinwar Germany Federal Foreign Office 17 Oct 2024
- EU nations in UNIFIL agree to exert "utmost" pressure on Israel People's Daily 17 Oct 2024 -- Sixteen countries of the European Union (EU) contributing troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have agreed to increase political and diplomatic pressure on Israel to avoid further incidents involving the mission.
- Foreign Secretary statement on aid to Gaza UK FCDO 17 Oct 2024 -- David Lammy's statement on aid to Gaza, on eve of government commitment to aid match DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal.
- Northern Gaza must not be cut off from the south: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 17 Oct 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question.
- DFA Statement to the status of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL) Philippines DFA 17 Oct 2024 -- The Philippines strongly condemns any action that endangers the safety and security of UN Peacekeepers as they fulfill their mandate in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
- Two civilians injured in Israeli strike on Syria's Latakia Press TV 17 Oct 2024 -- Israel has carried out a new air raid on Syria, injuring at least two civilians in the western port city of Latakia.
- Statement by David Carden, Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, on the escalation of hostilities in north-west Syria, 17 October 2024 UNOCHA 17 Oct 2024
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