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USA shoots down Houthi drones ready to take off
From dpa, Reuters, afp, t-online, lim, csi, te, lex, lec, cc, jcz, das
Updated on February 1, 2024 – 5:30 a.m. Reading time: 31 min.
American soldiers and F A-18 Hornet taking off (archive image): US fighter jets shot down Houthi rebel drones in Yemen. (Source: imago)
The US has repelled Houthi attacks. Hamas says almost 27,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip. All information in the news blog.
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Hamas terrorists crossed the border into Israel on October 7 and carried out massacres. Since then, Israel has been attacking targets in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. This news blog informs you about the current developments:
Report: US shoots down 10 Houthi drones
1.45am: According to a media report, the USA shot down ten drones in western Yemen that were apparently about to take off. “A senior defense official in Bahrain just told us that 10 minutes ago, F-18 Super Hornets bombed 10 unmanned drones in western Yemen that were preparing to take off,” wrote CBS Evening News Editor-in-Chief Norah O’Donnell , on the short message service X. The US military confirms the media report. In addition, a US Navy ship intercepted three Iranian drones and a Houthis anti-ship ballistic missile in the Gulf of Aden, the US military’s Central Command said. No injuries or damage were reported.
Hamas: Killed almost 27,000 people
3:37 p.m.: According to Palestinian figures, the number of people killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to more than 26,900 since the war began. The health authority, which is controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas, said 75 percent of them were women, minors or elderly people. Accordingly, 65,949 more people were injured. In the past 24 hours alone, around 150 people were killed and 300 others injured.
The numbers cannot be independently verified. However, the UN and other observers point out that the authority’s information has proven to be overall credible in the past.
Israel’s military: members of terrorist groups killed in Gaza Strip
10:21 a.m.: Israel’s army says it has continued its fighting in the Gaza Strip. The military said soldiers killed more than 15 Hamas members in the northern section of the coastal area on Tuesday. Israeli forces also arrested ten members of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad during a raid on a school. They used the school as a hiding place. Soldiers also reportedly destroyed five rockets.
There were also deaths in Israeli attacks in the center of the Gaza Strip. The army speaks of “more than ten armed terrorists.” Large quantities of Hamas weapons and military equipment were also found during raids in the area. Fighting also continued in the city of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to the army, an “armed terrorist cell” was attacked there. During another operation in the city, a Hamas military site was attacked. The information cannot be independently verified.
Houthis attack US warship again
9:09 a.m.: The militant Islamist Houthi militia in Yemen says it has attacked a US warship again. On Telegram, the group announced that it had attacked the US destroyer “USS Greely” in the Red Sea with “several suitable anti-ship missiles”. The Houthis did not give a specific date for the attack. They also declare that they want to carry out further attacks.
Late on Tuesday evening, the US military said it destroyed a Houthi anti-ship missile. The United States Central Command announced on the online portal X (formerly Twitter) that the projectile was fired from the militia-controlled area in Yemen towards the Red Sea. According to the information, there were no injuries or property damage.
UN organizations warn of “catastrophic” consequences of a lack of funding for UNRWA
6.45 a.m.: Several UN organizations are warning against stopping funding for the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, which has come under massive criticism. “The decisions by several Member States to suspend funding to UNRWA will have catastrophic consequences for the people of Gaza,” the heads of a number of UN agencies said in a joint statement. “Withdrawing UNRWA funding is dangerous and would lead to a collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza.”
