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Heavy fighting broke out around the Indonesian Hospital, which has housed thousands of patients and displaced people for weeks. More than 250 patients with severely infected wounds or other urgent conditions remain stranded at Shifa Hospital days after Israeli forces entered the compound. Four other babies died in the two days before the evacuation on Sunday, according to Mohamed Zaqout, the director of Gaza hospitals. NETANYAHU EXTENDS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR’S TERMTEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has decided to grant the country’s central bank chief a second term. Jordan will build the hospital in southern Gaza to help with the territory's health crisis.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Yemen's Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on Sunday, raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel movement in Yemen that threatened earlier Sunday to target Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea. Netanyahu's office condemned the seizure of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier, as an “Iranian act of terror." The Israeli military called the hijacking a “very grave incident of global consequence." The Houthis have repeatedly threatened to target Israeli ships in the waters off Yemen.

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☆ Fact Check: Photo of a child lying on a road in Yemen dates to 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image from Yemen in 2020 of an injured child lying on a road while another child tries to drag her away from the scene has been shared with captions falsely suggesting that it shows Palestinian siblings killed by Israeli soldiers amid the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. A Nov.15 Facebook (archived) post shared the years-old image alongside the text: “A pair of Palestinian siblings went to fetch water but were killed by Israeli soldiers. The younger brother dragged his sister's body home. Photo shows an injured child lying on a road in Yemen in 2020, not Palestinian civilians affected in the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Ruwaida Saleh, Read Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Yemen, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Yemeni, Taiz, Iran

Israeli strikes hit near hospitals in Gaza City as the military pushed deeper into dense urban neighborhoods in its battle with Hamas militants. The number of Palestinians killed in the war has risen to over 10,800, including more than 4,400 children, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said. In the occupied West Bank, more than 160 Palestinians have been killed in the violence and Israeli raids. Basel Zalabani, Mohammed’s father, said that Israeli forces had arrested him and his other 18-year-old son Yazan ahead of the demolition. Since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, at least five Romanian citizens have been confirmed killed.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed early Friday without explanation, web monitors said. The outage began early Friday around 0000 GMT and affected the YemenNet, which is now controlled by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Both NetBlocks, a group tracking internet outages, and the internet services company CloudFlare reported the outage. Political Cartoons View All 1239 ImagesThe undersea FALCON cable carries internet into Yemen through the Hodeida port along the Red Sea for TeleYemen. The outage came after a series of recent drone and missile attacks by the Houthis targeting Israel amid its campaign of airstrikes and a ground offensive targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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☆ U.S. Says Surveillance Drone Was Shot Down Off Yemen’s Coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Julian E. Barnes | Edward Wong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

“The laws created by Parliament are clear,” Mark Rowley, the chief of the Metropolitan Police Service in London, said in a statement on Tuesday evening. Speaking on Wednesday, Mr. Sunak said Mr. Rowley would answer for his decisions. “Now, my job is to hold him accountable for that.” The two men were set to meet to discuss the event on Wednesday. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, one of a number of groups organizing the event on Saturday, vowed to continue. No protests are planned for Sunday, when the national service of remembrance will take place in central London.

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CNN —The Israeli military said Tuesday it had thwarted an aerial attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, as fears rise across the region that the Israel-Hamas war could widen. They have voiced support for the Palestinians and organized protests in Yemen against Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Gen. Pat Ryder said the missiles were fired by Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen and were launched “potentially toward targets in Israel.” US interceptions of Houthi launches are exceedingly rare. Hezbollah, another powerful Shia militia, and Israel have been engaged in daily skirmishes on the Israel-Lebanon border since the war began. In October, the US deployed two carrier groups to the eastern Mediterranean to deter Iran, Syria and Hezbollah from opening new fronts against Israel.

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Yemen’s Houthi militia claimed an attempted attack on southern Israel on Tuesday, saying it had launched a “large batch” of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones toward Israeli targets. The Israeli military did not say who was behind the attacks. Last week, Abdulaziz bin Habtour, prime minister of the Houthi government, said the Houthis might attack Israeli ships in the Red Sea. Even the potential of Houthi attacks on southern Israel means that “Israel must now allocate capabilities that otherwise would have been used elsewhere,” Mr. Sobelman said. The Israeli military, in contrast, maintains high-tech air defense systems and is backed by staunch U.S. government support.

