05 August 2025 - Israel Special Weapons News

PM Netanyahu to IDF Armored Corps and Combat Engineering Recruits Israel - Prime Minister 05 Aug 2025

Bennett: Israel faces unprecedented hatred, isolation and global backlash Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett has warned that Israel's standing in the United States "has never been worse," blaming Benjamin Netanyahu for turning the country into a "a leper state."

PM's Office announcement Israel - Prime Minister 05 Aug 2025 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today , held a three-hour security discussion, in which options for proceeding with the campaign in Gaza were presented by the IDF Chief-of-Staff.
FM Sa'ar's statement to the press at the UN ahead of the special Security Council meeting on the issue of the hostages Israel MFA 05 Aug 2025
Israel says to achieve war objectives in Gaza "without exception" People's Daily 05 Aug 2025 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will direct the Israeli army later this week on achieving three war objectives "without exception" in Gaza, where more deaths of starvation and malnutrition are recorded despite days of aid deliveries.

70% of Palestinians in Gaza too weak from starvation to get aid: Report Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- A new survey by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has found that 70% of Palestinians in Gaza are now too weak from starvation to even reach humanitarian aid, while the entire population shows alarming signs of psychological collapse under Israel's ongoing genocide.
Gaza health ministry warns of Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak, mass death Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- The Gaza Health Ministry's director-general has warned about a potential widespread outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in the Gaza Strip, stressing that treatment for this disease is unavailable in the besieged territory.

Sheikh Qassem says Hezbollah rejects any new proposal to disarm IRNA 05 Aug 2025 -- Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem has emphasized that the Lebanese resistance movement will not accept any new proposals for disarmament, insisting that the old ceasefire agreement must be upheld instead.
Hezbollah leader rejects disarmament, urges prioritizing Israeli aggression Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- Hezbollah has once again rejected calls for the Lebanese resistance to disarm, urging the government to prioritize confronting decades-long Israeli aggression as the root cause of Lebanon's problems.

Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid 'unbearable' conditions facing Palestinian civilians UN News 05 Aug 2025 -- As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN official upheld the need for a political solution to the crisis in Gaza that can lead to a lasting peace between the two peoples.
Gaza crisis deepens as UN warns children are 'dying before reaching hospital' UN News 05 Aug 2025 -- Children in Gaza are dying not just from hunger, but from the total collapse of the systems meant to protect them, UN agencies warned on Tuesday.
Hunger in Gaza: Women and children face death in search of food UN News 05 Aug 2025 -- Obtaining food is no longer a routine journey in Gaza; it has become a race, fraught with death on all sides as women and children risk their lives to get aid.
UN experts call for immediate dismantling of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation OHCHR 05 Aug 2025 -- UN experts* today expressed grave concern over the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF) operations, saying Palestinians are paying the ultimate price of the international community's legal, political and moral failure.
UNICEF: Israel killing 28 children a day in Gaza Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- Israeli forces are killing an average of 28 children every day in Gaza- the equivalent of wiping out an entire classroom, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Iran urges UN to take serious action to counter Israeli aggression Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- Tehran has urged the United Nations to take more serious action in the face of Israeli aggression in Iran, Gaza, and elsewhere, warning that inaction will only embolden the regime to carry out further attacks.

Australia warns of 'risk there will be no Palestine left to recognize' amid Israel's genocide Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong says "there is a risk there will be no Palestine left to recognize," amid Israel's genocide in Gaza and increasing violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
The suffering of the hostages and Palestinian civilians has reached new and shocking depths: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 05 Aug 2025 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East.
Special Envoy Zhai Jun of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue Has a Group Meeting with Diplomatic Envoys of Arab Countries to China PRC MofA 05 Aug 2025 -- On August 5, 2025, Special Envoy Zhai Jun of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue had a group meeting with diplomatic envoys of Arab countries to China at the latter's request. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the Palestinian question.

Yemeni forces conduct fresh retaliatory missile strike against Israel's Ben Gurion airport Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- The Yemeni army says it has struck a sensitive target deep inside the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories in retaliation for the regime's genocidal war on Gaza and incursions into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East al-Quds.
Sirens sound in Israeli-occupied territories as Yemen launches fresh missile attack Press TV 05 Aug 2025 -- Air raid sirens have sounded in the Israeli-occupied territories following the launch of a ballistic missile by the Yemeni Armed Forces in retaliation for the occupying regime's genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

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