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Daily Archives: 23. Juni 2025
Gaza death toll rises to 55,959 as Israeli continues the genocide
GAZA, June 22, 2025 (WAFA) – Medical sources said on Sunday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 55,959, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation‘s aggression on October 7, 2023.
The same sources added that the death toll has risen to 131,242 since the start of the aggression, while a number of victims remain under the rubble, unable to be reached by ambulance and civil defense crews.
They indicated that 51 slain people (including 3 whose bodies were recovered) and 104 injuries arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos
Speaking to journalists in Deir al Balah on Saturday, Jonathan Whittall, who heads the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) in Gaza and the West Bank, said: “The attempt to survive is being met with a death sentence.”
Since Israel eased its total blockade last month, more than 400 people are reported to have died trying to reach food distribution points.
Mr. Whittall said humanitarian agencies are capable of reaching every family in the shattered enclave but are being systematically blocked. “We have a plan…but we are prevented from doing so at every turn.”
He described the situation as “weaponised hunger”, “forced displacement”, and “a death sentence for people just trying to survive”.
“This is carnage,” Mr. Whittall said. “It appears to be the erasure of Palestinian life from Gaza.”
He urged the international community to act: “We need a lasting ceasefire, accountability, and real pressure to stop this. This is the bare minimum.”
UN-Büro wirft Israel „Auslöschung“ von Palästinensern vor
Der Leiter des UN-Koordinierungsbüros für humanitäre Hilfe in den besetzten Gebieten, Jonathan Whittall, bezichtigte Israel, die Nutzung bewährter UN-Systeme mit Absicht zu unterbinden. „Wir könnten jede Familie in Gaza erreichen – so wie wir es in der Vergangenheit getan haben -, aber wir werden auf Schritt und Tritt daran gehindert, dies zu tun“, sagte er laut einer Pressemitteilung in Deir el-Balah im Gazastreifen.
Die katastrophalen Zustände wären „gänzlich vermeidbar“, so Whittall. „Es sind Bedingungen, die geschaffen wurden, um zu töten.“ Die Besatzungsmacht Israel betreibe anscheinend eine „Auslöschung palästinensischen Lebens“.
Iraqi Defense Minister warns of firm response to any threat
On Sunday, Iraqi Defense Minister Thabet Al-Abbasi warned that the country will respond firmly to any external threat or violation of Iraq’s sovereignty when necessary.
During a visit to the 9th Armored Division, Al-Abbasi stated that Iraq is capable of protecting its territory from any external or internal threat. He further noted that plans are underway to equip the armed forces with advanced technologies, while continuing to train and cooperate with international institutions to enhance defense capabilities.
Trump administration was anticipating retaliation from Iran, White House official says
“We knew they’d retaliate. They had a similar response after Soleimani,” the official said, referring to Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian commander killed in a US airstrike in 2020.
The official said initial assessments were that the missiles fired by the Iranians on Monday didn’t hit their intended targets. Qatar’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted an Iranian missile attack on the US air base in the country.
Explosions in Doha: Iranian Missiles Target US Base, Neutralized by Air Defenses
Explosions were reported over Doha, Qatar, as Iranian ballistic missiles targeted a US military base. Qatar‘s air defense systems successfully intercepted and neutralized the threat. The incident highlights rising tensions in the Gulf region and underscores the importance of robust defensive measures in securing key strategic locations.
Qatar intercepts Iranian missiles on Al Udeid Air Base, condemns “blatant aggression”
In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the attack, calling it a “blatant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty, airspace, and international law.”
In a statement, the ministry said the missiles were launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and confirmed that Qatar‘s air defenses successfully intercepted them before they reached their target.
“Qatar reserves the right to respond directly in a manner proportional to the scale and nature of this act of aggression,” the ministry said, warning that such attacks pose a direct threat to regional security.
Iran launches missiles towards US bases in Qatar and Iraq
Iran said it launched a „devastating and powerful“ missile attack at the US‘s Al-Udeid base in Qatar on Saturday in retaliation for the US‘s strikes on their nuclear facilities over the weekend.
Eyewitnesses reported to Middle East Eye blasts across Doha.
Video footage shared with MEE showed missiles flying above the gleaming skyscrapers and marina of the Qatari capital. In another video air defence systems appeared to be engaging the missiles.
Reaktor Garching darf mit hochangereichertem Uran weiterlaufen
(Juni 21, 2024)
Im Garchinger Forschungsreaktor werden normalerweise wissenschaftliche Experimente – etwa im Bereich Quantentechnologie oder Archäologie – durchgeführt. Daneben produzieren Kunden aus der Industrie zum Beispiel Radioisotope und Radiopharmaka für die Krebsdiagnostik und -behandlung. Die TUM verweist aber etwa auch darauf, dass Forschende des späteren Corona-Impfstoffherstellers „Biontech“ in der Garchinger Neutronenquelle mRNA-Partikel untersucht hätten.
Germany‘s Merz sees no reason to criticise Israeli, US attacks on Iran
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that there was no reason for him to criticise attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran.
„There is no reason for us, or for me personally, to criticise what Israel started a week ago, nor is there any reason to criticise what America did last weekend,“ Merz said at an event organised by the BDI German industrial lobby group.
