08 January 2025 - Israel Special Weapons News

Israeli Defense Ministry Announces $275Mln Contracts Inked With Elbit Systems Sputnik 08 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli Defense Ministry said it signed two contracts worth 1 billion shekels ($274.2 million) with Israeli defense firm Elbit System for the supply of heavy air munitions and the construction of a plant to produce raw materials supplied to the country primarily from abroad.

Jan. 7: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 08 Jan 2025
At least 49 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in 24 hours IRNA 08 Jan 2025 -- At least 49 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza on Tuesday, the Gazan Health Ministry says.

Israeli forces retreated from some Lebanese areas: Report IRNA 08 Jan 2025 -- Israeli forces have retreated from some Lebanese areas and Lebanese troops are currently deploying in the locations.

New year brings little new hope for children in Gaza, with at least 74 children reportedly killed in first week of 2025 UNICEF 08 Jan 2025 -- At least 74 children have reportedly been killed in relentless violence in the Gaza Strip in just the first seven days of 2025. Children have reportedly been killed in several mass casualty events, including nighttime attacks in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Al Mawasi, a unilaterally designated 'safe zone' in the south. The most recent attack, yesterday, saw five children reportedly killed in Al Mawasi.
UNRWA Situation Report #153 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information updated for 18 - 31 December 2024 UNRWA 08 Jan 2025
Gaza hospitals 'have become death traps', UNRWA warns Press TV 08 Jan 2025 -- The UN refugee agency for Palestinians UNRWA has issued a stark warning, describing hospitals in Gaza as death traps.

US envoy says Israel will withdraw fully from Lebanon, while some Israelis call for residual presence VOA 08 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli military withdrawal from Lebanon's southern town of Naqoura is the second pullout since the November ceasefire agreement, analysts say. Israel is to withdraw from southern Lebanon over a 60-day period, while Lebanon's Shiite militia Hezbollah is to retreat some 30 kilometers north from the border with Israel and dismantle its military infrastructure in the south.
Trump's special envoy to attend Doha talks on Gaza IRNA 08 Jan 2025 -- US President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has announced he will travel to the Qatari capital to join negotiations over a Gaza hostage-release and ceasefire talks, Israeli media reported.

Arab League condemns map claiming Arab lands as part of 'greater Israel' Press TV 08 Jan 2025 -- The Arab League has condemned in the strongest terms an Israeli map that claims territories of several Arab countries as part of the so-called "greater Israel."
Saudi Arabia Condemns and Rejects Israeli Occupation's Claims Over Map Published by Official Israeli Accounts SPA 08 Jan 2025 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed the Kingdom's condemnation and rejection of the Israeli occupation's claims and false allegations regarding a map published by official accounts affiliated with it. The map inaccurately depicts parts of Arab countries, including Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, as being within its alleged borders.

Hamas urges Arab nations, Muslims to confront Israel's ambitions IRNA 08 Jan 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas has called on Arab and Islamic countries to confront Israeli ambitions regarding the occupied territories.
Hamas slams Israeli regime's plan to annex Arab countries Press TV 08 Jan 2025 -- The Hamas resistance movement has strongly condemned Israel's plan to annex more Palestinian and Arab lands.

Are Turkiye & Israel on the Verge of Going Toe to Toe Over Syria? Sputnik 08 Jan 2025 -- The downfall of Bashar Assad's government in Syria last month, unsurprisingly, did not usher in lasting peace to the region as Israel and Turkiye seem poised to clash with one another.

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