Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
08 August 2025 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Declaring 'war', Israeli ultra-Orthodox rebel against military draft Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- Tensions among Israeli settlers have sharply escalated as ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders and media declared an ideological "war" against the Israeli military's enforcement of draft orders for Haredi men, revealing deepening divisions amid the prolonged war on Gaza.
- Israel signs largest-ever export deal to supply gas to Egypt Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- Israel has signed its largest-ever export agreement to send natural gas to Egypt despite calls worldwide to boycott the occupying regime over its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
- Prime Minister's Office Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 08 Aug 2025
- Israeli regime weighing retribution against UK over planned Palestine recognition: Report Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- The Israeli regime is considering retribution against Britain in response to London's plan to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
- Israel approves plan to occupy Gaza City in new escalation of genocide Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- Israel's so-called "political-security cabinet" has approved a plan to occupy Gaza City after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the regime's intention to return the entire strip to Israeli occupation.
- Israeli Cabinet Approves Plan to Defeat Hamas, Take Gaza City - Office Sputnik 08 Aug 2025 -- The Israeli security cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to defeat Palestinian movement Hamas, and the Israeli army is preparing to establish control over Gaza City, Netanyahu's office said on Friday.
- Hamas slams Israel's Gaza City takeover plan as 'war crime, ethnic cleansing' Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- Hamas has vehemently condemned Israel's plan to occupy Gaza City as a "full-fledged war crime" and "ethnic cleansing" that will come at a "high cost" for the occupying regime.
- Hamas condemns Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan IRNA 08 Aug 2025 -- The Islamic resistance movement Hamas has condemned Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest plan to occupy all of Gaza, denouncing him a war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- Resistance groups: Plan to occupy Gaza exposes 'height' of Israel's crisis Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- Palestinian resistance groups have slammed Israel's latest plan to occupy Gaza City, calling it a desperate move by a regime that has failed and is bent on completing its war crimes.
- Disarmament is suicide: Top Hezbollah MP Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- A Lebanese lawmaker from Hezbollah's political wing has strongly dismissed demands for the resistance movement to lay down its arms following American pressure on the government to disarm the group.
- Israel launches drone attack on Lebanon IRNA 08 Aug 2025 -- Israel launched a drone attack on southern Lebanon, killing one person, news sources reported.
- Six killed, 10 injured as Israeli drone strikes target eastern Lebanon Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- In yet another flagrant breach of the fragile ceasefire with Lebanon, Israeli forces launched deadly airstrikes in the country's eastern region on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring 10 more.
- Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Gaza UN Secretary-General 08 Aug 2025
- UN rights chief calls for immediate halt to Israel's Gaza takeover plan Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- The United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has said the Israeli plan for a full-scale military takeover of the besieged Gaza Strip will cause more deaths and suffering and must be halted immediately.
- Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza must stop now, says UN rights chief UN News 08 Aug 2025 -- The UN's top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue a complete military takeover of the Gaza Strip, beginning with full control of Gaza City.
- Israel's military takeover of Gaza City would mark 'a dangerous escalation': Guterres UN News 08 Aug 2025 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel's decision to "take control of Gaza City", his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.
- UN Security Council to convene to address Israel's Gaza City 'takeover plan' Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- The United Nations Security Council is set to hold an emergency session this Saturday evening to address the Israeli regime's latest push to occupy Gaza City.
- Türk: Israel's plan for complete military takeover of Gaza must be immediately halted OHCHR 08 Aug 2025 -- "The Israeli Government's plan for a complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza strip must be immediately halted."
- Special Rapporteur on Torture warns cruelty is becoming the enemy of peace in Gaza, and calls for release of hostages OHCHR 08 Aug 2025 -- The Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, repeats her urgent calls for the unconditional and immediate release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, after videos and photographs of emaciated hostages were released over the weekend.
- WFP food convoys keep moving into Gaza as starvation drives lawlessness, leaving the most vulnerable without food WFP 08 Aug 2025 -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) continues to bring convoys of food aid into Gaza virtually every day but dire operating conditions prevent the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed to push back escalating starvation. At the same time, increasing lawlessness inside the territory is hindering supplies from reaching the most vulnerable people.
- Iran: Gaza City occupation plan shows Israel's 'specific intent' for genocide Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- Iran says Israel's plan to occupy Gaza City is another clear indication of the regime's "specific intent" to commit ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza.
- Iran condemns Israeli regime's intention to control Gaza IRNA 08 Aug 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says that the Israeli regime's plan to fully occupy Gaza and forcibly displace its people is another sign of the regime's intention to commit genocide in Palestine.