Report: Israel attacks Iran‘s Fordow nuclear site
„The aggressor attacked the Fordow nuclear site again,“ Tasnim news agency reported, quoting a spokesperson for the crisis management authority in Qom province where the site is located.
The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran had informed it about „special measures to protect nuclear material“.
Israel-Iran war: After explosions boom Bushehr, Iran‘s only nuclear plant; Rosatom downplays attack – ‘site remains…’
Bushehr is Iran‘s only operating nuclear power plant and was built by Russia. Located on the Gulf Coast, at Bushehr, Russian fuel is used and then taken back to Russia when its spent in order to reduce nuclear proliferation risk, reported Reuters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has up to 600 staff at Bushehr, including 250 permanent workers and others on temporary assignment. He said Israel had issued a promise to Russia over their safety.
Israel fordert atomaren Angriff auf den Iran
(July 22, 2006)
„Washington Times“, 31.01.2003,
Bush genehmigt Einsatz von Atomwaffen
Im geheimen „National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 17“ Dokument genehmigt die US-Regierung den präventiven Einsatz von Atomwaffen, explizit zum Ausschalten unterirdischer Anlagen oder falls Alliierte mit chemischen oder biologischen Waffen angegriffen würden, so die Washington Times.
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Boston Globe, 25.01.2005,
Der Chef des Mossad, Meir Dagan, sagt, daß der Iran an der Schwelle zur Anreicherung von Uran steht und innerhalb von 2 Jahren Atomwaffen produzieren könnte.
Dazu Dick Cheney:
„Wenn die Israelis wirklich zu der Überzeugung gelangt sind, daß der Iran Nuklearkapazitäten hat,… dann könnten sie entscheiden zuerst zu handeln und den Rest der Welt sich darum kümmern lassen den diplomatischen Scherbenhaufen hinterher wegzumachen.“
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New Yorker, 08.04.2006 (Anm.: 17. April 2006 später vermerkter Erscheinungstermin), Seymour Hersh:
Laut Hersh plant die Bush-Administration und das Pentagon den Einsatz von atomaren B61-11 „bunker busters“ gegen Iran´s unterirdischen Einrichtungen wie in Natans (Natanz). Anders seien Anlagen, die wie Natans unter 75 Fuß Erde und Gestein liege, nicht zu zerstören.
Kommentar eines Air-Force-Planers: „Es ist eine harte Entscheidung. Aber wir fällten sie in Japan.“
Die Entscheidung zur Option eines Atomkrieges rief offenbar größte Unruhe im Generalstab der US-Militärs hervor, einige Offiziere hätten mit Rücktritt gedroht, es wurde verlangt diese Option vom Tisch zu nehmen.
Doch das Weiße Haus habe das zurückgewiesen. „Was wollt Ihr denn? Die Option kam doch von Euch.“
Ein früherer Regierungsbeamter berichtete, die Bush Administration ginge von der irrwitzigen Annahme aus, daß das iranische religiöse Regime durch eine schwere Bombardierung zusammenbrechen und von der Bevölkerung gestürzt würde.
The Iran Plans
(April 9, 2006)
One of the military’s initial option plans, as presented to the White House by the Pentagon this winter, calls for the use of a bunker-buster tactical nuclear weapon, such as the B61-11, against underground nuclear sites. One target is Iran’s main centrifuge plant, at Natanz, nearly two hundred miles south of Tehran. Natanz, which is no longer under I.A.E.A. safeguards, reportedly has underground floor space to hold fifty thousand centrifuges, and laboratories and workspaces buried approximately seventy-five feet beneath the surface. (…)
The lack of reliable intelligence leaves military planners, given the goal of totally destroying the sites, little choice but to consider the use of tactical nuclear weapons. “Every other option, in the view of the nuclear weaponeers, would leave a gap,” the former senior intelligence official said. “ ‘Decisive’ is the key word of the Air Force’s planning. It’s a tough decision. But we made it in Japan.”
Alarm as White House Says Trump Has Not Ruled Out Dropping Nuclear Weapon on Iran
(June 19, 2025)
An unnamed Trump administration official told Fox News senior White House correspondent Jaqui Heinrich that „none of the options are off the table,“ denying a Guardian report that said the president was „not considering using a tactical nuclear weapon“ on Iran‘s heavily entrenched Fordow nuclear site.
Trump‘s reported consideration of a nuclear option comes amid internal concerns that the 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs the U.S. possesses within striking distance of Iran would be insufficient to destroy Fordow.
Small Protests in Israel for Hostage Deal and Against Iran and Gaza Wars
Several hundreds of Israelis rallied across the country on Saturday evening, June 21, despite emergency measures imposed by the far-right government, against the war with Iran, to protest the Gaza war and demand a deal to release the remaining hostages held in captivity.
US officially enters war, Iran vows: ‚You will pay‘
Iran and the U.S. were participating in indirect nuclear negotiations before the war broke out. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking at an OIC meeting in Ankara, stated clearly that what the U.S. obliterated with its Sunday strikes – and earlier ones it helped Israel carry out – wasn‘t Iran‘s nuclear facilities, „but rather diplomacy.“ During the ongoing aerial campaign against Iran, at least 400 civilians have been killed and 2,000 injured according to the latest Health Ministry figures.
Trump asks why there would not be ‚regime change‘ in Iran
„It’s not politically correct to use the term, “Regime Change,” but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!“ Trump wrote on his social media platform.