West Warns the Houthis: Any Return to Conflict Would Lead to Total Isolation

The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council met with the US ambassador in Riyadh last Thursday. SABA
The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council met with the US ambassador in Riyadh last Thursday. SABA
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West Warns the Houthis: Any Return to Conflict Would Lead to Total Isolation

The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council met with the US ambassador in Riyadh last Thursday. SABA
The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council met with the US ambassador in Riyadh last Thursday. SABA

The US, Britain and France have warned the Houthi militias in Yemen that “any return to conflict would lead to their total isolation by the international community.”

The ambassadors of the three countries called on the Houthis on Tuesday “to immediately cease any actions that will further damage the economy of Yemen and to engage with the UN.”

In a statement, the diplomats welcomed “the continued broad adherence by all parties to the truce-like conditions in Yemen over the past year.”

“These conditions have allowed for important progress on a number of key issues. The facilitation of goods through Hodeidah port has been an important step to increase Yemeni citizens’ access to much needed basic resources,” said the statement.

While underlining their commitment to a comprehensive political solution in Yemen, the ambassadors called on the Houthis “to prioritize the Yemeni people and engage constructively with all parties in efforts to achieve peace.”

The statement also welcomed “the announcement of new international flights from Sanaa airport, increasing freedom of movement for Yemeni citizens. This included the first direct flights from Sanaa to Saudi Arabia in seven years for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.”



94 Palestinians Killed in Gaza, Including 45 People Waiting for Aid

A Palestinian inspects the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an overnight Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
A Palestinian inspects the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an overnight Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
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94 Palestinians Killed in Gaza, Including 45 People Waiting for Aid

A Palestinian inspects the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an overnight Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
A Palestinian inspects the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an overnight Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 45 while attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday.

Israel’s military did not have immediate comment on the strikes, The Associated Press reported.

Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’s population, while 40 others were killed waiting for aid trucks in other locations across the Gaza Strip.

Dozens of people were killed in airstrikes that pounded the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Muwasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering, and a strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000, including 223 missing people who have been declared dead. The ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says that more than half of the dead are women and children.

The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war.

Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas’ response, which emphasized its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialize into an actual pause in fighting.

The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas members and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets towards Israel on Wednesday.

The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages.

The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. And the war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry.