Table Of Content
- What Are the Missiles the Houthis Have Fired at Israel?
- Houthi cruise missile breaches Israeli air defences for first time
- What did jurors in Trump's criminal trial say they think of the former president?
- What is the recent history between Iran and Israel?
- Israel and Hamas confirm a deal to allow medicine to reach hostages.
- Israel struck a compound housing humanitarian workers in Gaza safe zone earlier this month, aid agencies say
The videos appeared designed to taunt Israelis desperate for news of the hostages and to ratchet up pressure on the Israeli government to make concessions to secure their release. At the same time, the videos appeared to demonstrate the leverage which Hamas can exert on Israeli society through the hostages. Corey Ranslem, the chief executive of Dryad Global, a maritime intelligence firm based in London, said that his company had advised all clients to avoid both the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden because of the high likelihood of future attacks. Traffic in the area was already down roughly 40 to 50 percent over the past week from its usual levels, he said.
What Are the Missiles the Houthis Have Fired at Israel?
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said on Monday it had resumed emergency and rescue services in Gaza City, more than two months after an Israeli ground offensive forced it to halt operations and shut down its hospital. The French foreign ministry said two of those injured were young French nationals, but it gave no names or ages. Both assailants, residents of the Hebron area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, were arrested, the police said in a statement. Their motivations were still being investigated, but the incident was being treated as a terrorist attack, according to Dean Elsdunne, a spokesman for the police.
Houthi cruise missile breaches Israeli air defences for first time
The U.S.-led strikes began in Yemen on Friday local time in response to more than two dozen Houthi attacks on freight ships around the Red Sea in recent weeks. American and British officials said the strikes, intended to degrade the Houthis’ ability to keep attacking shipping, were aimed at radar stations, missile launch sites and other military targets. The Houthis have launched four anti-ship cruise or ballistic missiles in four separate attacks since the U.S.-led strikes began last week. Senior U.S. military officials are bracing for a much larger Houthi retaliatory attacks, and are preparing a set of escalating military responses, should Biden order more strikes.
What did jurors in Trump's criminal trial say they think of the former president?
U.S. and British warships have intercepted some Houthi missiles and drones before they reached their targets. On Wednesday, American fighter jets from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with four other warships, intercepted 18 drones, two anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile, Central Command said in a statement. Israeli officials have said that 99% of the threats fired by Iran and its proxies — which included one-way attack drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles — were intercepted by Israel's military and its partner forces in the Middle East. The Houthis have also fired volleys of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at Israel since the Gaza war began on October 7, but none of the projectiles hit their targets.
It’s possible that Iran’s recently revealed Paveh guided cruise missiles could have been supplied to the Houthis as well. A senior Iranian general unveiled the new cruise missiles, with a range of 1,025 miles (1,650 km) early this year, noting their ability to strike Israel from Tehran. A Quds Z-0 land and sea variant reported to have either an electro-optical or infrared seeker may have been the type of cruise missile downed by USS Carney as it intercepted missiles seeking ships or other targets in the Red Sea. USNI News, citing unnamed defense officials, first reported on Monday that the two ships fired between four and seven SM-3s to intercept the missiles. Del Toro's comments to lawmakers appear to be the Navy's first public acknowledgement of the SM-3 employment. At least 14 Palestinians were killed, and many others injured, by three Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza, a doctor at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told CNN on Sunday.
Before a ship's CIWS is engaged, capabilities such as the warship's SM-2 or SM-3 interceptors come into play. These are fired from vertical-launch-system cells before they then intercept and destroy airborne threats. An SM-3 "hits threats with the force of a 10-ton truck traveling 600 mph," according to Raytheon, the weapon's manufacturer. Israel has carried out strikes in Syria against Iran and its allies for years and throughout its six-month military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. But the April 1 attack stood out both because of its location — in a diplomatic compound, traditionally exempt from hostilities — and because of the seniority of the apparent targets. At least 41 United States National Guard members were injured in the Sunday drone attack in Jordan that killed three US soldiers, according to the National Guard Bureau.
