Israel renews strike on Shujaiya after killing dozens on same day

The health ministry in Sanaa says at least three civilians were killed after US warplanes attacked the Sabeen district of the Yemeni capital.

Several more strikes have also been reported by Houthi-run media in other areas of Sanaa, including the Bani Hushaysh district in the east.

US fighter jets also bombed Kamaran island, located in the port city of Hodeidah in western Yemen.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has congratulated newly appointed US ambassador Mike Huckabee, hailing him as a "dear friend" and celebrating the move as a "great day for the Israeli-American alliance".

Huckabee, a devout evangelical Christian and former governor of Arkansas, is a vocal supporter of Israel and its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

In a 2017 CNN interview, he dismissed the term "West Bank", claiming: "There is no such thing. It’s Judea and Samaria."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Jerusalem, according to a statement from his office.

The meeting follows Netanyahu's recent trip to the United States, where he held discussions with President Donald Trump and other top American officials.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has confirmed that the country is holding direct technical talks with Israel aimed at avoiding military conflict in Syria.

Fidan said the discussions are taking place “as needed,” and stressed that Turkey is not seeking escalation with Israel over Syria.

The announcement comes after a new wave of Israeli airstrikes across Syria, including a strike on the T4 airbase near Palmyra, where Turkey reportedly plans to deploy defence systems and aircraft.

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused the Netanyahu government of deliberately undermining the country, after no coalition members condemned the disruption at the High Court the previous day.

In a post on X, Lapid criticised the government's silence over what he described as threats, sabotage attempts, and blatant disrespect during the court session, where justices ruled that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot currently dismiss the head of the Shin Bet internal security agency.

"There wasn’t a single condemnation, not a single word," Lapid wrote. "Why? Because they planned it. Because they are anarchists. Because this government wants to dismantle the country."

The Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing in Gaza, has released footage showing its rocket attacks on Israel carried out three days ago -the group's most extensive assault in months.

While most of the rockets were intercepted, one Israeli was reportedly injured by shrapnel.

Separately, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad published a short video showing its fighters detonating a roadside explosive targeting an advancing Israeli tank east of Gaza.

القسـ.ـام تعلن قصف "أسدود" برشقة صاروخية ردا على المجازر الإسرائيلية بحق المدنيين#فيديو #الجزيرة pic.twitter.com/DvO1mYqUMf

— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) April 9, 2025

Yemen's Houthi media said on Wednesday the number of people killed in an airstrike on Hodeidah the day before that they blamed on the United States has risen to 10 people.

"The death toll rose to 10 as a result of the American enemy's massacre in a residential neighbourhood" of Hodeida, the Houthis' Al-Masirah TV station said.

Health ministry spokesman Anis al-Asbahi had earlier said four children and two women had been killed.

Huthi media said the strike had targeted a residential area in the Red Sea port city. On Tuesday night, an AFP journalist heard three loud blasts in succession.

An Israeli attack targeting civilians in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City has killed one Palestinian - Al Jazeera reports.

At least 60,000 children in Gaza are "at risk of serious health complications due to malnutrition" as Israel continues to block aid into the enclave - the Gaza Health Ministry revealed.

Food supplies are diminishing as Israel prevents life-saving aid from entering the Gaza Strip.

One civilian was killed after an Israeli strike targeted an area in Khan Younis.

At the same time, two civilians were wounded by Israeli shelling east of the area.

Five civilians were killed after Israeli forces launched another strike on Shujaiya  - just hours after  30 civilians were killed from an airstrike on Wednesday.

Israeli forces demolished several Palestinian homes with bulldozers in Jenin refugee camp, Wafa reports.

The Jenin Municipality estimates Israeli forces demolished about 600 homes in the camp since the start of its offensive in the territory, now entering its 79th day.

The Israeli army has carried out at least 45 targets across Gaza in the last 24 hours, its military spokesperson said on Wednesday.

"Israel’s army continued its ground operation in the Gaza Strip as warplanes struck more than 45 targets across the Strip in the last 24 hours," army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X.

Israeli troops destroyed tunnel openings and infrastructure in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood and along the Morag Axis in Rafah in southern Gaza, he said.

He also claimed Israel forces eliminated "gunmen" and destroyed a stockpile of combat equipment in the Shujaiya neighbourhood in besieged Gaza City.

