Israel says missile launched from Yemen intercepted
Israel’s air force has said it intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen. Sirens sounded in several towns in Israel’s southern Negev Desert area a short while ago. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the missile.
Israeli attacks on Yemen targeted news media, killed journalists: Report
The Saba news agency in Yemen has reported that a number of journalists were killed in an Israeli attack on the offices of the 26 September media outlet. Those killed included a Saba news agency journalist, Abdullah Mahdi al-Bahri, who was killed while he was working. The General Corporation for Radio and Television said that the Al-Yaman newspaper was also targeted by Israel.
Saba news agency said in a statement that the attack was part of Israel’s “blatant attempts to silence the free media that continues to expose its crimes and its rampant violence in Palestine, Yemen and other countries in the region”.
As we reported earlier, Israel’s attack on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and al-Jawf governorate, killed at least 35 people on Wednesday. Yemen’s Ministry of Health also said 131 people were wounded in the attack.
Israeli strikes on Yemen aimed to deflect after Qatar attack
Rob Geist Pinfold, a lecturer in international security at King’s College London, says he believes Israel’s latest air strikes on Yemen are an attempt to deflect attention from mounting international condemnation of its attack on Qatar.
The Houthi group said multiple journalists and civilian bystanders were among those killed by Israel’s attack in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday. Israel said it struck what it called Houthi “military camps” and a media department.
