Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
17 May 2025 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Netanyahu calls off Vatican trip over fears of ICC arrest Press TV 17 May 2025 -- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly scrapped his plans to attend Pope Leo XIV's inauguration at the Vatican, fueled by fears over a potential arrest related to a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- Gaza offensive expanded with airstrikes, ground troop deployment: Israeli military People's Daily 17 May 2025 -- The Israeli military said on Friday it had stepped up its operations in the Gaza Strip, launching a wave of airstrikes and deploying additional ground forces in an effort to establish operational control in parts of the enclave.
- Israeli airstrikes kill 13 more Palestinians across Gaza amid 77-day aid blockade Press TV 17 May 2025 -- The Israeli regime has intensified its bombardment across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 13 Palestinians since the early hours of Saturday, as reported by medical sources.
- Israel launches 'Gideon's Chariots' offensive to seize Gaza territory Press TV 17 May 2025 -- The Israeli army says it has launched the first stage of a major offensive in Gaza, dubbed "Gideon's Chariots," to seize the Palestinian territory.
- Death toll of Palestinians from Israeli attacks in N. Gaza surpasses 100: civil defense People's Daily 17 May 2025 -- The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in the northern Gaza Strip has surpassed 100 during the past 12 hours, the Civil Defense in Gaza said on Friday.
- Hamas calls on Arab leaders to take 'practical steps' to end Israel's genocide in Gaza Press TV 17 May 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called on Arab leaders to take urgent and practical steps to end the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and lift the devastating humanitarian blockade on the besieged territory.
- Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon kills one amid ongoing truce violations Press TV 17 May 2025 -- At least one person has been killed in an attack by an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle in the southern part of Lebanon, marking a new violation of a shaky ceasefire agreement with the Arab nation.
- At Arab League Summit, Guterres reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire UN News 17 May 2025 -- The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and upheld the need for a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians in a speech on Saturday to the League of Arab States Summit in Baghdad.
- UN humanitarian chief demands resumption of aid in Gaza UN News 17 May 2025 -- Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver life-saving aid to civilians, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a strong call issued late on Friday evening.
- UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: more than 250 Palestinians in Gaza have been reported killed in the last two days alone UNRWA 17 May 2025
- Secretary-General's remarks at the League of Arab States Summit UN Secretary-General 17 May 2025
- At Arab League summit, U.N. chief decries forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza IRNA 17 May 2025 -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned Israel's policy of forcibly displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, saying that "nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people."
- US-backed Gaza aid plan distraction from Israel's atrocities: UNRWA Press TV 17 May 2025 -- The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has denounced a controversial US-backed Israeli aid plan for Gaza as a deliberate distraction from the regime's ongoing atrocities against Palestinians.
- Hamas: Witkoff vowed to lift Gaza blockade in exchange for American-Israeli captive Edan Alexander Press TV 17 May 2025 -- A senior Hamas official has said that US special envoy Witkoff personally assured the Palestinian resistance group that the US would pressure Israel to end the Gaza blockade and permit humanitarian access within two days of freeing American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander.
- Trump plans to relocate 1 million Palestinians to Libya Press TV 17 May 2025 -- The administration of US President Donald Trump is working on a plan to relocate about 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, according to a report.
- Iran: Intensified Israeli attacks on Gaza aimed at imposing 'illegitimate demands'; will face 'heroic resistance' Press TV 17 May 2025 -- The Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the escalation of deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza, asserting that the aggression was aimed at imposing "illegitimate demands" and forcibly displacing the coastal sliver's population.
- The Federal Foreign Office on recent developments in Gaza Germany Federal Foreign Office 17 May 2025
- 7 European states call for immediate end to Gaza siege IRNA 17 May 2025 -- In a statement issued on Friday, leaders from Iceland, Luxembourg, Spain, Slovenia, Malta, Spain, and Norway urged the Israeli regime to lift the siege on Gaza, cease military operations, allow the delivery of international humanitarian aid into the strip, and return to indirect negotiations with Hamas regarding a ceasefire.
- His Majesty King Mohammed VI called for the immediate cessation of military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and a return to the negotiating table with a view to reviving the truce agreement as a prelude to declaring a final ceasefire. Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs 17 May 2025
- Arab leaders convene in Baghdad to discuss Gaza genocide, regional issues Press TV 17 May 2025 -- Arab leaders have convened in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, to take part in the 34th Arab League Summit, with the Israeli genocide against Gaza expected to be a primary focus.
- Iran condemns Israel's attacks on Yemeni ports as 'war crime' IRNA 17 May 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has strongly condemned the Israeli airstrikes on vital Yemeni ports, describing the aggression as a clear manifestation of the regime's warmongering and criminal nature.
- Iran: Israel's airstrikes on Yemen's infrastructure constitute blatant war crime Press TV 17 May 2025 -- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry says the Israeli regime's airstrikes on Yemen's economic infrastructure and public facilities constitute a "blatant war crime and crime against humanity."
- One killed, 9 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Hudaydah, Salif seaports in western Yemen Press TV 17 May 2025 -- The Israeli military has carried out a series of airstrikes against positions in Yemen's strategic western province of Hudaydah, as Yemeni armed forces continue to conduct operations supporting Palestinians amid the Gaza genocidal war.
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