Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent on the ground in Yemen reported that explosions were heard in Houthi-controlled Sanaa, while a Houthi official told Al Jazeera that the bombing had hit the capital’s al-Dailami Air Base, as well as locations in the governorates of Taiz, Al Bayda and Hajjah.

Here’s the joint statement from the US-led coalition on tonight’s strikes:

“Today, the militaries of the United States and United Kingdom, at the direction of their respective governments with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conducted an additional round of proportionate and necessary strikes against 8 Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the Houthis’ continued attacks against international and commercial shipping as well as naval vessels transiting the Red Sea. These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners, and are in response to a series of illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Houthi actions since our coalition strikes on January 11, including anti-ship ballistic missile and unmanned aerial system attacks that struck two U.S.-owned merchant vessels.

Today’s strike specifically targeted a Houthi underground storage site and locations associated with the Houthis’ missile and air surveillance capabilities.

The Houthis’ now more than thirty attacks on international and commercial vessels since mid-November constitute an international challenge. Recognizing the broad consensus of the international community, we again acted as part of a coalition of like-minded countries committed to upholding the rules-based order, protecting freedom of navigation and international commerce, and holding the Houthis accountable for their illegal and unjustifiable attacks on mariners and commercial shipping.

Our aim remains to de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea, but let us reiterate our warning to Houthi leadership: we will not hesitate to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world’s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats.”

Utter horseshit. Danger to shipping containers gets acted on, killing over 25 thousand people so far and starving 2 million, ehh easier to bomb Yemen.

‘No let-up in the atrocities inflicted on Gaza’: UN humanitarian chief

Israel ‘intentionally imposing dehydration and starvation’ on Gaza, UN expert

Israeli forces have demolished a Palestinian-owned house near Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

The house in the village of Lasifar, southeast of Yatta, belonged to a Palestinian named Mahmoud Khalil Abu Qubaita, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, which added that about 10 people lived in the house and the owner had legal documents proving his ownership.

This comes as attacks by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank have surged during the war on Gaza.

More than two dozen Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank

The Israeli military has been caught displaying artefacts stolen from Gaza in its parliament, the Knesset. The stolen artefacts were discovered when Eli Askozido, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, posted a photo of the antiques on his personal Instagram account with the caption: “A small showcase was placed in the Knesset.”

He also posted a video saying the Israeli military had contacted the authority to examine a warehouse full of antiques in Gaza. “Good week, the deputy director of the Antiquities Authority was rushed to Gaza to check a warehouse full of antiques,” he wrote.

Askozido has since pulled down the post and issued a statement claiming the items were examined and “left undisturbed at the site”. Earlier this week, the Council on American-Islamic Relations urged the UN to investigate reports of looted archaeological artefacts in Gaza, saying in a statement that the “ongoing genocide” is “targeting all aspects of Palestinian culture and heritage”.

Columbia University Provost Dennis Mitchell has described as “deeply troubling” an incident where students at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York were sprayed with a “foul-smelling substance”.

The alleged perpetrators have been banned from campus while the New York Police Department investigates “what appear to have been serious crimes, possibly hate crimes”, Mitchell said in a letter to students, published by the Columbia Spectator student newspaper. “We are outraged and horrified that eight Columbia students have been hospitalised” after being sprayed with an “illegal chemical-based weapon”, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine and Columbia Jewish Voice for Peace said in a joint statement.

The two student groups alleged the assailants who carried out the attack on the university’s campus in New York on Friday have links to the Israeli military. According to the Columbia Spectator report, several students identified the substance as “skunk water“, which has been used against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli officials have suggested that the 24 Israeli soldiers killed yesterday were demolishing buildings to secure a “buffer zone” in central Gaza that would push Palestinian residents away from Israeli communities.

“They fell in battle near the border fence, during a defence operation in the buffer zone between the Israeli communities and Gaza. This is a task whose entire purpose is to create the security conditions for the safe return of [Israeli] residents to their homes,” said Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi.

There is ample footage online of Israeli soldiers blowing up buildings in Gaza in apparent controlled demolitions. If Israel is trying to raze Palestinian neighbourhoods in vacant areas of Gaza in the name of safety, the effort would defy US policy and may be in violation of international law.

