The Ministry of Health in Sanaa said that 80 people were wounded in a preliminary toll of the strikes in Hodeidah, most of them with severe burns, the AP reported.
On Sunday morning, the IDF said it had shot down a missile fired from Yemen before it crossed into Israel’s air space. It added that air sirens had been activated in Israel’s Red Sea port of Eilat “following the possibility of falling shrapnel.”
Meanwhile, Netanyahu denounced a ruling by the top United Nations court on Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful. The nonbinding opinion called for the occupation to end, and for settlement construction to stop immediately, in an unprecedented condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago.
Netanyahu said the territories are part of the Jewish people’s historic homeland. But the breadth of the decision could impact international opinion and fuel moves for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, the AP reported.
The judges pointed to a wide list of policies, including the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, use of the area’s natural resources, the annexation and imposition of permanent control over lands and discriminatory policies against Palestinians, all of which it said violated international law.
The court said Israel had no right to sovereignty in the territories, was violating international laws against acquiring territory by force and was impeding Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
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