Israeli strikes hit Yemen’s capital as EU chief seeks sanctions against Israel over Gaza

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip (AP)-Israel made another series of heavy air strikes on Wednesday against the Yemen Houthi rebels, hitting military facilities and a service station in Sanaa, the capital, according to Yemen officials.

The president of the European Commission, on the other hand, said that she would request sanctions and a partial commercial suspension against Israel during the war in the Gaza Strip. The movement already adds to Israel Unprecedented global isolation as Fighting with the fallout From his strike targeting Hamas leaders on Tuesday in Qatar Allied in the United States.

Al-Masirah, a chain of new satellites controlled by Houthi, said one of the strikes struck a building of the military seat in the center of Sanaa, killing and injuring several people. He gave no figures. Neighboring houses have also been damaged, he reported. Residents said they had heard violent explosions in several areas of the city, with fire and smoke in the sky.

Israel previously launched air strike waves in response to Houthi missiles and drones in Israel. The Houthis supported by Iran say that they support Hamas and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and Sunday, sent a drone that violated the multilacked air defenses of Israel and hit the southern airport of the country.

Israel reiterated its calls to some 1 million people To evacuate Gaza Citywhere it was bombardment And accelerate a new offensive aimed at taking over the largest Palestinian city, already devastated from previous raids and famine.

The Palestinians were ordered to go south in an designated security zone where hundreds of thousands already live in sordid tents and where Israel regularly strikes what he says to be militant targets. Many refused to leave Gaza City, saying that they no longer had strength or money to move.

“There is no safe area in the Gaza Strip,” said Fawzi Muftah while people were walking next to a line of mattresses, carpets and other personal effects. “Danger is everywhere.”

The Gaza Ministry of Health said that bodies of 41 other people killed by Israeli fire, including 12 who were looking for humanitarian aid, have been brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours. 184 other people were injured, he said.

The EU of 27 countries is deeply divided into its approach to Israel and the Palestinians, and it is not clear if a majority will be noted to approve the sanctions and the commercial measures requested by the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

Israeli air strikes in Yemen

The strikes of Israel in Yemen have followed previous attacks which killed the Prime Minister Houthi and other senior officials In a major climbing of the almost 2 -year conflict between Israel and the militant group supported by Iran.

Wednesday, strikes struck a station that provides fuel to the capital’s hospitals, said Essam Al-Mutawakel spokesperson for the Yemen oil company managed by the rebels, with the Al-Masirah news channel.

The Houthi media office said that Israel has also struck a government installation in the strategic city of Hazm, the capital of the northern JAWF province. Military spokesperson Houthi Brig. General Yahya Saree said the rebels have pulled air surface missiles from Israeli fighter planes.

On Wednesday, the president supported by the Houthi promised on Wednesday to continue the attacks, warning the Israelis to “remain alarmed because the answer arrives without fault”.

“Artificial famine”

The Gaza Ministry of Health claims that 126 Palestinians, including 26 children, died of malnutrition causes since international experts Announced famine in Gaza City August 22. A total of 404 people, including 141 children, died of causes linked to malnutrition since the start of the war.

“Artificial famine can never be a weapon of war. For the good of children, for the good of humanity. This must stop,” said Von Der Leyen on Wednesday, to applaud the European Parliament at his meeting in Strasbourg, France.

Israel denies that there is famine in Gaza and says that it allows sufficient humanitarian aid. The Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Saar in a social media position said that Von Der Leyen had succumbed to the pressures undergoing Israeli-Europe relations. He said his actions will embrace Hamas.

Von Der Leyen also said that she was planning to freeze Israel supported by the executive power of the European Union, which would not require the approval of the 27 member countries.

It was not immediately clear how much financial support that the executive power, known as the European Commission, provides Israel and what it is used.

“We are going to suspend our bilateral support in Israel. We will stop all payments in these areas, without affecting our work with Israeli civil society or Yad Vashem,” said the Holocaust Memorial, Von Der Leyen told EU legislators.

Strike on qatar spark

The strike on the territory of an American ally aroused a large conviction of the countries of the Middle East and beyond. He also marked a Spectacular climbing in the region And risked upset talks aimed at putting an end to war and freeing hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza.

Hamas claims its senior directionWho weighed a new proposal for the American ceasefire, survived the strike, which killed two members of the lower row and three bodyguards. In the past, Hamas has sometimes confirmed that the assassination of its leaders months later.

The war in Gaza began when activists led by Hamas broke into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, removing 251 people and killing some 1,200, mainly civilians. Forty-eight hostages are still held inside Gaza, about 20 of them that would be alive.

Israel’s reprisal offensive killed more than 64,600 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. The ministry does not say how much civilians or combatants were, but says that women and children represent about half of the dead.

Israel says he is trying to avoid harming civilians and blamed Hamas for their death because activists operate in densely populated areas.

Large parts of the major cities of Gaza have been completely destroyed and around 90% of the 2 million Palestinians in the territory were moved, often several times.

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Magdy reported Cairo and Cook from Brussels.

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