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☆ One month on, the Israel-Hamas conflict explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The conflict has led to a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with more than 10,000 people killed there, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah. Unlike some other Palestinian factions, Hamas refuses to engage with Israel and does not recognize its right to exist. Palestinian Hamas members in Gaza City ride an armored vehicle seized from Fatah, a rival Palestinian political party, during a celebration rally in June 2007. The Pentagon last month ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean and sent Air Force fighter jets to the region. On Israel’s northern border, Iran-backed Hezbollah has engaged in an exchange of fire since the Gaza war began.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship on Thursday took out three missiles and several drones that had been fired from Yemen and were heading north, the Pentagon said. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, told reporters Thursday that the USS Carney, a Navy destroyer in the northern Red Sea, intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. “We cannot say for certain what these missiles and drones were targeting, but they were launched from Yemen heading north along the Red Sea, potentially towards targets in Israel,” Ryder said in a Pentagon briefing. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesIranian-backed Houthi rebels have expressed support for the Palestinians and threatened Israel. Last week, in Yemen’s Sanaa, which is held by the Houthi rebels still at war with a Saudi-led coalition, demonstrators crowded the streets waving Yemeni and Palestinian flags.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Thursday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on Saturday. — Armenia and Azerbaijan have already traded words over Nagorno-Karabakh at the Security Council but now each will get to address the General Assembly on Saturday. Mottley has made a habit of including song lyrics in her General Assembly speeches, last year invoking “We Are the World” and, the year before, Bob Marley. ___For more coverage of this year's U.N. General Assembly, visit https://apnews.com/hub/united-nations-general-assembly

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The remarks signal that his group might not get on board for a solution without inclusion of a separate state's creation. Earlier this year, the head of the country’s internationally recognized government brushed aside the issue. In response, the Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognized government to power. The conflict has become enmeshed in a wider regional proxy war the Saudi kingdom faced against longtime regional rival Iran. “I am in New York and meters away from the headquarters of the United Nations, and we are only asking for what is stated, under the laws the United Nations made and on which it was founded,” he said.

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☆ The G7 is least bad group for a troubled world
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Hugo Dixon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

In this troubled world, the Group of Seven rich democracies is the best bet for keeping the peace and protecting the planet. The Group of 20 large economies and the United Nations, both of which hold summits this month, are broken. India and Brazil may also be out of place in an expanded group which China seems to be dominating. G7 BY DEFAULTThat leaves the G7, which brings together the U.S., Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada. But to see off challenges from other groups, the G7 needs a more ambitious offer for the Global South.

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☆ Hawaii Wildfire Toll Rises as Maui Residents Assess Damage to Lahaina
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Yemen Oil Tanker: How a Massive Spill Was Averted A team of international experts has completed a mission to transfer more than one million barrels of oil from an abandoned tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. WSJ’s Sune Rasmussen explains what was at stake in this high-risk operation. Photo: Yahya Arhab/Zuma Press

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☆ ‘It’s Tragically Gone’: Maui Wildfires Destroy Much of Lahaina
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: WSJ’s Sune Rasmussen, Yahya Arhab Organizations: Yemen Oil, Zuma Locations: Yemen

The team is pumping between 4,000 and 5,000 barrels of oil every hour, and has so far transferred more than 120,000 barrels to the replacement vessel carrying the offloaded oil, Gressly said. A potential spill from this vessel would be enough to make it the fifth largest oil spill from a tanker in history, a UN website said. The Red Sea is a vital strategic waterway for global trade. Video Ad Feedback Oil being removed from tanker near Yemen in Red Sea 02:29 - Source: CNNAfter The Safer is emptied, it must then be cleaned to ensure no oil residue is left, Gressly said. The Red Sea fisheries in Yemen could be “almost completely wiped out,” Rehkopf added.

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☆ Congress UFO Hearing: Experts Say UAPs Pose Potential National Security Threat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Yemen Oil Tanker at Risk: An Operation to Avert a Massive Spill A team of international experts has launched an effort to transfer more than one million barrels of oil from an abandoned tanker before it spills off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. WSJ’s Sune Rasmussen explains what’s at stake in this high-risk operation. Photo: Yahya Arhab/Zuma Press

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☆ Saudi Arabia is now stealing sporting headlines as prince pursues global ambitions
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Nic Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Saudi Arabia has been in the headlines a lot lately – this time for trying to find its place in the sporting world. The kingdom’s golfing coup is perhaps the crowning sporting achievement so far of heir apparent Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS). Regional outlierBy the time King Salman came along, the 21st century was passing Saudi Arabia by. Saudi Arabia has led efforts to bring Syria in from the cold and tried to mediate in conflicts such as those in Sudan and even Ukraine. On oil, he has made Saudi Arabia a bolder player.

