US and UK launch attacks against dozens of Houthi targets in Yemen
The United States and Britain on Saturday struck at least 30 Houthi targets in Yemen in a new wave of attacks aimed at further neutralizing the Iranian-backed group, which has attacked U.S. and international interests in response to the Israel-Hamas war. attacked.
On Saturday, ships and fighter jets launched attacks against the Houthis.Following that air raid Targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday Other Iranian-backed militias and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in retaliation. Three US soldiers killed in drone attack – William Jerome Rivers, Kennedy Ladon Sanders, Breonna Alexandria Moffett – Last weekend in Jordan.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the military action “sends a clear message to the Houthis that they must cease their unlawful attacks on international shipping and naval vessels or face further consequences.”
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The joint air raids in Yemen late Saturday followed a separate wave of unilateral American strikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan.
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Saturday’s strikes hit “36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen in response to the Houthis’ continued attacks against international and commercial shipping as well as naval vessels transiting the Red Sea,” the United States, Britain and other countries that provided support for the operation said in a statement.
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US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said the strikes “are intended to further disrupt and degrade the capabilities of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia to conduct their reckless and destabilising attacks.”
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Neither Austin nor the joint statement identified the specific places that were hit, but Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the capital Sana’a and other rebel-held areas were targeted.
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Saree reported a total of 48 airstrikes, and said on X that “these attacks will not deter us from our … stance in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip,” where Israel’s war in Gaza has raged since early October.
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The latest strikes “will not pass without response and punishment,” Saree said.
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Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said early Sunday that at least 92 people had been killed overnight, as the group considers a proposal that would halt its war with Israel in the besieged Palestinian territory, AFP reports.
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Hamas’ media office said the strikes included an Israeli bombardment of a kindergarten in Rafah where displaced people were sheltering.
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International mediators are making a full-court press to seal a proposed truce deal thrashed out last week in Paris.
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But a top Hamas official in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, said on Saturday that the proposed framework was missing some details.
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Hamas needed more time to “announce our position”, Hamdan said, “based on … our desire to put an end as quickly as possible to the aggression that our people suffer”.
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The United States and Britain struck at least 30 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in another wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have attacked US and international interests in response to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Ships and fighter jets on Saturday launched strikes against the Houthis. It followed an air assault in Iraq and Syria on Friday targeting other Iran-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in retaliation for the drone strike that killed three US troops – William Jerome Rivers, Kennedy Ladon Sanders and Breonna Alexsondria Moffett – in Jordan last weekend.
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The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, said the military action “sends a clear message to the Houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels.”
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Welcome back to our continuing live coverage of the Middle East crisis, I’m Yang Tian bringing you the latest news.
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The US and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen on Saturday, in the second day of major operations against Iran-linked groups after a deadly attack on American troops.
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The latest strikes marked the third time the US and Britain had conducted a large, joint operation to strike Houthi launchers, radar sites and drones.
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The US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, issued a statement on the new strikes in Yemen. He said the military action “sends a clear message to the Houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels”.
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The UK defence secretary, Grant Shapps, also issued a statement, saying the strikes were “proportionate and targeted”. He stressed they were not an escalation, adding: “I am confident that our latest strikes have further degraded the Houthis’ capabilities.”
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Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, supported by Voyager tankers, carried out the strikes against Houthi locations in Yemen. The Typhoons used Paveway IV precision-guided bombs against several military targets. An MoD statement said a ground control station at as-Salif, west of Sana’a, which was used to control Houthi drones, was hit. It adds that the aircraft also attacked targets at Bani.
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A spokesperson for the Iraqi prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, warned that the US reprisal strikes in Syria and Iraq will have disastrous consequences for the region. Iraq’s Anbar Operations Command reported 16 fatalities and 25 injuries, but no official death toll has been issued. A senior US administration official has said Iraq was given short-notice warning that the US would strike. The Baghdad government dismissed the assertions as “lies”.