Washington says it opposes the permanent displacement of Palestinians as well as any “reduction in the territory of Gaza”. Moreover, the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits “any destruction” of property by the occupying power except when it’s deemed “absolutely necessary by military operations”.

‘We need to say no’ to Netanyahu: US congressman

In New Hampshire primary in US, many will vote for ‘ceasefire’

Netanyahu says Israel ‘will not stop fighting’ in Gaza after death of soldiers

"We were expecting to die at any minute:" Gazans describe fleeing Khan Younis as Israel expands operations

Thousands of people are leaving Khan Younis, as the Israel Defense Forces said it has surrounded the city amid further operations west of the area.

A CNN video recorded Monday shows displaced people sitting on the side of streets and in the vicinity of the seashore as they head west and south. The IDF had instructed civilians to leave several districts in and around the city and head toward the coast, which it described to CNN as "safer." The video shows cars, trucks, and tractors transporting families and their essential belongings, such as blankets, mattresses and food. Many, however, are walking.

Hisham Sayegh said he saw four people killed, which forced him to leave with his family as shelling in the area intensifies. "There are dead people on the ground. We left them behind. There are people killed inside the houses,” Sayegh said. “We were expecting to die at any minute.”

Amer Hijjo, from northern Gaza, said he was on the move for a third time. “Now, we are displaced again to the unknown. The bombardment was all night. We woke up with a tank at the entrance of the house this (Monday) morning, so we left.”

Um Mohammad, a woman from Khan Younis, said she and her family are on the street until they figure out where to go — and they can not afford transport south to Rafah. "Vegetables, flour, and water are all expensive. There are no toilets. No one cares about us as if we are not human beings. We have been in the streets for more than 100 days. Every place we go to, they tell us to leave, and here we are again and again in the streets,” she said.

Um Adel, a woman from Gaza City, told CNN that her family had been in Khan Younis, and her granddaughter died because “there was no oxygen or medication for her.”

What is the ICJ waiting for....

The ICJ ordered Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine on March 16th, less than 3 weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/un-international-court-of-justice-orders-russia-to-halt-invasion-of-ukraine
Although the request for provisions was already made 5 days after the invasion (feb 27) https://www.icj-cij.org/case/182

South Africa's initial request was on December 29th https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192 3.5 weeks ago.
The hearings were on the 11th and 12th of Januari.

It didn't take the court long to grant provisional measures for Ukraine, now they're dragging their feet. Are they overwhelmed by the daily flood of additional evidence...

UN relief head shares ‘grim update’ on Khan Younis

MSF: Israeli forces order evacuation of Nasser Hospital area

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza is open 24/7 but Israeli procedures hamper the entrance of aid.

“This is part of how they exert pressure on the issue of releasing the hostages,” el-Sisi said.

Earlier, Israeli protesters – including family members of captives held in Gaza – blocked the entrance of the Israel-controlled Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing in an attempt to prevent aid trucks from entering Gaza. They don’t want any humanitarian relief going into the war-ravaged territory until captives are released.

‘Israel’s Victory’ conference to discuss settlement-building in Gaza

As the world celebrates International Day of Education, the Israeli occupation has deprived more than 625,000 students in the Gaza Strip of education.

At least 4,551 students have been killed in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, with 8,193 others wounded, according to the Palestinian Education Ministry.

The Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission has recorded 120 cases of attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinians and their properties, including the recent killing of Palestinian-American teenager Tawfiq Ajaq in the village of al-Mazra’a Asharqiya, near Ramallah.

The chairman of the commission, Moayyad Shaaban, said the collusion of the Israeli army and the settlers has resulted in more than 35 attacks by settlers within the army, in addition to more than 23 attacks that were carried out under the auspices and protection of the army.

“The increase in the rate of settlers’ attacks in the last week comes in light of the reassurances they receive from the political echelon of the Israeli occupation government, which provides them with protection and immunity from any imminent trials or penalties that may be imposed on them,” Shaaban said.

35 Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank