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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul told Iran to pressure Yemen's Houthis to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea.
"We condemn this in the strongest possible terms and expect Iran to exert its influence on the Houthis to put an end to it," said Wadephul on Thursday, at a press conference in Vienna with his Israeli and Austrian counterparts.
"This shows that we need an understanding with Iran as a whole, not only regarding the development, the possible development of nuclear weapons, but also regarding Iran's regional behaviour."
At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to Palestinian news sources.
According to local sources speaking to Wafa, Israeli planes bombed a crowd gathering to receive nutritional supplements for children.
At least 10 children were among those killed.
Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, Amichai Chikli, is worried about the Jews in Britain.
In the aftermath of the hyperbolic media and political reaction to pro-Palestine chants at the Glastonbury music festival, Chikli posted on X that the Jewish community must "leave the country".
His reasons? The supposedly ubiquitous antisemitism across Britain, from the BBC to music fans, was threatening the "blood of Jews and Israelis living in Britain".
He added: "I am deeply disturbed by what is happening in Britain. In a place where antisemitism flourishes, society sinks into dark and dangerous depths...Without a conservative revolution, this country is lost."
Chikli has spent years building close alliances with some of Europe's far-right parties, many of whom maintain ties with actual neo-Nazis, because he sees them as useful allies in his dream of building a global ethno-nationalist movement led by the master of the model, Israel.
Read more: The Jewish diaspora must confront what Israel is doing in our name
An Israeli air strike on the Al-Karamah neighbourhood, northwest of Gaza City, has killed four Palestinians, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.
A hospital official at Al-Shifa confirmed the deaths and said several others were injured in the attack, as Israeli raids continue to target areas across the besieged enclave.
At least six Palestinians have been killed in separate Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to hospital sources speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Nasser Medical Complex said three people, including a woman, were killed near an aid distribution centre north of Rafah in southern Gaza.
In another attack, a source at the Baptist Hospital reported that a young man was killed and several others injured in an Israeli air strike on Jabalia al-Balad in the north of the territory.
Meanwhile, two more Palestinians were killed in a separate bombing near Al-Zahraa School, east of Gaza City, the same hospital confirmed.
Syrians fear the country could plunge back into the throes of war if its new rulers press ahead with a normalisation deal with Israel.
Last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told journalists that his government was seeking more normalisation agreements in the region, with Syria and Lebanon eyed as among the countries looking to formally establish diplomatic relations despite the ongoing war on Gaza.
"Israel is interested in expanding the Abraham Accords circle of peace and normalisation," Saar said of the US-brokered deals that Israel signed with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan in 2020, during US President Donald Trump's first term in office.
"We have an interest in adding countries such as Syria and Lebanon, our neighbours - to the circle of peace and normalisation while safeguarding Israel's essential and security interests," Saar added.
His comments came days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel's recent conflict with Iran had opened "the path to dramatically enlarge the peace accord".
Read more: Syrians fear Israel normalisation could plunge the country back into war
Nasser Medical Complex has confirmed that five Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces northwest of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The victims were shot earlier on Thursday, according to hospital staff, as Israeli military operations continue across multiple areas of the besieged Strip.
Israeli air strikes have killed at least 35 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn, according to hospital sources.
Medical officials say 17 of the dead were in Deir al-Balah, a city in central Gaza that has faced intense bombardment throughout Israel's war on Gaza.
The casualty count is expected to rise as emergency teams search through rubble and more injured arrive at overwhelmed hospitals.
Yemen’s Houthi movement has claimed responsibility for a ballistic missile aimed at Israel, confirming earlier reports by the Israeli military that it had intercepted the projectile.
In a pre-recorded televised message, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had fired a Zolfaghar missile towards Ben Gurion International Airport.
He claimed the launch “achieved its objective”, triggering air raid sirens in over 300 locations across Israel and forcing “millions of Zionists” into bomb shelters. He also said air traffic at the airport was temporarily disrupted.
Saree warned that Houthi operations would continue, both against Israeli targets and ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea, describing the strikes as retaliation for “the crime of genocide committed in Gaza”.
At least 31 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, according to hospital sources speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Nasser Medical Complex reported that Israeli forces opened fire southwest of Khan Younis, killing one person and injuring several others.
Elsewhere, Gaza’s hospitals confirmed that 14 of those killed were in Deir al-Balah, a city in the central part of the enclave that has faced repeated bombardment in recent days.
The toll is expected to rise as more casualties arrive at overcrowded medical facilities struggling to cope with the surge in wounded.
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has denounced efforts to secure a ceasefire and captive deal in Gaza, claiming they only embolden Hamas.
“The more these reckless negotiations continue, the more incentive Hamas has to abduct again,” he said.
He dismissed the push for a deal, insisting that “the lives of our soldiers and residents in the south are more important than any normalisation or economic agreements”.
Ben Gvir, a key figure in Israel’s ultra-nationalist bloc, went on to accuse the Israeli government of aiding Hamas by pursuing a deal. “Enough negotiating with a murderous terrorist organisation and enough seeking a deal that will revive and strengthen it,” he said.
His remarks came a day after Hamas’s armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said its fighters killed an Israeli soldier in the southern city of Khan Y0unis.
Across the UK and around the world, the tide has turned. From musicians chanting at Glastonbury, to students occupying campuses, to doctors’ unions passing motions of solidarity, public opinion has shifted. People are demanding an end to active participation in genocide and ethnic cleansing.
The votes two weeks ago at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting - the largest gathering of doctors in the UK - are a powerful symbol of that shift.
I am a senior National Health Service (NHS) anaesthetist. I work in operating theatres, where the stakes are high and the duty clear: do no harm, save lives where you can, ease pain where you cannot.
Like most health workers, I hold dear the belief that every human life holds equal worth, and that providing dignified care should never be conditional - not on race, nationality or politics.
But in Palestine, the very foundations of our profession are being destroyed with impunity.
Read more: Why the British Medical Association is speaking out on Gaza
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 24 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn on Thursday, with medical officials confirming most victims were women and children.
The attacks targeted residential areas in central and southern Gaza as fragile negotiations for a potential truce continued without progress.
At least 13 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed in an Israeli air raid on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Dozens more suffered injuries in the attack, which struck civilians waiting in line to collect nutritional supplements for malnourished children.
Staff at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital confirmed the casualties, with witnesses describing scenes of chaos as rescuers pulled bodies from the rubble.
Top Democrats in the US House of Representatives condemned Republican Randy Fine on Wednesday for "racist" and "Islamophobic" remarks targeting Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
Fine’s inflammatory comments came in response to Omar’s criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US, as Israel continues its military onslaught in Gaza. Netanyahu is also wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity over his actions in Gaza.
"I'm sure it is difficult to see us welcome the killer of so many of your fellow Muslim terrorists," Fine wrote on X, directly addressing Omar, one of the few Muslim women in Congress.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark, and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar swiftly denounced Fine’s remarks. "The unhinged, racist and Islamophobic comments made by Randy Fine about Rep. Ilhan Omar are bigoted and disgusting," they said in a joint statement.
Omar thanked her Democratic colleagues for their support on X, while Fine doubled down, dismissing the backlash and accusing critics of sympathising with extremism.