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The UN security council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday afternoon on the US strikes in Iraq and Syria, according to reports. The meeting, requested by UN permanent member Russia, will take place at 4pm Eastern time (2100 GMT) on Monday, it has been reported.
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The Syrian military said on Saturday that the US occupation of Syrian territory “cannot continue” after Washington carried out the deadly strikes. Syria’s defence ministry said the “blatant air aggression” of US forces led to a number of civilians and soldiers being killed, others being wounded and some significant damage to public and private property.
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Israeli forces struck densely populated areas across the middle and southern Gaza Strip in a midnight attack on Friday and early Saturday, killing at least 25 people, the Palestinian health ministry said. Israeli fighter jets struck Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, as well as the city of Rafah in the south. The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said at least 107 people had been killed and 165 injured overnight. At least 27,238 Palestinians have been killed and 66,452 have been injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, according to the latest figures by the Gaza health ministry.
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A senior Hamas official has confirmed it has received a framework for a ceasefire proposal in the Israel-Gaza war, but said a final agreement has not yet been reached. “We will announce our position” soon, Osama Hamdan said at a news conference in Beirut on Saturday. Qatari officials, who are mediating the talks along with Egyptian spy chief Abbas Kamel, expressed newfound optimism throughout this week that an agreement was in sight.
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important events
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman; Saeed Badr Al BusaidiHe told Oman News Agency that escalation in the region continues without a solution to the “unjust war” in Gaza and the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent civilians, according to Al Jazeera.
He reportedly said that recognizing an independent Palestinian state and Israel’s withdrawal of soldiers from occupied Palestinian territory are ways to help stop the war.
Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip have been systematically destroying buildings to create a buffer zone within the Palestinian territory, raising concerns about the cost of civilian life, according to experts and rights groups who spoke to AFP.
The plan, which has not been officially confirmed by Israel, appears to involve taking significant territory from the already small Gaza Strip ruled by Hamas, and experts and Israel’s foreign allies have also warned against it. There is.
Since Hamas militants struck across the border on October 7, Israeli forces have attacked Gaza within 1 kilometer of the border, according to Adi Ben Nun, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who analyzed the satellite imagery. They are said to be targeting buildings in the area.
He said more than 30 percent of all buildings in the area were damaged or destroyed during the war.
“There is growing evidence that Israel appears to have made large parts of Gaza uninhabitable,” said Nadia Hardman, a refugee rights expert at Human Rights Watch.
“One very obvious example of that could be a buffer zone. This could amount to a war crime.”
The Israeli military declined to comment on the buffer zone.
US and UK vow to respond to Houthis after joint attack
Yemen’s Houthis say US and UK airstrikes “will not deter us” after dozens of targets were attacked in retaliation for repeated Red Sea attacks by Iran-backed rebels, according to AFP news agency. He stated that he would take action.
The joint airstrikes in Yemen late Saturday followed unilateral U.S. airstrikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a drone strike that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan.
Saturday’s airstrikes hit “36 Houthi targets in 13 locations in Yemen, in response to continued attacks by the Houthis on international shipping, commercial ships and naval vessels transiting the Red Sea,” the statement said. The United States, Britain, and other countries attacked. said in a statement.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the attack “is aimed at further disrupting and diminishing the Iranian-backed Houthi militia’s ability to carry out reckless and destabilizing attacks.” Ta.
Neither Austin nor the joint statement specified the specific location of the attack, but Houthi military spokesman Yahya Salih said the capital Sanaa and other rebel-held areas were targeted.
Sally reported a total of 48 airstrikes and told X: “These attacks do not undermine our commitment to support the resolute Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, where Israel’s war in Gaza has been intensifying since early October.” No,” he said.
The strike “will not take place without response and punishment,” Salley said.
