Israel issues evacuation orders for three ports in Yemen
The Israeli military issued warnings on Wednesday to evacuate three seaports in Yemen including Ras Issa, Hodeidah and Salif, Reuters reports.
The army claimed the ports were being used by the Iran-aligned Houthi group.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards its territory.
US president Donald Trump has previously said that the US and Yemen’s Houthis had come to a ceasefire agreement which would stop attacks on shipping in the region, however the Houthis said they will continue to fire missiles and drones towards Israel.
Key events
US president Donald Trump will meet Syria’s president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after the sudden announcement the US would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led government that has replaced the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Sharaa is a former al-Qaida commander who led troops that seized control of Syria from Assad in December. Sharaa renounced ties to al-Qaida in 2016.
At least 60 reported killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza, including on hospital in Khan Younis
Al Jazeera reports that at least 60 people have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza on Wednesday morning. It cited local medical sources.
Strikes hit the European hospital complex near Khan Younis and left large craters gouged into the ground and cracks in the courtyard outside the European Hospital complex, images from the AFP news agency show. A damaged bus was lodged in a hole in the road.
“Everyone inside the hospital – patients and wounded alike – was running in fear, some on crutches, others screaming for their children, while others were being dragged on beds,” Amro Tabash, a local photojournalist, told AFP.
Israeli media reported that the target of the strikes on the European Hospital complex was Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, brother of the group’s previous leader, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli operation in October 2024. Israel’s military claimed to have hit what it called a “Hamas command centre” beneath the hospital.
Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of using hospitals and other civilian buildings as operational bases, which Hamas has denied.
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Israel’s military has issued evacuation warnings to three seaports in Yemen including Ras Issa, Hodeidah and Salif, claiming they are being used by the Houthi. Earlier the IDF said it had intercepted a missile aimed at Israel from Yemen’s territory
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Al Jazeera reports that at least 60 people have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza on Wednesday morning, according to medical sources in the area. Strikes hit the European hospital complex near Khan Younis
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Palestinian news agency Wafa reports a 17-year-old has been shot and wounded by Israeli security forces in Abwein in the occupied West Bank
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US president Donald Trump will meet Syria’s president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday before heading to Qatar
Israel issues evacuation orders for three ports in Yemen
The Israeli military issued warnings on Wednesday to evacuate three seaports in Yemen including Ras Issa, Hodeidah and Salif, Reuters reports.
The army claimed the ports were being used by the Iran-aligned Houthi group.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards its territory.
US president Donald Trump has previously said that the US and Yemen’s Houthis had come to a ceasefire agreement which would stop attacks on shipping in the region, however the Houthis said they will continue to fire missiles and drones towards Israel.
