Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
28 August 2025 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- HTS, Israel hold secret talks on swapping Lebanon's Shebaa Farms with Syria's Golan: Report Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- Israeli media reports have revealed covert negotiations between Israel and Syria's Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led administration concerning a potential territorial exchange involving the Golan Heights and the Shebaa Farms.
- Israel conducts strikes, raid by helicopter-borne troops in Syria's Damascus suburb Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- Israel has conducted new airstrikes and a raid by helicopter-borne troops on a southern suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
- Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Ernst, Representative Wilson Statement on Israeli Strikes in Damascus US Senate Foreign Relations Committee 28 Aug 2025 -- Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, released the following statement on Israel's strikes in Damascus, Syria:
- IRGC: Iran's intel command crushed enemy's plot in 12-day Israeli war Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran's intelligence operations inside Israel drove the success of the Islamic Republic's missile and drone strikes against the occupying entity in the 12-day war, calling the regime's intelligence failures a key factor in its defeat.
- US secretary of state consults with Israel, E3, and IAEA over Iran in Washington IRNA 28 Aug 2025 -- In a series of diplomatic meetings, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has engaged with his Israeli and European counterparts, as well as the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Washington to coordinate their positions on Iran.
- Israeli army's manpower crisis worsens ahead of Gaza occupation: Report Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- A US media report reveals that the exhaustion and disillusionment facing the Israeli army have threatened to "complicate" Tel Aviv's plans for the upcoming assault to seize and occupy Gaza City.
- Israel welcomes the adoption of Security Council resolution 2790 Israel MFA 28 Aug 2025 -- Recent developments in Lebanon are encouraging, and Israel will continue to ensure that these achievements are preserved and that the security of our northern residents remains assured.
- Joint Statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme Israel - Prime Minister 28 Aug 2025
- PM Netanyahu in Julis: "I am not naïve. I understand who and what we are dealing with. I told President Trump: We both believe in the same idea - it is called peace through strength. First comes strength; peace will follow." Israel - Prime Minister 28 Aug 2025
- Dozens killed, thousands flee as Israel escalates Gaza genocide Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- Israeli forces have killed at least 16 Palestinians across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, with dozens more wounded in intensified attacks targeting the southern region of the besieged territory.
- Israel destroys 1,500 homes in Gaza City's neighborhood amid ground offensive Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- The Israeli military has demolished more than 1,500 homes in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City over the past three weeks, the Palestinian Civil Defense says.
- Hamas: Israel uses starvation as weapon in Gaza to exterminate all Palestinians Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has strongly condemned the latest statements by an Israeli far-right minister, who called for cutting off water, electricity, and food supply to the Gaza Strip.
- US 'complicit' in Gaza crimes over obstruction of UN resolutions against Israel: Hamas Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement says the United States' obstruction of UN resolutions "makes it complicit" in the Israeli regime's crimes in the Gaza Strip.
- Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended for a 'final time' UN News 28 Aug 2025 -- The UN peacekeeping mission which patrols the so-called Blue Line of separation between Israel and Lebanon received the unanimous support of the Security Council on Thursday to extend through 31 December next year.
- The United Kingdom voted in favour of today's resolution, which allows UNIFIL to operate for 16 months before an orderly withdrawal: UK explanation of vote at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 28 Aug 2025 -- UK explanation of vote delivered by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, following the Security Council vote on the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
- Palestinian Fatah Groups to Begin Transferring Arms in Southern Lebanon - Military Source Sputnik 28 Aug 2025 -- The Palestinian formations of the Fatah movement will begin transferring their weapons to the Lebanese army in three camps in the south of the country on Thursday, a Lebanese military source told Sputnik.
- WFP chief visits Palestine and Israel, calls for immediate surge of aid into Gaza and safe access to reach the most vulnerable families WFP 28 Aug 2025 -- Safe, unfettered humanitarian access to reach the most vulnerable families is the top priority right now, World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said after visiting the Gaza Strip where she witnessed firsthand immense destruction and desperation.
- EU aid reaches 23,000 Palestine Refugees from Syria striving to survive in Lebanon UNRWA 28 Aug 2025
- UN experts alarmed by reports of enforced disappearances at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites OHCHR 28 Aug 2025 -- Condemning the enforced disappearance of starving Palestinian civilians seeking food aid at distribution centres run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a group of UN experts* today urged Israeli authorities to put an end to the heinous crime against an already vulnerable population.
- Gaza death and destruction 'without parallel in recent times': Guterres UN News 28 Aug 2025 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater humanitarian access and the release of all hostages, as the enclave faces yet another deadly escalation.
- Guterres warns of unprecedented destruction and famine in Gaza Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a grave warning about the escalating civilian casualties in Gaza, describing the situation as "without parallel in recent times."
- READOUT: Ranking Member Shaheen's Travel to Lebanon and Meetings with Lebanese Leaders US Senate Foreign Relations Committee 28 Aug 2025 -- This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan delegation to Lebanon alongside Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) and met with the Lebanese leaders including President Joseph Auon, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri. The delegation was also accompanied by Ambassador Tom Barrack and Morgan Ortagus.
- US stands back as all UN Security Council members back Gaza famine declaration Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- All members of the United Nations Security Council, except the US, have backed a recent declaration of famine in the Gaza Strip's largest urban area by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN-backed body.
- Braže Baiba, in a meeting with the Palestinian Foreign Minister, discusses the security situation in the Middle East and Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine Latvia MFA 28 Aug 2025 -- On 28 August 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine, Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, who has arrived in Latvia as part of her regional visit.
- Ansarullah vows retaliation after 'failed" Israeli strikes on Yemeni capital Press TV 28 Aug 2025 -- Israel has launched a series of "major airstrikes" on Yemen's capital, Sana'a, targeting densely populated neighborhoods and critical infrastructure, including oil facilities, power plants, military sites, and the presidential palace area.
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