Dec 21 Rocket from Yemen injures 16 in Tel Aviv, while Gazans mourn 12 children killed by Israeli strikes By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people injured by shattered glass, the Israeli military said Saturday, while mourners in Gaza held funerals for 19 people — 12 of them children — killed… Continue reading
Oct 17 WATCH: Pentagon addresses B-2 stealth bomber strikes on Houthi bunkers, death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar By Associated Press United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that the B-2 bombers targeted “five hardened underground weapons storage locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.”… Continue reading
Sep 29 Israeli airstrikes kill 7th senior Hezbollah official in Lebanon and hit Houthi targets in Yemen By Melanie Lidman, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press The Israeli military said Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah's Central Council, was killed on Saturday. Hezbollah confirmed his death, making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader slain in Israeli strikes in a little over a week. Continue reading
Sep 16 Burning oil tanker safely towed away from Yemen after rebel attacks, EU says By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The two events show the challenges still looming for the world as it tries to mitigate a monthslong campaign by the rebels over the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Sep 15 Missile fired from Yemen by Houthi rebels lands in central Israel, triggering air raid sirens By Natalie Melzer, Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press A missile fired by Yemen's Iran-backed rebels landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday and triggered air raid sirens at its international airport, in the latest reverberation from the nearly yearlong war in Gaza. Israel hinted that… Continue reading
Aug 29 Video shows Houthi rebels planted bombs on tanker, putting Red Sea at risk of major oil spill By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. Continue reading
Aug 13 Ship in the Red Sea targeted in a third suspected Houthi attack By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The attacks come as the Yemeni rebels' main sponsor, Iran, weighs possible retaliation against Israel over the assassination of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh in July, which has renewed fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 1:49 News Wrap: Secret Service admits it denied past Trump campaign requests for more security In our news wrap Sunday, the Secret Service acknowledged it had turned down requests from Trump’s detail for extra federal resources over the past two years, Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and… Continue watching
Jul 21 Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after carrying out airstrikes on Houthi rebels By Josef Federman, Michael Wakin, Associated Press The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula country. Continue reading
Jul 20 Israel responds to Houthi drone attack with airstrikes in Yemen, officials say By Ahmed Al-Haj, Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press The Israeli army said Saturday it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil… Continue reading