However, Israel had targeted homes and shelters housing displaced Palestinians on Wednesday, where dozens have been killed.

Israeli forces on Wednesday blew up a house in the Nur Shams camp, east of Tulkarem, amid an ongoing raid in the city ongoing since earlier this year.

Local sources reported that the Israeli army blew up a house in the Manshiyya neighborhood of the camp, the Palestinian Wafa agency said.

Israel's aid blockade on the Gaza Strip, now entering its second month, is having a "devastating" impact on Gaza's children, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA said.

"In northern #Gaza, children are not looking for their toys or pencils, but for water. They are not going to school, but pushing carts to help fetch something to soothe their thirst," UNRWA said on X.

Adding that "the impact on children is devastating", while calling for a ceasefire.

In northern #Gaza, children are not looking for their toys or pencils, but for water.
They are not going to school, but pushing carts to help fetch something to soothe their thirst.

It is over five weeks since the Israeli-imposed siege suspended the entry of aid and commercial… pic.twitter.com/3sIeqSLEJC

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) April 9, 2025

The Israeli military claims it targeted a "senior Hamas" militant on Wednesday in a strike that Gaza's civil defence agency said hit a residential building in Gaza City, killing at least 20 people.

When asked by AFP about the strike in the city's Shujaiya neighbourhood, the military said it "struck a senior Hamas terrorist who was responsible for planning and executing terrorist attacks" from the area. It did not give the target's name.

The Israeli army says they demolished the home of a Palestinian fighter, Mujahid Mansour, whom they claim was responsible for killing an Israeli general and wounding six others; Mansour was killed during the incident.

The Palestinian's home was located in Deir Ibzi’a, west of Ramallah, in the northern West Bank. 

At least 50,846 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October, as Israel renewed its assault after breaking the ceasefire deal in March.

The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 6 Palestinians were killed, and 41 others have been injured overnight. Three bodies were also recovered from under the rubble.

The figure does not include the 11,000 Palestinians missing or trapped under the rubble that the Gaza Health Ministry have presumed dead.

Two Palestinians, including a child, were shot by Israeli fire during a raid on the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.

One was shot in the pelvis and foot, while the child suffered from a shrapnel wound to their thigh.

Israeli forces also launched a series of detention campaigns and searching civilian homes, as well as forcing residents out of their homes and turning them into military and observation points.

Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Shujaiya area of Gaza City killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, as the military said they were looking into the attack.

The agency's spokesman, Mahmud Bassal, said the strike resulted in "20 martyrs and more than 40 injured", and the search for bodies in the rubble was ongoing.

Israeli bulldozers demolished a water tank in Al-Deir in the northern Jordan Valley on Wednesday. The tank, which served farmers in the area, was destroyed under the pretext of unlicensed construction - Wafa reports.

An Israeli airstrike targeting a residential home in Shujaiya has killed nine civilians, including three children. 

Dozens of Palestinians are missing and trapped under the rubble of the house.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that Gaza had become "a killing field" because Israel has continued to block aid, an accusation an Israeli official quickly denied, saying there was "no shortage" of aid.

"More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. No food. No fuel. No medicine. No commercial supplies. As aid has dried up, the floodgates of horror have re-opened," Guterres said in remarks to journalists.

Pointing to the Geneva Conventions governing the treatment of people in war, Guterres emphasized the obligation of the "occupying power" to ensure the provision of food and medical supplies to the population.

"None of that is happening today. No humanitarian supplies can enter Gaza," Guterres said.

As calls for Lebanon's Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes.

The senior Hezbollah official said the group was ready to discuss its arms in the context of a national defence strategy but this hinged on Israel pulling out its troops from five hilltops in south Lebanon.

"Hezbollah is ready to discuss the matter of its arms if Israel withdraws from the five points, and halts its aggression against Lebanese," the senior official told Reuters.

(Reuters)

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday said he was prepared to grant temporary shelter to Palestinians affected by the war on Gaza.

"We are ready to receive wounded victims," Prabowo said before leaving for a Middle East visit to the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar and Jordan.

"We are ready to send planes to transport them. We estimate the numbers may be 1,000 for the first wave."

Wounded Palestinians and "traumatised, orphaned children" would be prioritised, he said.