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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

weapons shipment

Weapons destined for Hezbollah which were captured by Syrian authorities, January 26, 2025. (SANA)
January 26, 2025, 4:24 pm
Syria’s new regime says it stopped weapons shipment heading to Hezbollah in Lebanon
Photos released by Syrian media show assault rifles, RPGs and ammunition, in apparent second instance this month of authorities thwarting arms transfer
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon in Washington, June 25, 2024. (AP/Susan Walsh)
June 28, 2024, 11:21 am
Report: US set to release some bombs, withhold others amid Biden’s anger at Netanyahu
500-lb bombs will be sent to Israel after Rafah op ends, Axios says, but issue of 2000-lb payloads unresolved, with US officials saying president ‘not taking orders from Netanyahu’
By ToI Staff
US Vice President Kamala Harris’s national security adviser Philip Gordon speaks at the Herzliya Conference, June 24, 2024. (Ronen Topelberg)
June 24, 2024, 10:51 pm
Senior US official: Rejecting Biden hostage deal won’t bring total victory
Speaking in Israel, VP Kamala Harris’s national security adviser says Hamas is walking away from own proposal; US envoy says he understands Israel’s ‘impatience’ over weapons
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers fire mortar shells towards targets in the Gaza Strip near the border with the Gaza Strip on February 8, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 23, 2024, 9:55 pm
US hasn’t withheld weapons for Israel, but it’s done fast-tracking them — official
Emergency protocol used to cut through bureaucratic procedures in early months of war no longer in place, as intensity of IDF fighting drops and US fears of regional war rise
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 23, 2024 (Screen grab/GPO)
June 23, 2024, 2:00 pm
Netanyahu says US arms supplies fell away 4 months ago; he went public as last resort
At cabinet meeting, PM alleges ‘dramatic drop’ in weapons shipments, says he only spoke out after months of quiet efforts failed to solve problem; hopes it will be resolved soon
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
June 19, 2024, 10:40 am
US denies report it canceled talks in DC over Netanyahu’s complaint of weapons holdup
Some Israeli officials said to have been en route when Thursday meeting called off; in video, Netanyahu accused US of withholding arms transfers, sparking White House irritation
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: IDF tanks are positioned in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on May 9, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
May 10, 2024, 1:51 am
Despite Biden’s pause, billions of dollars in US arms for Israel still in pipeline
GOP senator says wide range of other munitions set to go to Israel besides withheld bombs, but laments approval process for them not as quick as it should be
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A SPYDER surface-to-air missile is fired in a test in an undated photograph. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.)
June 1, 2021, 5:02 pm
Israel’s military exports hit $8.3 billion in 2020, second highest-ever total
15% spike in number of agreements signed compared to 2019, with bulk of deals sealed with countries in Asia and Pacific region
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explains Israel's new overflight options in the wake of its normalization accord with Sudan, October 24, 2020. (screen capture: Channel 13)
October 24, 2020, 11:26 pm
Netanyahu hints at Israel role in past Sudan raids, hails Mideast’s changing map
PM says African nation was formerly used by Iran to smuggle weapons to Hamas, but Israel ‘prevented this’; delegation to travel to Khartoum in coming days to finalize peace accord
By ToI Staff
Avidan Freedman
July 31, 2017, 2:34 pm
Avidan Freedman
Is Religious Zionism really religious?
When Israel exports weapons to human rights violators, it loses the moral bedrock without which Jewish sovereignty fails
The USS Sirocco patrol ship. (Wikimedia/US Department of Defense)
April 4, 2016, 10:42 pm
US says it seizes weapons ship from Iran likely headed to Yemen
Intercepted dhow found to be carrying thousands of rifles, machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades
By AP
A file picture taken on January 29, 2015, shows Palestinian youth showing their skills during a graduation ceremony as part of a training camp run by the Hamas movement in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP photo/Said Khatib)
From the WebDecember 8, 2015, 3:11 pm
A rifle’s journey from Belgium to Gaza
After Palestinian fighters were spotted at rally with weapon made for Belgian elite forces, the BBC reports on how it got there
Illustrative photo of Islamist fighters in Libya (YouTube screenshot)
September 1, 2015, 7:03 pm
Greece seizes arms ship possibly bound for Islamic State
Coast guard intercepts cargo vessel sailing near island of Crete with weapons and explosives on board
By ToI Staff
Kurdish people watch the Syrian town of Kobani, from the Turkish side of the border on October 19, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/BULENT KILIC)
October 22, 2014, 10:44 pm
US admits arms airdrop fell into Islamic State hands in Syria
Officials say video which shows masked jihadist with grenade and rocket shipments appears to be authentic
By AFP
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, center, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, review an honor guard, in Tehran, Iran, in 2006. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian, file)
May 12, 2014, 6:17 pm
Iran plays major role in Sudan arms sector, study finds
In March, Israel intercepted a ship it said was headed to Gaza via Sudan with M-302 missiles and other Iranian weapons
By AFP
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