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A Houthi rebel walks next to a destroyed plane at the Sanaa International Airport on Wednesday, a day after Israel's military warplanes struck Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa

Israel vows to ‘defend ourselves alone’ after Trump strikes truce with Houthis

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “defend ourselves alone” against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after US President Donald Trump struck a deal with the Iran-backed group.The US deal, announced just hours after the Israeli military carried out major strikes against Yemen’s international airport and other facilities in response to a Houthi attack on Israel’s main airport, was a surprise to Israel, which was not informed in advance about the truce, an Israeli official told CNN earlier.According to Trump, the US would halt an ongoing military campaign against the Houthis in exchange for the group stopping its attacks on US interests in the region.The Houthis acknowledged the agreement but made it clear their attacks on Israel would continue. Senior Houthi...

May 09, 2025

Israel vows to ‘defend ourselves alone’ after Trump strikes truce with Houthis

A Palestinian woman prepares bread from spoiled flour, in Gaza City, May 1, 2025.

Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut as supply runs out, worsening hunger

GAZA — Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza shut their doors on Thursday due to a lack of supplies, closing off a lifeline used by hundreds of thousands of people in a further blow to efforts to combat growing hunger in the enclave, Reuters reportedThe move followed hours after the US-based World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity announced that it had run out of the ingredients necessary to provide much-needed free meals and had been prevented by Israel from bringing in aid.UN humanitarian agency OCHA has said more than 2 million people — most of Gaza's population — face severe food shortages.Charity kitchens have become the only source of food for thousands of families in Gaza, especially since March 2, when Israel re-imposed a blockade on humanitarian aid.Amjad al-Shawa, director...

May 08, 2025

Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut as supply runs out, worsening hunger

Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive

Israel PM 'uncertain' over condition of three Gaza hostages

JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza.Benjamin Netanyahu said he knew "with certainty" that 21 hostages were alive but the status of "three more" was unclear.His comments came after US President Donald Trump said 24 hostages were alive a week ago but the figure was now 21. He made the comments while speaking at an event at the White House on Tuesday and did not cite a source or provide further details.The Hostages and Missing Families Forum had demanded information.The forum also urged Netanyahu to halt his plans to expand Israel's offensive in Gaza and to instead agree a deal with Hamas to return its remaining 59...

May 08, 2025

Israel PM 'uncertain' over condition of three Gaza hostages

Israel's embassy in Britain is located in central London

Iran denies involvement in alleged terror plot against Israel's UK embassy

TEHRAN — Iran has denied any involvement in an alleged terror plot against Israel's embassy in London, following the arrest of five Iranian nationals on Saturday.Four of the men who were arrested in counter-terrorism raids across England over the weekend are still being questioned by police, who say they were detained in connection with a suspected plan to attack a "specific premises".The Metropolitan Police said it could not give more details amid a "fast-moving" investigation.However, British media reports suggest that the intended target was Israel's embassy in central London.Reacting to the allegations, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Iran was in no way involved in the alleged plot."Iran in no uncertain terms categorically...

May 08, 2025

Iran denies involvement in alleged terror plot against Israel's UK embassy

The latest mishap involving an expensive Super Hornet is under investigation

Second US fighter jet falls overboard from US aircraft carrier

WASHINGTON — For the second time in just eight days, a US fighter jet has been lost to the Red Sea after falling from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, US officials say.An F/A-18F Super Hornet was attempting to land on the Truman's flight deck on Tuesday when a manoeuvre failed, "causing the aircraft to go overboard", an official told the BBC's US partner CBS News.The two crew members inside the aircraft ejected, and sustained minor injuries in the incident. The jets are reportedly worth around $67m (£50m) each."Both aviators safely ejected and were rescued by a helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11," the official told CBS.It comes after another Super Hornet went overboard into the same sea last Monday in a separate incident.It...

May 08, 2025

Second US fighter jet falls overboard from US aircraft carrier

Palestinians collect belongings from a school used as a shelter by displaced residents that was hit twice by Israeli army strikes in Bureij, 7 May, 2025

At least 59 people killed in strikes across Gaza as Israel prepares to ramp up offensive

GAZA — Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least 59 people, including women and children, hospital officials have said as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign against Hamas militants.The strikes included an attack on Tuesday night on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials from the Al-Aqsa Hospital said, including nine women and three children.It was the fifth time since the war began that the school in central Gaza has been struck.An early morning strike on another school turned shelter in Gaza City killed 16 people, according to officials at Al-Ahli Hospital, while strikes on targets in other areas killed at least 16 others.A large column of smoke rose and fires pierced the skies above the school shelter in Bureij, a built-up...

May 07, 2025

At least 59 people killed in strikes across Gaza as Israel prepares to ramp up offensive

Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Shara at a press conference in Ankara, 4 February, 2025

Syria's interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa visits Paris in first official trip to Europe

PARIS — Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will visit Paris on Wednesday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron, his first trip to Europe since taking office in January and a possible opening to broader ties with Western countries.Al-Sharaa took power after his Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led a lightning offensive that toppled long-time former President Bashar al-Assad in December.Al-Assad, a member of Syria’s Alawite minority, ruled for more than two decades and fled to Russia after he was toppled.The Élysée Palace said Macron will restate France's support for "a free, stable, sovereign Syria that respects all components of its society," while emphasizing the importance of regional stability and the fight against terrorism.The visit comes...

May 07, 2025

Syria's interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa visits Paris in first official trip to Europe

Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike

Israel attacks main airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa

TEL AVIV — The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a military air base, airport sources told Reuters. An official told AFP that the airport had been "completely destroyed". The Houthis said at least three people had been killed and vowed to respond. It comes two days after the Iran-backed Houthis fired a missile that landed near Israel's main airport, forcing it to close briefly. Israel began responding on Monday by striking the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, then targeted Sanaa airport the next day. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that anyone targeting Israel...

May 07, 2025

Israel attacks main airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa

People search for survivors in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a school compound in central Gaza on May 6, 2025

Israeli airstrike on central Gaza school compound housing displaced people kills 22

GAZA — At least 22 people, including seven children, were killed Tuesday in an Israeli strike on a school compound sheltering thousands of displaced people in the Al Bureij camp in central Gaza, hospital officials said.Dozens more were injured in the strike, they said.At the site of the attack, video from the scene showed a large crater where people searched through the rubble of the school for survivors, the remnants of tents and belongings littering the ground.Safaa Al Khaldi, who was sheltering at the school, said that her son was injured in the strike.“Our children are starving, our children cannot find a piece of bread,” she said, referring to Israel’s complete blockade of Gaza, now in its third month. “What did we do wrong?”The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck...

May 07, 2025

Israeli airstrike on central Gaza school compound housing displaced people kills 22

A Yemeni gunman walks past paintings depicting rockets and scenes in solidarity with Gaza, displayed on a roadside fence in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 5, 2025

Israel launches strikes on Yemen a day after Houthi strike near Tel Aviv airport

SANAA — At least one person was killed and 35 more wounded after a wave of Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's Red Sea province of Hodeida, according to the area's Houthi-run health ministry.The strikes came a day after the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a missile that hit Israel’s main airport.On Sunday, the Houthis — who claim they are targeting Israel in support of Palestinians — launched a missile from Yemen that struck an access road near Israel's main airport, Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion, injuring four people.This is the first time a Houthi missile has come anywhere near Tel Aviv's urban area since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on 7 October 2023. The rockets from Yemen have mostly been intercepted, although some have penetrated Israel’s missile...

May 06, 2025

Israel launches strikes on Yemen a day after Houthi strike near Tel Aviv airport

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