KEY POINTS
- UN Security Council delays vote on Gaza
- Washington announces 10-country coalition for Red Sea shipping security
- Hamas releases video of three elderly hostages
The Israel-Hamas war has entered its 74th day, and the Houthi rebel group warned it will turn the Red Sea into the "graveyard" of the new 10-nation maritime task force led by the United States if any attack is made against Yemen.
The Houthis, Yemen's rebel army, claimed responsibility for attacks on two ships sailing in the Red Sea Monday. A spokesman for the group said the targeted vessels were "linked" to Israel.
Fears of an all-out war erupting at Israel's northern border with Lebanon have reached a new high as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that Israel wants Iran-backed Hezbollah to be removed from their posts near the border.
- Israeli tanks attack Syrian army post after missile launch toward Israel
- The Red Sea shipping protection force includes Bahrain and Seychelles
- All ships, 'except' those headed toward Israel, are safe in the Red Sea: Houthi spokesman
- 3 Israeli army captains fall in Gaza
- The Israel-Lebanon border situation is 'tense': UNIFIL Lebanon chief
- BP joins Maersk and others in halting Red Sea shipments
- Netanyahu slams 'Iranian axis of terror' threat in Bab el-Mandeb Strait shipping
- 6 shipping companies re-route vessels sailing through Red Sea
- Israeli army signals re-focus on Sinwar's known hometown of Khan Yunis
- UKMTO warns of incident northeast of Djibouti
- 40% of Iranian gas stations still unable to process fuel cards: ISNA
- Red Sea ships find ways to avoid being detected: Shiptracking data
- Prominent Hamas financier assassinated in Rafah: IDF
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) demolished the "Palestine Square" in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday and destroyed a Hamas monument. The said monument was erected to commemorate the 2014 attack on an Israeli tank that killed multiple soldiers.
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant signaled that the Israeli army will "soon" transition "gradually" to another phase of the war that will focus on allowing Gazans originally living in the north to return to their homes.
There are still 129 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus revealed Monday night. The families of remaining hostages have staged protests in recent days to call for the immediate release of their captive loved ones due to dwindling conditions, as described by freed hostages.
Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals stems from the violent history of the Israel-Palestine conflict that was resolved a few years ago by the Oslo Accords when the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) acknowledged Israel's right to exist.
International naval task force unnecessary: Senior Houthi member
Mohammed Abdel Salam, a senior member of Yemen's Houthi rebel army said Tuesday that there was no need to establish a Red Sea naval coalition since the waters near Yemen are "safe for everyone," Israel's national broadcaster reported.
Salam, echoing earlier statements by a Houthi spokesman, said only Israeli ships and vessels sailing toward Israel will not be spared by Houthi attacks.
