NewzLebanon ’s Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes on a southern village have killed nine people, including a child.Meanwhile, Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim to have shot down a Saudi reconnaissance plane. A senior official from the United Arab Emirates says “no single state” should control the Strait of Hormuz. Palestinians are mourning a man killed in the occupied West Bank.Here’s a look at the latest news in the Middle East.
Full coverage can be found here.Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill at least 9Israel carried out two airstrikes early Monday on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Rumman, killing at least nine people, including women and children, the Health Ministry said.The strikes came during a new round of escalation between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israel's military said it struck several Hezbollah militants it accused of transferring weapons to Kfar Rumman.The ministry said one strike hit a building and killed eight people, including a child and two women. It said 11 others were wounded, including four children and two women.The ministry said another strike on a car in the village killed a paramedic with the Lebanese Islamic Risala Scout Association and wounded two others.Israel's military said it was reviewing the claim that “several uninvolved civilians were harmed” in overnight strikes across southern Lebanon, which it said were in response to Hezbollah militants launching explosive drones against soldiers in the area of the Ali Taher ridge.Houthis claim downing Saudi reconnaissance planeIran-backed Houthi rebels downed a Saudi armed reconnaissance aircraft on Monday in the northern part of Yemen, Houthi military spokesperson Brig.
Yahya Saree said in a statement.The aircraft was detected in Jawf province’s airspace, according to Saree, who said the aircraft belonged to neighboring Saudi Arabia and was seeking to carry out “hostile actions.”The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify that claim. There was no immediate Saudi comment.Saree added that over the past 24 hours, a total of three reconnaissance drones belonging to Saudi Arabia were downed, including one that was spotted Monday morning in Bayda province.The Yemeni government armed forces said in a post on X that they targeted Houthi gatherings in Dahle province and launched 13 airstrikes targeting Houthi positions and a missile launch base in Bayd… Lebanon ’s Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes on a southern Lebanese village have killed nine people.Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim to have shot down a Saudi reconnaissance plane, and a senior UAE official says “no single state” should control the Strait of Hormuz.Here’s a look at the latest news in the Middle East.
It added that 11 people were also wounded, including four children and two women.The ministry added that another strike on a car in the village killed a paramedic with the Lebanese Islamic Risala Scout Association and wounded two others.Houthis claim downing Saudi reconnaissance planeIran-backed Houthi rebels claimed early Monday to have downed a Saudi armed reconnaissance aircraft in the northern part of the country as the escalation with the Yemeni government forces continues.Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Yahya Saree said in a statement that their forces shot down the aircraft detected in Jawf province’s airspace. He said the aircraft belonged to Saudi Arabia and was seeking to carry out “hostile actions.” The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify that claim.Saree added that over the past 24 hours, a total of three reconnaissance drones belonging to Saudi Arabia were downed, including one that was spotted Monday morning in Bayda province.UAE says ‘no single state’ should control HormuzA senior official from the United Arab Emirates says “no single state” should control the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran said it plans to announce a new “exclusion zone” in the international waterway.“Our energy exports will not be held hostage, nor will our trade and economic activity,” Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, said at a forum of world leaders in Abu Dhabi.Gargash said Iran should face consequences for threatening oil tankers and commercial vessels with mines, drones, or missiles.
“Using an international waterway as an instrument of coercion is unacceptable,” …
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