Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
04 August 2025 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- David's Sling Air and Missile Defense System Successfully Completes Advanced Upgrade Tests Israel MOD 04 Aug 2025 -- Amid the ongoing Swords of Iron war and following Operation Rising Lion, the Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) within the Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) in the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD), in cooperation with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Rafael Advanced Systems as the prime contractor, has successfully completed a planned series of developmental flight tests of the David's Sling Weapon System as part of its operational learning process.
- David's Sling Air and Missile Defense System Successfully Completes Advanced Upgrade Tests MDA 04 Aug 2025 -- The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully completed a series of developmental flight tests of the David's Sling Weapon System in July.
- PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 04 Aug 2025
- Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu President of Russia 04 Aug 2025 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the State of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Putin, Netanyahu Hold Second Phone Call in Two Weeks Sputnik 04 Aug 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
- Gitanas Nausėda met with the President of Israel President of the Republic of Lithuania 04 Aug 2025 -- On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who arrived in Lithuania on an official visit.
- President Herzog meets Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda Israel MFA 04 Aug 2025 -- President Herzog: "From here, I cry out to the world: we must not remain silent. They must all be brought home. That is the key to resolving the severe crisis in Gaza and the wider Middle East."
- FM Sa'ar holds press conference for international media Israel MFA 04 Aug 2025 -- FM Sa'ar: "Hamas and Islamic Jihad are using the starvation and torture of hostages as part of a deliberate and well-planned sadistic propaganda campaign. The issues of the hostages must be front and center on the world stage!"
- Prime Minister's Office-Finance Ministry Joint Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 04 Aug 2025 -- The Government today, approved approximately NIS 3.2 billion in significant and extensive benefits for rebuilding, developing and strengthening the civilian and economic resilience of, the south of the country as part of the national effort to deal with the consequences of the murderous Hamas terrorist attack against the State of Israel on 7 October 2023.
- Iran's access to profile of pilots involved in attacks 'serious and dangerous': Israeli media IRNA 04 Aug 2025 -- Israeli media have reacted to Iran's release of the profile of a female Israeli pilot who participated in the regime's 12-day war of aggression on the Islamic Republic in mid-June.
- Netanyahu orders full Israeli military occupation of Gaza: Israeli media Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- The Israeli regime's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip following the 22-month genocidal war against the Palestinian territory, according to Israeli media reports.
- No Deal in Sight? Netanyahu Eyes Another Gaza Offensive Sputnik 04 Aug 2025 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a military path to free the remaining Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, the ABC broadcaster reported on Monday, citing an Israeli official.
- Former Israeli intelligence chiefs demand cessation of hostilities in Gaza Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- A group of former Israeli intelligence leaders has appealed for a cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip, as aid agencies are warning that without an immediate ceasefire, the besieged territory is "spiraling into an irreversible humanitarian collapse."
- Hundreds of former top Israeli officials appeal to Trump to end Gaza genocide Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- Hundreds of former top Israeli officials, including ex-chiefs of spy agencies, have urged US President Donald Trump to push the regime to halt the Gaza genocide.
- Senior Hamas official : 'Israel turning Gaza into Nazi concentration camp' Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- A senior Hamas official has stated that the Israeli occupation has transformed Gaza into "a Nazi concentration camp," adding that the regime is practicing genocide.
- Hamas: Netanyahu trying to kill Israeli captives through Gaza starvation Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- A senior official with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to kill Israeli captives through starvation after failing to locate and kill them in airstrikes.
- Hamas says ready to allow medicine for captives if Israel lifts Gaza aid blockade Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it's ready to deliver essential food and medicine to Israeli captives in Gaza, provided that humanitarian aid and crucial medical supplies are allowed unhindered access into the territory for the Palestinian population.
- Hamas Demands Hundreds of Trucks Into Gaza - Reports Sputnik 04 Aug 2025 -- The Palestinian movement Hamas is demanding that hundreds of aid trucks be allowed into the Gaza Strip as a precondition for continuing talks with Israel, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported, citing a source.
