The fallout from the Gaza war has reached new heights with a military attack by the US and allies on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who are hostile to Israel. The attacks on the positions of rebels allied with Iran on Friday evening were “successful”, the White House said in a written statement from US President Joe Biden. The Houthis, who had repeatedly attacked ships with alleged Israeli connections in the Red Sea, announced revenge. Meanwhile, Israel continues its war against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip, accusing Israel of being a legal accomplice of Hamas with its genocide lawsuit.
Sunak: Can’t accept Houthi attacks
“Despite repeated warnings from the international community, the Houthis have continued to carry out attacks in the Red Sea this week, including on British and American warships. This cannot be tolerated,” British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said early Friday morning. The attacks, carried out with help from the Netherlands, Canada and Bahrain, followed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to Houthi attacks on merchant ships. However, the rebels ignored all warnings.
Houthis vow revenge
“America and Britain will have to be prepared to pay a high price,” a Houthi representative said on Friday evening. Since the outbreak of the Gaza war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas, the rebels have repeatedly attacked ships with alleged Israeli connections in the Red Sea. They also repeatedly attack Israel directly with drones and missiles.
Israeli spokesperson: South African legal wing of Hamas
This Friday, representatives of Israel will testify before the International Court of Justice about the genocide lawsuit brought by South Africa. In response to the accusation made by South Africa’s legal representatives at the start of the proceedings on Thursday, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat accused South Africa of acting as the “legal arm of the terrorist organization Hamas” on the X platform (formerly Twitter). . South Africa wants to allow Hamas to repeat the October 7 massacres in Israel. “Today we have once again seen a world turned upside down in which the State of Israel is accused of genocide at a time when it is fighting genocide,” Israel’s right-wing conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
The unprecedented attack by terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups killed 1,200 people and kidnapped around 250 others in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army responded with massive air strikes and a ground offensive. Israel invokes its right to self-defense. However, given the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the closed coastal area and the high number of civilian casualties among Palestinians, Israel is facing strong pressure from around the world.
Doctor in the Gaza Strip: No more morphine
Nearly a hundred days after the start of the Gaza war, conditions in the few remaining functioning hospitals in the Gaza Strip remain dire, according to aid workers. “There is no more morphine,” American doctor Seema Jilani said on Thursday in an audio message distributed by the aid organization International Rescue Committee (IRC). Jilani had previously returned from a two-week assignment with the IRC at Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip.
“So we give patients who are on the brink of death, in the throes of death, midazolam, an anti-anxiety drug that does not relieve pain,” the doctor said. According to Jilani, it is thanks to “absolutely heroic nurses, doctors and volunteers” that Al-Aqsa Hospital is still functioning at all. Still, it will only work for a few more days, she said.
Report: Qatar talks with Hamas about medicine for Gaza hostages
Qatar is making progress in talks with Israel to provide more medicine to the civilian population of the Gaza Strip, according to a media report. At the same time, the emirate is in talks with Hamas to provide essential medicines to the Israeli hostages still being held, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing informed sources. Many of the hostages suffered from diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
Israel believes that 136 hostages are still being held in the closed coastal area. 25 of them are probably no longer alive. On the hostage issue, Qatar is a key mediator between Hamas and Israel, who do not speak directly to each other. As a result of Israeli military operations, 23,469 people have been killed and another 59,604 injured since the start of the war, according to the latest figures from the Hamas-controlled health authority. The figures cannot currently be independently verified.
That will be important on Friday
The Houthi rebels have announced revenge after the military attack by the US and allies on their positions in Yemen. Meanwhile, Israel will be heard on South Africa’s genocide charges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. (sda/dpa)
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