• It is the 97th day of the war: over 23 thousand Palestinians dead, including around 8 thousand children, according to Hamas. In Israel, 1,200 died in the October 7 attack.
• «Israel’s genocide in Gaza is a genocide»: the trial begins in The Hague. The defense: «The Dreyfus case of the 21st century».
• Netanyahu: «In The Hague we saw a world turned upside down».
• Behshad, the Iranian ship (suspected of helping the Houthis) fleeing the Red Sea? Fears of US retaliation.
• Blinken: «We need to bring Israel closer to the Arab countries to isolate Iran».
02.43 am – Saudi Arabia: «Many worried, avoid escalation in Yemen»
Saudi Arabia is following US and British airstrikes on neighboring Yemen with “great concern”. This is what the Foreign Ministry in Riyadh says. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia follows with great concern the military operations taking place in the Red Sea region and the air strikes on a series of sites in the Republic of Yemen”, we read in a note which calls for “self-control” and to “avoid an escalation”.
02.18 am – The Houthi rebels: USA and Great Britain a heavy price for this aggression
«Our country has been subjected to massive aggression by ships, submarines and warplanes», said the deputy foreign minister of the Houthi rebels, Hussein Al-Ezzi: «America and Great Britain must prepare to pay a heavy price and to bear all the terrible consequences of this blatant aggression.”
02.18 am – Military bases, training camps and weapons depots: these are the targets hit in Yemen
Military bases (including with launch pads for ballistic missiles), training facilities, weapons depots and war drones, radar stations: these are some of the targets hit by the US-UK raids in Yemen, according to what transpires from Pentagon sources filmed by the American media.
02.04 am – Here is the video of the explosions in Sana’a, in the airport area
01.50 am – Biden: numerous Houthi targets in Yemen successfully hit
01.50 am – US and UK raid in collaboration with Canada, USA, Australia, Holland and Bahrain
According to what was leaked, Canada, Australia, Bahrain and the Netherlands also collaborated in the attacks against the Houthi rebels – it is not yet clear in what way.
01:00 – Houthi rebels attack US and UK military ships in the Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthi rebels reportedly launched a barrage of cruise and ballistic missiles against US and UK warships in the Red Sea in response to aerial bombardments that hit several provinces in the Arab country. This is what insurgent sources told EFE.
0.54 am – Joint US-UK raids against Houthi positions in Yemen began
Joint US-UK air strikes have begun against Houthi rebel positions in Yemen. The raids hit positions in the capital Sana’a and in the cities of Hodeidah, Saada, Dhamar, Taiz, Zabid.
0.24am – British Prime Minister Sunak authorizes air strikes against Houthi rebels
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has authorized British airstrikes against Houthi military positions in Yemen to repel attacks by Iranian-backed rebels on ships transiting the Red Sea. The Times writes it. The UK is expected to join the US and other allies in carrying out the mission “shortly”, the newspaper writes. The Houthi attacks have severely disrupted international trade on what is a key route between Europe and Asia. The Prime Minister called an emergency cabinet meeting to brief ministers on the British military commitment. The meeting followed an earlier meeting of the government’s `Cobra’ emergency committee and the National Security Council to discuss the crisis. Sir Keir Starmer, the Labor leader, and Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons, were informed of the military intervention.