A British cargo ship is believed to have been hit by rocket fire while in the Red Sea, maritime security company Ambrey said on Sunday. "A British Bahamas-flagged bulk carrier was reportedly attacked by rocket fire while crossing the Red Sea, approximately 34.5 km west-northwest of Mocha, Yemen," Ambrey said. "The bulk carrier was reportedly hit by a rocket and the crew retreated to the citadel," it added. Earlier on Sunday, British maritime security agency United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) indicated that it had received a report concerning the activity of a drone, "including a potential explosion", "near Bab el Mandeb coming from the direction of Yemen". The Bab el-Mandeb links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. That area has seen a series of attacks in recent weeks attributed to Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis, who have also launched missiles and drones toward Israel over its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Today, Sunday, the MASAM demining project announced the removal of 758 landmines and unexploded ammunition during the past week. In a statement published by its media center, the project stated that its field teams cleared 758 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices last week. This includes 600 unexploded ammunition, 115 anti-tank mines, 22 anti-personnel mines, and 21 explosive devices. The statement added that the mine clearance teams affiliated with the project cleared 269,487 square meters of Yemeni land last week. The demining teams of Masam have removed 423,794 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices since it started in late 2018.
The Yemeni government has said that the Houthi group plans to carry out a dual military operation in the provinces of Ma'rib and Shabwah (Eastern Yemen). In a statement by the Minister of Information, Muammar al-Iryani, he warned against the dangerous move by the Iranian-backed Houthis, who intend to escalate military tensions. Al-Iryani explained that this dangerous escalation threatens to undermine peace efforts in Yemen, pushing the situation back toward the war zone and worsening the already dire humanitarian and living conditions. Field reports say that the Houthi group is planning a military operation in the provinces of Ma'rib and Shabwah from different directions. Al-Iryani called on the international community, the United Nations, and its special envoy to condemn these escalating actions.
Israeli air raids on Rafah, Khan Younis and Nuseirat refugee camp killed hundreds of Palestinians, reports from the Gaza Strip on Sunday said, while Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank. In Gaza, an account called the Gaza media office reported on Sunday that at least 700 people were killed by Israeli bombing overnight.The Hamas-led interior ministry also said that seven Palestinians were killed and several injured in an Israeli raid on a house east of Rafah city in southern Gaza earlier in the day.Palestinian News Agency WAFA quoted local sources as saying warplanes bombed two homes in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 13 people. Palestinian health officials reported that Israeli planes destroyed several houses in Al-Karara town near Khan Younis and killed several others.
