Israel attacks two ports in Yemen, and attacks in Gaza intensify as Trump ends his visit to the area

Deir Al-Balah: Israeli troops said Friday that it attacked two Yemen ports controlled by Hoti militants.

It claims that the ports of Hodida and Salif were used by Husseus to transfer weapons.

No immediate reports of casualties.

Israel launched dozens of air strikes in the north and northern southern Gaza on Friday, killing more than 93 people and injuring hundreds – Israeli officials have been described as a preface to a large military campaign on territory aimed at putting pressure on Hamas to release hostages.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, the subsequent days of similar attacks killed more than 130 people and followed the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump, not Israel.

It is widely expected that his journey to the region would increase the chances of a ceasefire agreement or restore humanitarian aid to Gaza, which Israel has been blocked for more than two months.

Speaking to Abu Dhabi reporters on the last day of his trip, Trump said he was seeking to resolve a series of global crises, including Gaza. “We’re looking at Gaza,” he said. “And we have to be taken care of. A lot of people are hungry. A lot of people are-a lot of bad things happening.”

In southern Gaza, Israel attacked the suburbs of the cities of Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis. It said it attacked anti-tank missiles and military structures.

In northern Gaza, the attacks fled Jabalia refugee camp and the town of Bet Rahia. Israel said it eliminated several militants operating in the observational compounds.

When people grabbed their belongings, grabbed the donkey cart by car and foot, they saw black smoke rising up in Jabaliya.

“We have trouble, murder and death, we took nothing,” said Feisal Al-Attar, who was displaced from Beit Lahiya.

Netanyahu vowed to strengthen Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow earlier this week to push for escalation of force in the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip to destroy the target of Hamas militant groups that rule Gaza.

In a comment from Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday, the Prime Minister said that Israeli forces “have a lot of strength to complete the mission…it means destroying Hamas.”

An Israeli official said Friday’s strike was in preparation for a larger operation and sent a message to Hamas that it would soon begin if no one who has yet to release 58 hostages from Gaza since the October 1023 attacks started the war. The official has no right to briefly introduce the media and speaks without anonymity

The same official said cabinet members met on Friday to assess negotiations for a ceasefire in Qatar and decide on the next step.

Israeli government spokesman David Mencer told the Associated Press on Friday that Israeli troops are stepping up their operations, as Hamas has done since stopping the release of hostages. “Our goal is to get them home and get Hamas to give up power,” he said.

The hostage family’s “historical opportunity” in Israel said they woke up on Friday with “heavy hearts” reporting reports of increased attacks and called on Netanyahu to “join” in Trump’s efforts to release the hostages.

He said his recovery is far from over, according to a statement released by his parents, and his release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander on Monday released on Monday.

“It would be a huge failure to miss the historical opportunity to bring hostages home in the deal to bring hostages home,” the families said in a statement released by the Hostage Forum.

The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 people in the attack on southern Israel. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel’s retaliatory offensive killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, many of whom were women and children, not to say how many were combatants.

The ministry said nearly 3,000 people have been killed since Israel broke into the ceasefire on March 18.

Israel believes that as many as 23 people are still alive in Gaza, although Israeli authorities are concerned about three of them.

Dozens of Palestinians who were locking up into Khan Younis lined up in a charity kitchen to get food on Friday in a scene that quickly became chaotic as the enclave entered the third month of Israel’s aid lockdown.

Several children behind the metal partition screamed and cried. At one point, the scene was in chaos as charity kitchen workers worked hard to push people into the queue.

Some workers were attacked as the crowd slammed forward violently, rushed towards the partition, and grabbed everything towards the pot of rice. A child uses his hands to dig out the last piece of rice from the almost empty pot while the other hand holds the food container.

Israel’s blockade is to prevent food, fuel medicine and all other supplies from entering, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. Israel said the lockdown was intended to put pressure on Hamas to release the hostages it still owned.

“Our only hope is that Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East will lead to solutions and a crossroads that open somehow to bring in humanitarian aid as soon as possible, but the visit is almost over, with no drop of water or bread entering Gaza in Gaza,” said Saqer Jamal, a displaced man in Rafah, who was in the kitchen.

Earlier this week, a new humanitarian organization asked us to support taking over aid delivery, expressing hope to start operations by the end of this month – after describing it as a key agreement for Israeli officials.

A statement from the organization called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation identified several U.S. veterans, former humanitarian coordinators and security contractors that will lead the delivery efforts.

Many in the humanitarian community, including the United Nations, said the system was inconsistent with humanitarian principles and would not meet the needs of Palestinians in Gaza and would not participate.