US, UK warplanes hit targets in western Yemen province: Report
Houthi-affiliated media Al Masirah says aircraft launched two raids on the al-Jabanah area, west of Hodeidah.
The United States and United Kingdom have targeted Houthi positions in Yemen since the rebels started attacking vessels in the Red Sea in opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza.
Earlier, a missile attack damaged a ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. The attack happened off the port city of Hodeidah, near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre.
The vessel “sustained damage” in the assault and later reported an “impact in the water in close proximity to the vessel,” the UKMTO said. “The crew are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call.”
Algeria to propose UN action to ‘stop killing in Rafah’
Algeria will propose a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to “stop the killing in Rafah”, Algeria’s UN Ambassador Amar Bendjama told reporters.
The comments come after a closed-door meeting of the 15-member body on Israel’s devastating eight-month war on the Gaza Strip.
“Algeria will circulate this afternoon a draft resolution on Rafah,” Bendjama said. “It will be a short text, a decisive text, to stop the killing in Rafah.”
‘No safe’ place in Rafah: Doctor
International medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) shared “heartbreaking” audio from a doctor in Tal as-Sultan – the site of Sunday’s massacre.
“We are scared for ourselves, for our children,” she said, adding there is “no safe space here after what happened with the burning of the tents”.
Today we received a heartbreaking voice note from Dr. Safa Jaber in Tal Al-Sultan in Rafah.
"We are scared for ourselves, for our children.
We are heading to the so-called 'safe zone' ... but there is no safe space here after what happened with the burning of tents." pic.twitter.com/lyfnPTcICB
— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) May 28, 2024
How tenuous is the peace deal between Egypt and Israel?
A deadly exchange of fire at the Rafah border crossing comes amid fragile political relations.
Officially, Egypt and Israel are at peace. But beneath the surface, a diplomatic dispute has been brewing for weeks. Israel pushed ahead with its assault on Rafah – the area of southern Gaza bordering Egypt – despite Cairo’s many objections.