- Hezbollah: Ending Israeli occupation Lebanon's top priority IRNA 04 Aug 2025 -- A senior Hezbollah lawmaker says that Lebanon's foremost priority is ending Israeli occupation and aggression before engaging in discussions on any other issues.
- Israeli drone strike kills one, injures four in southern Lebanon amid ongoing border violations Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- An Israeli drone strike has killed one person and injured four others in Lebanon's southern province of Nabatieh, marking the latest in a series of ceasefire violations along the border between the Arab nation and the occupied Palestinian territories.
- Beirut's priority is Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon: Hezbollah Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- A Hezbollah member of Lebanon's parliament has affirmed the country's commitment to the ceasefire agreement with Israel, emphasizing that it is now the occupying regime's responsibility to honor the deal by halting hostilities and withdrawing from Lebanese territory to enable progress in negotiations.
- First Person: Documenting despair and finding hope amidst the rubble of Gaza UN News 04 Aug 2025 -- The daily struggle to survive an ongoing war in Gaza and to protect one's family - while reporting on the fear and chaos that conflict brings - has become an unrelenting obligation for a UN News correspondent in the embattled enclave.
- Gaza: As aid trucks enter, videos of Israeli hostages and attack on Red Crescent staffers spark outrage UN News 04 Aug 2025 -- In Gaza, UN aid teams continue to report that Gaza is on the brink of famine with the UN human rights chief on Monday denouncing images of starvation inside the enclave as "an affront to our collective humanity."
- Türk calls for end to starvation of civilians and humiliation of hostages in Gaza OHCHR 04 Aug 2025 -- The images of people starving in Gaza are heart-rending and intolerable. That we have reached this stage is an affront to our collective humanity. It serves as yet another reminder that the violence must end once and for all. Saving lives must be everyone's priority.
- All children under five in Gaza at risk of malnourishment, UN warns Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- The United Nations warns that all children under the age of five in the famine-hit Gaza Strip are at risk of life-threatening malnourishment.
- UN condemns Israel's deliberate killing of aid workers Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in the occupied Palestine has slammed the continued killings of emergency workers in Gaza, amid Israel's unrelenting strikes across the territory.
- No disaster relief funding for states boycotting Israel, US says Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- The administration of US President Donald Trump has declared that states and cities boycotting Israeli firms will be denied federal funding for natural disaster preparedness, marking a new level of support for its ally, even as Israel faces global condemnation over its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
- UNSC fails to issue a single resolution to end Gaza genocide, says Iran IRNA 04 Aug 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been rendered ineffective in issuing even a single resolution calling for an end to the genocide in the Gaza Strip, primarily due to persistent obstruction by the United States.
- Iran condemns extremist Zionists' renewed desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque IRNA 04 Aug 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has strongly condemned the renewed desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque by extremist Zionists, led by one of the regime's criminal ministers.
- Iran denounces Israeli settlers' raid on al-Aqsa Mosque led by Ben-Gvir Press TV 04 Aug 2025 -- Iran has vehemently condemned the settlers' desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, led by hawkish Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
- OIC Condemns Visit of US House Speaker to Ariel Settlement in the Occupied West Bank Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 04 Aug 2025 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the visit of US House Speaker Mike Johnson, leading a congressional delegation, to the Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank.
- Canadian Armed Forces air drop humanitarian assistance in Gaza Canada 04 Aug 2025 -- The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, today announced that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) delivered additional life-saving humanitarian assistance to Gaza to respond to the pressing humanitarian needs of Palestinians.
- Pakistan Strongly Condemns the Provocative and Deeply Offensive Desecration of Al‑Aqsa Mosque Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Aug 2025 -- Pakistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the provocative and deeply offensive desecration of Al‑Aqsa Mosque by thousands of Israeli settlers, including senior Israeli ministers, officials, and members of the Knesset, shielded by brutal Israeli occupying forces.
- Yemen conducts new drone attacks on Israeli targets IRNA 04 Aug 2025 -- Yemen has announced new drone operations against targets in Israeli-occupied territories in retaliation for the regime's ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
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