Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
26 June 2025 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Netanyahu Seeks 2-Week Delay in Trial Testimony Over Regional Tensions Sputnik 26 Jun 2025 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday requested a two-week break in the court proceedings against him on corruption charges, citing pressing regional challenges and the need to focus on critical national issues, including the Gaza conflict and hostage negotiations.
- Trump Calls For Netanyahu's Pardon Sputnik 26 Jun 2025 -- US President Donald Trump said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial must be immediately canceled or he should be pardoned as a "great hero, who has done so much for the state."
Operation Rising Lion / Operation True Promise III
- Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 26 Jun 2025
- Operation Rising Lion - update Israel MFA 26 Jun 2025 -- As of June 26, 2025, over 550 ballistic missiles and over 1,000 UAVs have been launched at Israel from Iran.
- Iran's missile strike destroyed training center for Israeli military pilots: Report Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- An Iranian missile strike devastated several research labs at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheba, which plays a significant role in training Israeli air force (IAF) pilots, an Israeli newspaper reports.
- Initial Israeli estimates put total losses from war against Iran at $20 billion Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Israel has suffered an estimated $12 billion in direct losses from its 12-day war of aggression against Iran, with total losses potentially rising to $20 billion, according to Israeli media and economic reports.
- 'Historically Successful' Strike on Iranian Nuclear Site Was 15 Years in the Making DoD News 26 Jun 2025 -- This weekend's strike on Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant used 30,000-pound GBU-57 "massive ordnance penetrator" bombs. The design of those weapons and plans for attacking the site had been in the works for some 15 years, which resulted in the destruction of Iran's nuclear capabilities.
- US call for zero enrichment in Iran against NPT; threatens global peace: Russia Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- A senior Russian diplomat says Washington's "unjustifiable" insistence on zero enrichment in Iran runs counter to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and poses a threat to global peace and security.
- Experts Agree: Iran's Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated The White House 26 Jun 2025
- Where's Iran's Uranium? In Wake Of US Bombing, A Mystery And An Anxious Hunt RFE/RL 26 Jun 2025 -- The dust has settled over Fordow, Iran's remote mountain nuclear facility, and two other locations the United States says it "obliterated" over the weekend in a dramatic escalation of its efforts to hamstring Tehran's nuclear program.
- Khamenei Reemerges In New Video, Says Iran Gave A 'Hard Slap' To US, Downplays Nuclear Damage RFE/RL 26 Jun 2025 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declared "victory" over Israel in his first message to the public since a US-brokered cease-fire took effect two days ago.
- Iran's Guardian Council Approves Suspension Of Cooperation With UN Nuclear Watchdog RFE/RL 26 Jun 2025 -- Iran's constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council, on June 26 approved parliament's move to suspend Tehran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the country's nuclear sites were bombed over the weekend in the 12-day conflict with Israel.
- Exclusive | Guardian Council approves plan to suspend I.A.E.A. cooperation IRNA 26 Jun 2025 -- Spokesperson for Guardian Council Hadi Tahan Nazif announced Thursday the approval of a plan requiring the government to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.) by the vetting body.
- Iran's Constitutional Council approves move to suspend cooperation with IAEA Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Iran's Constitutional Council has approved a parliamentary bill on suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after its report against Iran's nuclear program earlier this month became a lightning rod for the Israeli aggression on the Islamic Republic.
- Iran's Top Legislative Body Approves Bill Suspending Cooperation With IAEA Sputnik 26 Jun 2025 -- The bill suspending Tehran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been approved to become law by Iran's Guardian Council, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Thursday.
- US Exaggerates Scale of Damage to Iranian Nuclear Facilities - Supreme Leader Sputnik 26 Jun 2025 -- The United States exaggerated the scale of damage to Iran's nuclear facilities, Washington failed to achieve its goals, while Tehran managed to damage the US base in Qatar, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday.
- Iran's brave soldiers proved no act of aggression will go unanswered: IRGC Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it carried out a series of powerful, sustained and multi-layered operations under 'True Promise III' targeting an extensive range of Israeli military sites across the occupied territories.
- Iran imposed its will on the U.S. and Israel, maintains close surveillance: Chief commander IRNA 26 Jun 2025 -- The chairman of the Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces says Iran has imposed its will on the United States and Israel, warning them that both are under close surveillance.
- U.N.S.C. must reject U.S., Israel claim on preemptive self defense, Iran says IRNA 26 Jun 2025 -- Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Sa'eed Iravani has called on the Security Council to reject the United States and Israel's claim on their "preemptive self-defense" for their recent aggression against Iran.
- Leader: Iran crushed Israel IRNA 26 Jun 2025 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has congratulated the Iranian people on the victory over the Israeli regime.
