News Wrap: U.S. strikes Houthi rebels after American ships attacked in Gulf of Aden

Amna Nawaz:

In the day's other headlines: Israeli forces blasted their way deeper into Khan Yunis in Southern Gaza. Palestinian officials reported ground troops stormed one hospital and arrested medical staffers. Tanks surrounded another hospital.

Patients poured into a third side, the Nasser Medical Center, as officials warned, the facility is overwhelmed and close to collapse.

Dr. Ahmed Abu Mustafa, Nasser Medical Center (through translator):

With the expansion of ground operations in Khan Yunis, we have received many of the injured. There's no space for them. And the siege on the nearby neighborhoods has made delivery of medical aid difficult. It'll be hard to operate two to three days out from now with the available resources.

Amna Nawaz:

Israel says that Khan Yunis is a hub for Hamas and that hospitals serve as nerve centers for fighters. The White House said today it agrees Hamas is using hospitals as shields, but it said Israel has to protect innocent people just the same.

The U.S. and British militaries have carried out fresh airstrikes tonight against Houthi rebels in Yemen. That came after the Iran-backed group claimed it attacked an American military cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden. The U.S. military denied that.

Separately, on Sunday, U.S. authorities called off a search for two Navy SEALs and declared them deceased. They were lost at sea on a mission to confiscate Iranian-made weapons bound for the Houthis.

A United Nations report has shed new light on restrictions that Afghan women face under the Taliban. It says access to work, health care and travel have been curbed for single women and those without a male guardian. The report says that — quote — "Enforcement measures involving physical violence are especially demeaning and dangerous for Afghan women and girls."

In India today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a major Hindu temple built on the ruins of a razed 16th-century mosque. It's located in Ayodhya and dedicated to the Hindu god Lord Ram. Today's ceremonies were seen as a political victory for Modi, who's seeking a third term in office. He hailed the event as a symbol of Hindu nationalism.

Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister (through translator):

January 22, 2024, is not a date written on the calendar. It is the dawn of a new era. By breaking the mentality of slavery, a nation is standing up. Deriving strength from the power of the past, this is how new history is created.

Amna Nawaz:

Some opposition leaders boycotted the festivities and Muslims decried the destruction of their temple on the site in 1992.

Back in this country, crews in Memphis worked to repair water lines that were badly damaged by days of arctic cold. More than 600,000 people spent a fourth day under boil water alerts. Frozen and fractured pipes have left the city without clean drinking water since Friday. The cold is also blamed for 75 deaths nationwide this month.

The Supreme Court will hear a closely watched appeal this fall from an Oklahoma death row inmate. Richard Glossip was sentenced in 1997 for a murder for hire, but now Oklahoma's Republican attorney general says he did not receive a fair trial.

The court also agreed today to let Border Patrol agents cut razor wire along the Texas-Mexico border. The state installed it along a 30-mile stretch near Eagle Pass. The Biden administration sued to stop it. Today's ruling stands until a final decision in the case.

On Wall Street, stocks moved higher ahead of corporate profit reports coming later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 138 points to close above 38000, a new high. The Nasdaq rose 49 points. The S&P 500 added 10.

And two passings of note.

Dexter Scott King, the younger son of Martin Luther King Jr., died today of prostate cancer at his home in Malibu, California. He was just 7 years old when his father was assassinated. Later, he became an attorney and chaired the King Center in Atlanta. Dexter Scott King was 62 years old.

And acclaimed Hollywood director Norman Jewison died on Saturday. His 1967 film "In the Heat of the Night" about a Black detective working with a white racist sheriff won the best picture Oscar. He also directed "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Moonstruck," among many others. Norman Jewison was 97 years old.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": Tamara Keith and Amy Walter discuss the vice president's new push to highlight abortion rights; Stanford's Tara VanDerveer becomes the winningest coach in college basketball history; a Brief But Spectacular take on making college accessible for undocumented students; plus much more.