The Israeli army announced on Saturday that a missile fired from Yemen hit an area in Tel Aviv during the night, wounding 16 people due to shattered glass. Israeli air strikes on Houthi rebels Those who fire rockets in solidarity with the Palestinians Gaza.
The army said that 14 other people were slightly injured while heading to shelters when sirens sounded before dawn on Saturday.
The Houthis issued a statement on the Telegram application in which they said that they targeted a hypersonic ballistic missile at a military target, but they did not specify it. The Israeli army said it was conducting an investigation, adding, “We confirm that the air defense is not airtight.”
“A flash of light, a blow and we fell to the ground. Big mess, broken glass everywhere,” said Bar Kats, a resident of the damaged building.
The attack came after Israeli air strikes on the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the coastal city of Hodeidah, killing at least nine people on Thursday. The raids came hours after a missile from Yemen fell on a school building in central Israel. The Houthis also claimed responsibility for a drone strike that targeted an unspecified military target in central Israel on Thursday.
The Israeli military says the Iran-backed Houthis launched more than 200 missiles and drones during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The Houthis have also attacked ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and say they will not stop until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that the Israeli strikes on Thursday caused “significant damage” to Houthi-controlled Red Sea ports, which will lead to “an immediate and significant reduction in port capacity.” The port of Hodeidah was key for food shipments to Yemen in the decade-long civil war.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the attacks by both sides threaten further escalation in the region.
Israeli raids on Gaza kill dozens of children
Mourners in Gaza held funerals for 19 people, including 12 children, killed in Israeli raids on Friday and overnight.
One of the strikes hit an apartment building on the block Nuseirat refugee camp Health officials said that Israeli occupation forces invaded the central Gaza Strip area, killing at least seven Palestinians, including five children and a woman, and wounding 16 others.
In Gaza City, a raid on a house killed 12 people, including seven children and two women, according to Al-Ahli Hospital where the bodies were taken.
A man carried a small body wrapped in a shroud as mourners gathered at the hospital in Gaza City. The women comforted each other when they cried.
Overall, the Gaza Ministry of Health said 21 people were killed in the past 24 hours.
More than 45,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, when a Hamas attack in Israel killed about 1,200 people and sparked a 14-month war. The Ministry of Health does not differentiate between civilians and fighters, but said that more than half of the dead were women and children.
Israel faces severe international criticism due to unprecedented levels of civilian deaths in Gaza. It says it only targets militants and blames Hamas for civilian deaths because its fighters operate in residential areas.
Urgent appeal to provide supplies to North Gaza Hospital
The Gaza Ministry of Health issued an urgent appeal to deliver medical and food supplies to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, which is largely isolated, while the hospital director described conditions as dire, as the Israeli army continues its latest offensive.
The Ministry reported continued Israeli gunfire and shelling near the hospital, saying that “the shells hit the third floor and the entrances to the hospital, which led to a state of panic.”
Hospital director Dr. Hossam Abu Safia said the facility is facing a “severe shortage” and stressed that requests for basic medical supplies and ways to maintain oxygen, water and electricity systems “have largely gone unmet.”
He added that 72 wounded were receiving treatment in hospital.
Safia added, “Food is very scarce, and we cannot provide meals to the wounded.” “We are urgently appealing to anyone who can provide supplies to help us.”
Aid groups said Israeli military operations and armed gangs hampered their ability to distribute aid.
The Israeli military organization that handles humanitarian affairs in Gaza said on Saturday that it led an operation to deliver thousands of food parcels, flour and water to the Beit Hanoun area in the north. She added that trucks belonging to the United Nations World Food Program transported them to distribution centers in the region on Friday.
Iran said on Saturday that unidentified gunmen killed a local employee of the Iranian embassy in the country Syria The official Iranian News Agency (IRNA) reported in Damascus.
Its report quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei as saying that “terrorists” opened fire on Davut Bitarav’s car last Sunday. He did not mention what he did at the embassy.
Baghaei said that Iran considers the Syrian interim government responsible for finding and prosecuting those responsible for the killing. Iran was a major ally of the recently ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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