The Houthi group announced an increase in fuel prices in areas under their control in northern Yemen. In a release, the Sanaa-based oil company stated that "after calculating the costs of fuel ships recently arriving at the ports of Al-Hudaydah through fuel product importers, the fuel cost will change from Saturday morning." The statement added that the price for 20 liters of gasoline or diesel is 9,500 Yemeni rials, mentioning that the cost is subject to fluctuations in actual expenses. With this new price, 500 Yemeni rials have been added to every 20 liters of fuel. Global oil market prices have gone up since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israeli settlements on October 7.
Saudi Arabia will invest billions of dollars in the southern region of Aseer, the head of a commission owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund said on Friday. Aseer and its airport in the city of Abha were a major target for ballistic missiles and armed drones fired by Yemen's Houthi movement. "It is correct that Abha is close to Yemen ... but we are forging ahead, and the sentiment is very optimistic and very positive," Hashim Al Dabbagh, CEO of the Aseer Development Authority, said. Since April this year, Saudi Arabia and Houthis have engaged in direct peace talks to end the conflict in Yemen and stop attacks on Saudi border areas.
Under the leadership of Yemen, the Arab group within the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) succeeded in passing a draft resolution presented to the organization regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip. Yemen's delegate to UNESCO, Mohamed Jumaih, stated, "After days of diplomatic battle within the corridors of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Arab group under the leadership of Yemen succeeded in passing a draft resolution presented to the organization regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip, which is facing systematic eradication operations."The resolution called for an immediate halt to all attacks on Palestinians.
On Saturday, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Israel bears responsibility for the "crimes committed against Palestinian people," calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in his opening remarks at the Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh. The Saudi crown prince emphasized the Kingdom's 'unequivocal' rejection of the Israeli aggression in Gaza and the forced displacement of civilians. He condemned the international community's silence towards the violations against Palestinians, indicating what is happening in Gaza demonstrates the double standards of the UNSC.
Operations in Al-Shifa hospital complex, the largest in the Palestinian enclave, were suspended on Saturday after it ran out of fuel. "As a result, one newborn baby died inside the incubator, where there are 45 babies," Ashraf Al-Qidra, the spokesman for the Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza, told Reuters. " Twenty of Gaza's 36 hospitals are "no longer functioning," according to UN agencies in Gaza.