Dozens killed during 2 days of airstrikes in central and southern Gaza, local medical sources say
Alongside the United States with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, we ordered the R.A.F to strike two Houthi military facilities in Yemen. They were carefully targeted at launch sites for drones and ballistic missiles to degrade the Houthis capacity to make further attacks on international shipping. A further three buildings were hit at Abs Airfield, along with a cruise missile launcher caught in the open. We have seen no evidence thus far of civilian casualties, which we took great care to avoid. Illegally detained vessels and crews must be released, and we remain prepared to back our words with actions.
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Yahya Sarea, a Houthi spokesman, has said frequently that the group is attacking ships to protest the “killing, destruction and siege” in Gaza and to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Last week, Mr. El Ghazi lashed out on social media at the broadcaster Piers Morgan after Mr. Morgan commented on the decision by South African cricket officials to replace the country’s under-19 national team captain, who is Jewish, on the eve of a major tournament. Reaction from athletes to the war in Gaza has caused controversy in other countries, including Germany and France, where players with Arabic ancestry have faced professional consequences — and even legal action — for social media posts about the war.
Israel struck a compound housing humanitarian workers in Gaza safe zone earlier this month, aid agencies say
The two organizations reiterated that attacks against these kinds of settings violate international humanitarian law. Despite remaining committed to serving the "humanitarian imperative," the IRC and MAP likened the current situation in Gaza however to fighting a "losing battle." "The Israeli military is the only armed actor in Gaza with access to this weaponry," the statement on Wednesday said.
The attacks have forced some of the world’s biggest shipping and oil companies to suspend transit through one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes, which could potentially cause a shock to the global economy. “The armed forces affirm that the state of the Emirati enemy will be an unsafe as long as the tools of the Israeli enemy in Abu Dhabi and Dubai continue to launch aggression against our people and our country,” Sare’e wrote in another tweet. A Saudi-led coalition retaliated the day after with an airstrike on Yemen, killing about 80 people.
But since the Houthi missiles have been unleashed, more light has been shed on what they are firing. On October 31st, the Houthis, a largely Shia-Islam group whose leadership is drawn from Yemen’s Houthi tribe, announced that they had launched a “large number” of rockets, ballistic missiles and drones towards Israel. The Iran-backed Houthi movement, based in Yemen, has launched three rounds of missile attacks targeting Israel using ballistic and cruise missiles.
U.S. military forces in the Middle East intercepted “dozens” of Iranian drones and missiles, Austin said in a statement, adding that American military forces remain “postured” to protect U.S. troops and support Israel’s defense. The SM-3 is an element of the Navy's advanced Aegis Combat System and uses a kinetic kill vehicle to hit and destroy short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles during the midcourse phase of flight. The SM-3 has the capacity for exo-atmospheric intercepts, meaning it can eliminate targets beyond Earth's atmosphere, unlike the Navy's other air-defense capabilities. These are difficult missions because of the high mid-course speed and the need to target the re-entry vehicle and not the separated booster. Iran launched a wave of missiles and drones toward Israel late Saturday as regional tensions continued to mount over the war in Gaza. President Biden condemned the attack and spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reiterate the United States’ “ironclad” commitment to Israeli security, the White House said.
“We will remain vigilant to all threats and will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect our people,” he said. “Fortunately, there were no injuries to any member of the crew, who managed to extinguish the fire,” he said. Ayalon said US President Joe Biden's push for a two-state solution is perceived as strong leadership, because "he filled a vacuum of leadership in Israel." He also blamed extremists on both sides of the conflict for leading the region to the current situation. Without a two-state solution framework, Hamas won't be destroyed and "will flourish again," according to Israel's former security agency chief. Two aid agencies are claiming they have evidence that indicates Israel carried out a strike earlier this month on a compound housing humanitarian workers and their families in a supposed safe zone in Gaza.
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