Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
21 August 2025 - Israel Special Weapons News
|
- FM Sa'ar meets with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka Israel MFA 21 Aug 2025 -- FM Sa'ar to Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema: "This is an alliance of believers in ancient traditions, based on the Bible."
- UK set to sign $2.69bn contract with Israel's Elbit to train British soldiers Press TV 21 Aug 2025 -- Britain is reportedly poised to sign a £2 billion ($2.69 billion) contract with Israel's largest arms manufacturer that would enable it to train 60,000 British soldiers annually, according to a report from Private Eye magazine.
- PM Netanyahu at the Gaza Division Israel - Prime Minister 21 Aug 2025
- PM's Office Announcement on behalf of Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch Israel - Prime Minister 21 Aug 2025
- Prime Minister's Office Statement Israel - Prime Minister 21 Aug 2025
- Israel pushes Gaza City assault despite mounting global calls for ceasefire Global Times 21 Aug 2025 -- Israel pressed ahead with the first stages of its planned assault on Gaza City on Wednesday, mobilizing 60,000 reservists in an expanded operation, despite mounting global calls for a ceasefire, NBC News reported. The escalation came as the US announced sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) officials in a move an analyst said underscored Washington's continued backing for Israel.
- As Israeli forces creep up on Gaza City, Hamas warns: 'Occupation won't achieve its objectives' Press TV 21 Aug 2025 -- The Israeli regime has begun deploying its forces on the outskirts of Gaza City in preparation for implementing its scheme to occupy the Gaza Strip's largest urban area, but Hamas has warned that Tel Aviv would fall short of realizing its ambitions.
- War Is Netanyahu's Political Lifeline - Palestinian Presidential Aide Sputnik 21 Aug 2025 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is deliberately prolonging the war in Gaza to avert the collapse of his political career, according to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' advisor Mahmoud al-Habbash.
- West Bank settler expansion scheme threatens Palestinian life: UN People's Daily 21 Aug 2025 -- Israel's West Bank settlement expansion plan negatively affects Palestinians and increases the risk of displacement, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday.
- Amid massive destruction of Gaza City, UN chief renews ceasefire call UN News 21 Aug 2025 -- With intensifying Israeli activity in and around Gaza City reportedly continuing on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres renewed his urgent call for a ceasefire, as Palestinians fled intense airstrikes, artillery shelling and gunfire.
- UN chief repeats call for immediate ceasefire as Israel launches Gaza City assault IRNA 21 Aug 2025 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as the Israeli regime launches a new large-scale offensive to occupy Gaza City and forcibly displace its residents.
- US seeking billions to replenish arms sent to support Israel: Report Press TV 21 Aug 2025 -- The Pentagon is seeking $3.5 billion in emergency funds to replace weapons and military systems used to back Israel, according to reports citing budget documents.
- Iran, Egypt censure Israel's plan to take over Gaza, relocate residents Press TV 21 Aug 2025 -- Iran and Egypt have strongly condemned Israel's "illegal and criminal" plans for the military occupation of Gaza City and the forced displacement of its residents.
- Statement on Israel's West Bank settlements Poland - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Aug 2025
- Aboul Gheit denounces occupation's approval of settlement plan undermining two-state solution League of Arab States 21 Aug 2025 -- Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, strongly condemned the plan approved by the Israeli government in the E1 area east of Jerusalem, stressing that it poses a serious threat to the prospects of realising the two-state solution and establishing a contiguous Palestinian state.
- Emergency Ministerial Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to Discuss the Ongoing Israeli Aggression against the Palestinian People Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 21 Aug 2025 -- Preparations are underway to hold an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states to discuss the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, on Monday, 25 August 2025.
- On the 56th Anniversary of the Heinous Arson that Struck the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 21 Aug 2025 -- These days mark the painful 56th anniversary of the heinous attempt to set fire to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the first Qibla (direction of prayer) and the third holiest site in Islam.
- International condemnation of Israel's E1 settlement plan in occupied West Bank Press TV 21 Aug 2025 -- Israel's recent approval of the E1 colonial settlement plan in the occupied West Bank has drawn widespread international condemnation from over 20 countries, including several European Union members.
- Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns Israeli Crimes Against Palestinians SPA 21 Aug 2025 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli occupation authorities' persistence in their crimes against the Palestinian people and their occupied land, and their ongoing attempts to displace them and prevent the establishment of their independent state. This includes their ongoing expansion of settlement construction around occupied Jerusalem and the expansion of their operations and aggression, amounting to crimes of genocide against defenseless civilians in the Gaza Strip
- Spain deeply regrets announcement of new US sanctions against International Criminal Court Spain MFA 21 Aug 2025
- Statement by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide on Israel's attack on Gaza City Government of Norway 21 Aug 2025
- Occupied Palestinian Territories: joint statement, 21 August 2025 UK FCDO 21 Aug 2025 -- The UK and 22 international partners gave a joint statement on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- Media Freedom Coalition statement on foreign media access to Gaza UK FCDO 21 Aug 2025 -- Joint statement on behalf of 27 countries on foreign media access to Gaza
- UK summons Israeli Ambassador following approval of E1 settlement plan UK FCDO 21 Aug 2025 -- The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has summoned the Israeli Ambassador today following the Israeli Higher Planning Commission's decision to approve the E1 settlement plan
- Houthi: Israeli atrocities part of 'Greater Israel' expansion scheme Press TV 21 Aug 2025 -- The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has vehemently denounced the Israeli atrocities in the occupied West Bank and across the war-torn Gaza Strip, stating they fall within the framework of the so-called "Greater Israel" plan.
- UN rights chief decries 'relentless intensification' of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff UN News 21 Aug 2025 -- The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday.
- US sanctions on ICC judges 'blatant complicity in Israeli war crimes, genocide': Iran FM spox Press TV 21 Aug 2025 -- The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has censured the United States' announcement of a new round of sanctions targeting members of the International Criminal Court (ICC), stating that the measure attests to Washington's complicity with the Israeli regime in the bloody military campaign against Palestinians.
- Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties expresses deep concern and objects to additional U.S. sanctions targeting ICC elected officials ICC 21 Aug 2025 -- The Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties notes with deep concern the additional sanctions announced by the Government of the United States against two Judges and the Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court.
- Türk denounces intensification of US reprisals against International Criminal Court personnel OHCHR 21 Aug 2025 -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday said the imposition by the United States of America of further sanctions on judges and deputy prosecutors of the International Criminal Court should prompt the international community to take measures to protect them.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
|
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list
|
|
|