- Iran, Egypt urge Islamic action over Israeli strikes on Gaza, Lebanon Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- Iran and Egypt have called for united Islamic action to halt Israel's genocide in Gaza and attacks on Lebanon, warning of worsening humanitarian and security crises.
- EU voices concern over Gaza occupation plan while keeping Israel's arsenal stocked Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on Israel to reconsider its latest plan to occupy Gaza City, even as the EU continues to arm and shield Tel Aviv in its 22-month war on the besieged Palestinian territory.
- Backgrounder: Canada's International Assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Canada 08 Aug 2025 -- Canada's international assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the West Bank and Gaza is designed to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of Palestinian civilians and to help lay the foundations for long-term peace and stability by supporting the development of institutions and socio-economic conditions necessary for a viable 2-state solution.
- Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the Israeli government's decision to expand military operations across Gaza Prime Minister of Canada 08 Aug 2025 -- "Canada condemns the Israeli government's decision to further escalate the conflict in Gaza.
- Statement by Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the development in Gaza Germany Federal Foreign Office 08 Aug 2025
- Germany to halt military exports to Israel over Gaza City occupation plan Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- Germany has suspended military exports to Israel over its planned occupation of Gaza City, marking a rare rift after months of steadfast support for Tel Aviv's genocidal war on Gaza.
- Germany Suspends Issuing Permits for Export of Weapons to Israel - Merz Sputnik 08 Aug 2025 -- Germany is suspending issuing permits for export of weapons to Israel, which can be used in the Gaza Strip, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday.
- Aboul Gheit rejects and condemns Israeli plan to reoccupy Gaza Strip League of Arab States 08 Aug 2025 -- Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, rejected and strongly condemned a plan announced to have been approved by the Israeli Security Cabinet.
- Restricting arms to the state is the means for Lebanon's stability: Aboul Gheit League of Arab States 08 Aug 2025 -- Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, welcomed the Lebanese government's decision to adopt a practical plan to implement the resolution restricting arms to state authorities as the means of ensuring Lebanon's stability.
- OIC Strongly Condemns Israel's Decision to Reoccupy the Gaza Strip and Forcefully Displace Nearly One Million Palestinians Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 08 Aug 2025 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemns in the strongest terms the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to reoccupy the entire Gaza Strip and forcefully displace approximately one million Palestinians from Gaza City and the northern part of the Strip to the south.
- OIC condemns Israeli regime's decision to occupy Gaza IRNA 08 Aug 2025 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the Israeli regime's decision to occupy Gaza in the strongest possible terms in a statement issued on Friday.
- Pakistan Condemns the Reported Israeli Plan for a Complete Military Takeover of Gaza Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Aug 2025 -- Pakistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the reported Israeli plan for a complete military takeover of Gaza. This not only represents yet another flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN Security Council resolutions, but also the occupying power's intention to further expand its ongoing genocidal military campaign.
- Pakistan Dispatches 18th Humanitarian Aid Consignment to Gaza Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Aug 2025 -- In a demonstration of Pakistan's unwavering commitment to the Palestinian people, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Atta Ullah Tarar, officiated the send-off of the 18th humanitarian aid consignment to Gaza at a ceremony held at Islamabad International Airport today.
- Saudi, Turkish Foreign Ministers Discuss Gaza Development SPA 08 Aug 2025 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held a phone call today with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan
- Foreign Minister, German Counterpart Discuss Gaza Development SPA 08 Aug 2025 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah spoke by phone with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul today
- Saudi, French Foreign Ministers Discuss Gaza Developments SPA 08 Aug 2025 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah today held a phone call with Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, with whom he discussed recent developments in Gaza Strip and their related security and humanitarian repercussions
- No: 165, 8 August 2025, Regarding the Israeli Government's Plan to Expand its Military Operations in Gaza Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Aug 2025
- Joint Foreign Ministers' statement on Gaza UK FCDO 08 Aug 2025 -- Joint Statement from the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom
- PM statement on the Israeli government's decision to further escalate its offensive in Gaza: 8 August 2025 Gov.UK 08 Aug 2025 -- Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement on the Israeli government's decision to further escalate its offensive in Gaza.
- Yemen keeps pounding Israeli targets in response to 'historic' atrocity Press TV 08 Aug 2025 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have claimed responsibility for a fresh wave of drone strikes on critical Israeli targets, describing the operations as part of an expanding military front in defense of the war-hit Gaza Strip.
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