Yemen’s Houthis say they fired ‘Palestine’ ballistic missile at Israel
The group says it used a new missile, dubbed “Palestine”, for the first time in the attack against the southern Israeli city of Eilat, known in Arabic as Umm al-Rashrash.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces will persist their military operations in support and in solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people until the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted,” the Houthis said in a statement.
Early on Monday, the Israeli military said it downed a missile over Eilat. No injuries were reported. The Houthis have launched dozens of missiles and drones against Israel in support of Palestinians in Gaza in the past months, but most have been intercepted.
The Yemeni group has also launched attacks at Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea in what it says is a response to Israeli “aggression” against Gaza.
Iran media say military adviser killed in Israeli strike on Syria
Iranian media report that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) adviser was killed in an Israeli air strike on Syria’s northern city of Aleppo.
“During last night’s attack by the Zionist regime on Aleppo, Saeed Abyar, one of the IRGC advisers in Syria, was martyred,” said Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor earlier said: “The death toll of the Israeli strike on a factory in Hayyan, in western Aleppo province, has risen to 16 pro-Iran group members, including Syrian and foreign fighters.”
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on its northern neighbour since the outbreak of Syria’s civil war in 2011, mainly targeting army positions and Iran-backed fighters including from Lebanon’s Hezbollah group.
In April, an Israeli air strike flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing seven IRGC members including two generals. In response, Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel – raising fears of a wider Middle East war.
Iran’s acting top diplomat dismisses US-proposed Gaza truce deal
Ali Bagheri Kani rejected a ceasefire deal proposed by US President Joe Biden and warned Israel against launching an all-out war against Lebanon.
Speaking from Beirut, on his first official visit since his predecessor died last month, Iran’s acting foreign minister said Israel will find itself in a quagmire should it launch an all-out war against Hezbollah in Lebanon – a country he described as the “cradle of resistance”.
“If the Americans are honest, then instead of proposing plans under the name of a ceasefire, they must take one step, which is end all aid to the Israeli entity,” Bagheri Kani said in a news conference at the Iranian embassy.
“Only once the aid is cut from the Israeli entity, the entity won’t have the tools and ability to commit crimes against the Palestinians and the war will end.”
