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Yemeni Officials Hail Saudi Arabia’s New Financial Support

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber and the Yemeni Finance Minister. SPA
Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber and the Yemeni Finance Minister. SPA
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Yemeni Officials Hail Saudi Arabia’s New Financial Support

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber and the Yemeni Finance Minister. SPA
Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber and the Yemeni Finance Minister. SPA

Yemeni officials have commended the new economic support of $1.2 billion announced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the country.

The economic aid aims to cover salaries and operational expenses as well as to ensure food security in Yemen.

Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi has said that the new Saudi support reaffirms the Kingdom's honorable stance, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

He added that the economic aid reflects the Saudi leadership's commitment to supporting the Yemeni people, upholding their constitutional legitimacy, alleviating their humanitarian suffering, and safeguarding their legitimate rights in rebuilding state institutions, achieving peace, stability, and development in Yemen.

Al-Alimi emphasized that such a brotherly and humanitarian approach of the Kingdom consistently serves as a "safety valve not only for Yemen but also for the countries and peoples of the entire region, and for international peace and security.”

He also commended the efforts exerted by government institutions and the economic teams from the two countries, as well as the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY).

The chairman highlighted the new economic aid's contributions to achieving comprehensive reforms in various Yemeni sectors.

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber announced the $1.2 billion in financial aid on Tuesday to shore up the Yemeni currency, bolster the economy, and help the country pay its public employees, as well as for food and fuel imports.

Prime Minister Maeen Abdul Malik Saeed said his government will now be able to resolve the budget deficit, public employee payments, devaluation of the riyal, and food insecurity.

He thanked the Saudi leadership “for its unwavering support of Yemen’s government and people, as well as for its economic assistance to alleviate the suffering of our people and strengthen our national economy.”

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Gaza Rescuers Say at Least 64 Killed in Israeli Strikes

A military convoy maneuvers inside Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 15, 2025. (Reuters)
A military convoy maneuvers inside Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 15, 2025. (Reuters)
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Gaza Rescuers Say at Least 64 Killed in Israeli Strikes

A military convoy maneuvers inside Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 15, 2025. (Reuters)
A military convoy maneuvers inside Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 15, 2025. (Reuters)

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday killed at least 64 people, hospitals said, as US President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit that skipped Israel. 

At least 48 bodies were brought to the Indonesian hospital and another 16 bodies were taken to Nasser Hospital, health officials said, as strikes overnight into Friday morning hit the outskirts of Deir al-Balah and the city of Khan Younis. 

The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes, which lasted hours into Friday morning and sent people fleeing from the Jabaliya refugee camp and the town of Beit Lahiya. They followed days of similar attacks that killed more than 130 people, according to Gaza’s health ministry. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed earlier in the week to push ahead with a promised escalation of force in Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip to pursue his aim of destroying the Hamas group, which governs Gaza. 

In comments released by Netanyahu’s office Tuesday, the prime minister said Israeli forces were days away from entering Gaza “with great strength to complete the mission ... It means destroying Hamas.” 

It was unclear if Friday’s bombardment was the start of the operation. 

An Israeli official said Cabinet members were meeting Friday to assess the negotiations in Qatar, where ceasefire negotiations are taking place, and to decide on next steps. The official was not authorized to brief media on the meeting and spoke on condition of anonymity. 

On Friday, families of the hostages said they awoke up with “heavy hearts” to reports of increased attacks and called on Netanyahu to “join hands” with Trump’s efforts to release the hostages. 

“Missing this historic opportunity for a deal to bring the hostages home would be a resounding failure that will be remembered in infamy forever," the families said in a statement released by the hostage forum, which supports them. 

The war began when Hamas-led gunmen killed 1,200 people in an Oct. 7, 2023, intrusion into southern Israel. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, many of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were combatants. Almost 3,000 have been killed since Israel broke a ceasefire on March 18, the ministry said. 

Hamas still holds 58 of the roughly 250 hostages it took during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with 23 believed to still be alive, although Israeli authorities have expressed concern for the status of three of those. 

The attacks come as Israel enters its third month of blockading Gaza, preventing food, fuel medicine and all other supplies from entering, worsening a humanitarian crisis. Israel says the blockade aims to pressure Hamas to release the hostages it still holds and that it won’t allow aid back in until a system is in place that gives it control over distribution. 

Earlier this week, a new humanitarian organization that has US backing to take over aid delivery said it expects to begin operations before the end of the month — after what it describes as key agreements from Israeli officials. 

A statement from the group, called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, identified several US military veterans, former humanitarian coordinators and security contractors that it said would lead the delivery effort. 

Many in the humanitarian community, including the UN, said the system does not align with humanitarian principles and won't be able to meet the needs of Palestinians in Gaza and won't participate it.