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☆ Saudi Arabia wants to be a bigger player in the Middle East — this time with diplomacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“And that can only reflect well on the Kingdom.”This new diplomacy comes as Saudi Arabia prioritizes economic growth at home, which requires regional stability to succeed. Saudi efforts at revamping its image as a peace-broker may face credibility challenges, however, given its near decade-long combative foreign policy and the bad press it attracted. That group is party to the Sudan conflict that Saudi Arabia is trying to help end. Despite its controversial past, Saudi Arabia may still carry enough influence to bring quarreling parties to the negotiating table, analysts say. “Saudi (Arabia) does not pretend to be an impartial mediator but its voice carries weight with many parties in the region,” Shihabi said, adding that where it can, Saudi Arabia wants to use that influence to reduce tensions.

☆ Stampede in Yemen’s capital kills at least 78, official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That sparked a panic, and people, including many women and children, began stampeding, they said. Motaher al-Marouni, a senior health official in Sanaa, gave the death toll of 78 and said at least 13 were seriously hurt, according the rebels' Al-Masirah satellite TV channel. Hamdan Bagheri, deputy director of the al-Thowra Hospital in Sanaa, said in televised comments that the tragedy took place around 8.20 p.m. and the facility received at least 73 injured people. The rebels quickly sealed off the school where the event was held and barred people, including journalists, from approaching. Yemen's capital has been under the control of the Iranian-backed Houthis since they descended from their northern stronghold in 2014 and removed the internationally recognized government.

☆ Stampede in Yemen’s Capital Kills at Least 78 Seeking Food Aid, Houthis Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

SANA, Yemen — A stampede at an event to distribute financial aid in the Yemeni capital of Sana late on Wednesday left at least 78 people dead and dozens of others injured, a Houthi official said. The crush took place at a school in the Old City in the center of Sana, when hundreds of poor people gathered at an event organized by merchants, according to the Houthi-run Interior Ministry. The ministry’s spokesman, Brig. Abdel-Khaleq al-Aghri, blamed the disaster on the “random distribution” of funds without coordination with the local authorities.

☆ How Sudan's Hemedti carved his route to power
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Michael Georgy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He won the rank of lieutenant-general and had free rein to seize gold mines in Darfur and sell Sudan’s most valuable resource. It’s true, we have gold mines and there’s nothing preventing us from working in gold,” Hemedti said in a BBC interview. After years of supporting Bashir, Hemedti took part in the ousting in 2019 of his longtime ally, who had faced pressure from mass protests calling for democracy and an end to economic woes. In a video statement, Hemedti said that the army seized power to “correct the course of the people’s revolution” and achieve stability. Hemedti has said the military is prepared to hand over power in case of an agreement or elections.

☆ Houthis try to reassure skeptics they won’t seek full control of Yemen, as Saudis eye exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“If we were not looking for full control during the war, then we will not look for full control at any other time,” al-Houthi told CNN. It spiraled into a wider war in 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition intervened in an attempt to beat back the Houthis. A Saudi delegation arrived in Sanaa on Sunday for talks with the Houthis aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire. The Houthi leader told CNN he expected Saudi Arabia to ensure the departure of all foreign forces, including the UAE, from the country. “We are in agreement (with the Saudis) that we need all foreign forces to leave Yemen,” he said.

☆ Saudi Arabia, Houthis Advance Toward Long-Term Cease-Fire in Yemen
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Saleh Al-Batati | Summer Said | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Houthi supporters hold up a Yemeni flag during a protest in San’a. DUBAI—Saudi negotiators met with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital of San’a on Sunday to hammer out the final details of a long-term truce that could pave the way toward a lasting peace after eight years of war, officials said. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have been in direct talks for months, but the prospect of ending Yemen’s seemingly intractable conflict has advanced quickly since last month, when China brokered a detente between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Tehran has backed the Houthis since they took over swaths of Yemen in 2014, and Saudi Arabia led a coalition of Arab nations to dislodge the rebels in a war that created what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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