- U.S. has 'torpedoed diplomacy' and could no longer be trusted: Baqaei IRNA 26 Jun 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says the U.S. has "torpedoed diplomacy" and could no longer be trusted, reaffirming Iran's right to pursue peaceful nuclear energy under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (N.P.T).
- Iran did not negotiate truce; ready to respond decisively to any Israeli breach: FM Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says the Israeli regime was forced to end its 12-day war of aggression against Iran "out of desperation" and without any preconditions.
- Iran's painful response stopped Israeli regime's war machine: Top general Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Iran's top general says the Islamic Republic's armed forces halted the enemy's war machine by inflicting heavy losses upon its critical military, strategic, and research centers.
- Iran asserts right to peaceful nuclear energy under NPT; doubts US sincerity in diplomacy Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has reiterated the Islamic Republic's right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes as per Article IV of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying the country is determined to preserve it "under any circumstances."
- Leader congratulates Iranian nation on victory, says Zionist regime was 'crushed' Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- In his message following the end of the Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic and the regime's unilateral declaration of a ceasefire, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Thursday congratulated the Iranian nation on its glorious victory.
- Iran's envoy to UN rejects 'arbitrary' US interpretation to justify aggression Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has rejected the US's arbitrary interpretation of Article 51 to justify its aggression against the country's peaceful nuclear facilities.
- UN experts condemn United States attack on Iran and demand permanent end to hostilities OHCHR 26 Jun 2025 -- UN experts* today unequivocally condemned the recent United States military attack against three nuclear facilities in Iran.
- Speech by Foreign Minister Wadephul during a debate in the German Bundestag on the situation in the Middle East Germany Federal Foreign Office 26 Jun 2025
- "Phase two of the Zeitenwende is now beginning" - Interview with Federal Foreign Minister Wadephul in the Spiegel Germany Federal Foreign Office 26 Jun 2025
- Pakistani Defense Minister condemns Israeli attacks on Iran IRNA 26 Jun 2025 -- During a bilateral meeting with his Iranian Defense Minister on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (S.C.O.) Defense Ministers Meeting in China, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif strongly condemned the illegal actions and illegitimate attacks of the Zionist regime on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- IAEA's 'alarmist' report fueled Israeli aggression against Iran: Russian FM Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), acting under pressure from Western powers, issued a politicized and "alarmist" report, offering Israel a pretext to attack Iran.
- France admits aiding Israel in targeting Iranian drones during 12-day war Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- France has admitted that its military assisted the Israeli regime in intercepting Iranian drones launched at strategic Israeli targets during the 12-day aggression against the Islamic Republic.
Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood | Operation Northern Arrows | Giddeon's Chariots
- Israeli regime forces massacre over 90 Palestinians in Gaza after 7 troops killed Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Israeli troops have massacred more than 90 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip after seven regime soldiers were killed in the besieged territory in an ambush.
- Hamas vows Israeli troop deaths will become routine after ambush kills 7 in Gaza Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Hamas has vowed to continue targeting Israeli forces after an ambush laid by its fighters led to the killing of seven troops in southern Gaza in a deadly incident.
- 'Our kids cry for food': Most Gaza families survive on one meal a day UN News 26 Jun 2025 -- Most families in the Gaza Strip are surviving on one meal a day and one-third go entire days without eating as a result of Israel's continued bombardment of the enclave, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and partners.
- UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank UN News 26 Jun 2025 -- Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are increasingly being subjected to forced displacement and land seizures, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, has reported.
- Today's top news: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ukraine UNOCHA 26 Jun 2025
- Iran condemns Israel's continuation of crimes in Gaza IRNA 26 Jun 2025 -- The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns continuation of crimes committed by the Israeli regime in the Gaza Strip, saying that the Israel's supporters are the main reason for the regime's impunity in blatantly violating human rights.
- OIC Condemns Continued Israeli War Crimes Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 26 Jun 2025 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the spate of aggression and organized terrorism perpetrated by groups of extremist settlers and Israeli occupation forces, as well as the systematic destruction of infrastructure in refugee camps in the West Bank.
- The Federal Foreign Office on the situation in the West Bank Germany Federal Foreign Office 26 Jun 2025
- EU CSDP civilian missions: Council renews mandates of EUBAM Rafah and EUPOL COPPS EC/CEU 26 Jun 2025 -- The Council decided today to renew the mandates of two civilian missions under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
- European Council conclusions on the Middle East, 26 June 2025 EC/CEU 26 Jun 2025
- DFA: Dialogue, understanding key to Israel-Palestine issue Philippine News Agency 26 Jun 2025 -- The Philippine government is consistent in pushing for a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestine question, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday as it advocated anew for dialogue among concerned parties.
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