Loud explosions were heard this evening in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, as reported by residents and an AFP journalist. Yemeni government forces this morning said they had taken control of Bab el Mandeb and Dhubab airport and had cut the road between Dhubab and Mokha. The Houthis, however, deny it. The head of the Shin Bet warns the Israeli government: Hamas ready to attack close to the vote.
Loud explosions were heard this evening in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, a country repeatedly targeted in recent times by Yemen's Houthis. This was reported by residents and an AFP journalist.
During last night's Israeli military-political cabinet, Shin Bet chief David Zini presented ministers with a specific and worrying intelligence alert: Hamas is intensifying efforts to mount a complex attack or targeted kidnapping operation. According to assessments, Hamas aims to launch the operation close to the October 27 elections or immediately thereafter. Channel 12 reports.
Yemeni government forces have taken control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Dhubab airport, and have cut off the road between Dhubab and Mokha, a military spokesman said, while the government launched a major operation against Houthi forces. Iran International reports it. The Houthis, however, deny it.
Great Britain, the Green Party votes to classify Zionism as racism
The vote drew strong criticism from Jewish organisations, the British government and Israel. Tel Aviv called the text "anti-Semitic" and banned green leader Zack Polanski from entering the country.
"I did it to avenge Gaza, I wanted to die as a martyr," Omani pilot Hammam Al-Hammami told investigators during interrogation in the Emirates. Channel 12 reports it. In Israel, meanwhile, they are trying to understand whether the pilot acted alone or whether he was sent by someone else. Military censors authorized the publication this evening of the news that the Shin Bet itself is participating in the investigation of the terrorist.
Shin Bet agents traveled to the United Arab Emirates in recent days to take part in the investigation into the Omani co-pilot Hammam Al-Hammami, suspected of the attack and attempted hijacking of the FlyDubai flight. The Israeli media reported it.
Negotiating with the United States "makes no sense": Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said this, as reported by Iranian state broadcaster Irib. "So far they have attacked us three times after talks; this shows that they are not looking for dialogue," he said, according to media reports. "Negotiations make no sense with an enemy that practices assassinations, sanctions and pressure on a daily basis, and that does not respect its commitments."
Loud explosions were heard this evening in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, a country repeatedly targeted in recent times by Yemen's Houthis. This was reported by residents and an AFP journalist. A resident told the agency that an explosion was heard in areas not far from the international airport and made "the windows shake".
Shin Bet chief David Zini said at a government cabinet meeting yesterday that he is considering reinstating administrative detention against Israeli extremists responsible for violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. This is a practice that Defense Minister Israel Katz suspended two years ago. This was reported by Ynet, according to which, during the meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar stated that ''the violence of extremists against the Palestinians damages Israel's international reputation'', and Zini criticized the government because there is not ''sufficient condemnation from the leadership'' of the Israeli acts of violence in the West Bank.
The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, is "deeply concerned" by the "strong escalation of fighting" that has intensified in recent days in Yemen. His spokesperson said so. Guterres also "condemns" "the continuation of the Houthis' cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia" and "urges all parties to demonstrate maximum restraint", the spokesperson added in the note, underlining that "all parties must fully comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure".
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reacted cautiously to claims by Yemeni government troops that they would take control of the area around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. If such reports were true, "maybe it would be a reason for cautious optimism. But it is nothing more than that," the CDU leader said during a meeting in Berlin with Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius. Speaking about the tense situation in the Middle East, Kanzler said the German government is doing everything it can at all levels to help end the conflict and ensure safe trade routes.
What is causing the price of petrol to rise is "no longer the Strait of Hormuz", but the situation of the refineries. American President Donald Trump stated this on Truth, claiming that "record quantities of barrels are now passing through the Strait almost every day". The problem, according to Trump, is Russian refineries being "blown up by Ukraine" and American refineries being "shut down in blue states, like California, by Democrats." In the message the president uses the disparaging term "Dumocrats" to attack the opposing party.
"Until when, Lord?". This is the question that Pope Leo XIV asked Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest of the Holy Family of Gaza, after yet another attack that hit the Strip and caused the death of five civilians, including two Christian women.
Last month the UK announced a series of measures against Israeli settlements in the West Bank, to which Foreign Secretary Gideon Saar responded with some countermeasures, including closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem within 30 days. The deadline expires on Thursday.
Egypt condemns "in the strongest terms the continuation of Israeli violations of Syrian sovereignty, as well as the resumption of excavation and military construction works in the Quneitra region", urging Israel's withdrawal from the territory. "These actions - states a note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - coincide with the continuation of Israeli incursions in other areas of southern Syria, constituting a clear violation of the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Syria, as well as the norms of international law and the 1974 Disengagement Agreement".
British Ambassador Simon Walters has conveyed a message to Israeli authorities that if Israel does not reverse Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar's decision to close the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, where 27 British diplomats operate, the response will be to expel 27 Israeli diplomats from the London embassy.
“Israel is protecting the West and the free world.” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said this in an interview with Fox as the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre approaches. Herzog defended Israel's military operations, arguing that his country did not seek war but was fighting in self-defense.