Many killed in night strikes across Gaza
The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip announced early Sunday that at least 92 people had been killed overnight as it considered a proposal to halt the war with Israel in the besieged Palestinian territory, AFP reported. .
Hamas’s press office said the attack also included Israeli shelling of a kindergarten in Rafah where displaced people were taking shelter.
International mediators are pressing the entire court to seal the proposed cease-fire agreement, which was rejected in Paris last week.
However, Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official in Lebanon, said on Saturday that the proposed framework was missing some details.
Hamdan said Hamas needed more time to “express our position” and said it was “based on our desire to end as soon as possible the acts of aggression that have caused our people to suffer.”
US and UK launch attacks against dozens of Houthi targets in Yemen
The United States and Britain on Saturday struck at least 30 Houthi targets in Yemen in a new wave of attacks aimed at further neutralizing the Iranian-backed group, which has attacked U.S. and international interests in response to the Israel-Hamas war. attacked.
On Saturday, ships and fighter jets launched attacks against the Houthis.Following that air raid Targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday Other Iranian-backed militias and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in retaliation. Three US soldiers killed in drone attack – William Jerome Rivers, Kennedy Ladon Sanders, Breonna Alexandria Moffett – Last weekend in Jordan.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the military action “sends a clear message to the Houthis that they must cease their unlawful attacks on international shipping and naval vessels or face further consequences.”
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Opening overview
Welcome to our ongoing live coverage of the Middle East crisis. I’m Yang Tian, bringing you the latest news.
The United States and Britain launched attacks on 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen on Saturday, the second day of a major operation against Iranian-linked groups following a deadly attack on U.S. forces.
The attack is the third time the US and UK have carried out a large-scale joint operation to attack Houthi launch pads, radar sites and drones.
More details will be published soon in other developments.
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a statement regarding the new attack in Yemen. He said the military action “sends a clear message to the Houthis that they must cease their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels or continue to suffer further consequences.”
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British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps also issued a statement, calling the attack “proportional and targeted”. He stressed that they were not escalations, “We are confident that our recent attacks have further degraded the Houthis’ capabilities,” he added.
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Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, supported by Voyager tankers, attacked Houthi strongholds in Yemen. The Typhoon used Paveway IV precision-guided bombs against several military targets. A ground control station in As-Salih, west of Sanaa, used to control Houthi drones was attacked, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. It added that the aircraft also hit targets in Bani.
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Spokesperson for the Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani warned that US retaliatory strikes in Syria and Iraq would have dire consequences for the region. Iraq’s Anbar Operational Command reported 16 dead and 25 injured, but no official death toll has been released. A senior U.S. government official said there was a sudden warning that the U.S. would attack Iraq. The Baghdad government dismissed this claim as a “lie”.
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The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday afternoon regarding the US attacks on Iraq and Syria. According to reports. The meeting will reportedly be held at 4:00 pm Eastern Time (9:00 pm Japan time) on Monday at the request of Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations.
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The Syrian military said on Saturday that the US occupation of Syrian territory is “unsustainable.” After Washington made a deadly attack. Syria’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the US military’s “blatant air strikes” killed and injured scores of civilians and soldiers, and caused significant damage to public and private property.
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Israeli forces attacked densely populated areas in the south-central Gaza Strip in late-night attacks on Friday and early Saturday, killing at least 25 people. This was announced by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Israeli warplanes attacked Deir al-Bala in the central Gaza Strip and the city of Rafah in the south. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said overnight that at least 107 people were killed and 165 injured. At least 27,238 Palestinians have been killed and 66,452 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, according to the latest statistics from the Gaza Ministry of Health.
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A senior Hamas official confirmed that he had received a framework for a proposed ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, but said a final agreement had not yet been reached. “We will announce our position soon,” Osama Hamdan said. He held a press conference in Beirut on Saturday. Qatari officials, who are mediating the talks along with Egypt’s spy chief Abbas Kamel, expressed renewed optimism throughout this week that a deal was in sight.
