to follow wherever you get your podcastsThe Houthis claim they downed an American MQ9 drone on Thursday evening over Yemen's southeastern province of Maareb.
Examination of data from previous Gaza conflicts - the Hamas-run health ministry's counts compared with the post-war United Nations analysis - shows that the initial data is largely accurate with, at most, a 10-12% discrepancy.Spain will not authorise ships carrying weapons for Israel to call at its ports, the country's foreign minister has said.The ship was the first to be denied access to a Spanish port, foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares said.
Israel is due to respond to charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice later in The Hague later today;Israel is set to abolish its free trade agreement with Turkey and impose a 100% tariff on other imports from the country in retaliation to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to halt exports to Israel. Our regular updates will continue tomorrow.
It is also asking it to order Israel to allow unimpeded access to Gaza for UN officials, organisations providing humanitarian aid, and journalists and investigators."The key point today is that Israel's declared aim of wiping Gaza from the map is about to be realised," South Africa's legal representative, Vaughan Lowe, told the panel of judges.
The bad-blood between prime minister and defence minister is no secret, but thrusting it into the open in this way was a dramatic move. That's what insurgencies do, but Netanyahu seemingly failed to foresee it. How often, in wars past, have we seen militant forces fade away in the face of a superior army, only to return later, alive to fight another day.
What is needed is an alternative to Hamas, another option for governing Gaza. That would put pressure on the group and create a political pathway for Arab states, and the West, to coalesce around. Israel has portrayed Rafah as the last stronghold of the militant group, brushing off warnings from the United States and other allies that any major operation there would be catastrophic for civilians.