2024-01-19 11:46:00
The Houthis remain undeterred by US attacks as Netanyahu rejects the creation of a Palestinian state. This is what you should know
Houthi rebels fired missiles at another US-owned commercial ship on Thursday, just hours after a new round of US military strikes against the Iran-backed group in Yemen.
No injuries or damage were reported after the Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at the ship, marking the third such attack on a US-owned ship this week.
The developments come after Houthi spokesman Mohammad Abdul Salam described the US-led strikes in Yemen as a “persistent act of aggression” aimed at safeguarding Israel.
He also said the Houthis will not be deterred from launching attacks against what he claims are vessels “linked to Israel.”
US President Joe Biden admitted on Thursday that US strikes against the Houthis are not deterring the group’s attacks in the Red Sea, but said US attacks would continue.
Here’s the latest on Israel’s war against Hamas:
Palestinian state: US officials said they would not let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apparent rejection of Palestinian sovereignty stop them from pressing the issue with their Israeli counterparts. Netanyahu said Thursday that the idea of creating a Palestinian state would conflict with Israel’s security. In response to Netanyahu’s remarks, a spokesman for the president of the Palestinian Authority said that there will be no security or stability in the Middle East without a Palestinian state.
Exhumed bodies: Israeli forces severely damaged a cemetery in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, earlier this week, exhuming and removing bodies in what the Israel Defense Forces told CNN was part of a search for the remains of the hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7 terrorist attacks. Images from the cemetery showed the area razed, with graves damaged and destroyed, and human remains exposed after the IDF carried out operations in the area.
Internet blackout: Gaza has faced a near-total communications blackout for a week – the longest of the war so far – with no signs of abating. “It’s almost impossible to do the job we’re supposed to do,” said an official at a U.N. agency.
Research request: Mexico and Chile are asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate whether crimes have been committed in the Palestinian territories, whether by “agents of the occupying power or the occupied power,” the Mexican Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. release.
Death toll rises in Gaza: At least 24,620 people have been killed and another 61,830 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, according to the strip’s Hamas-run Health Ministry. CNN cannot independently verify these numbers.
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