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US Sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea Attacks Take Effect

Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
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US Sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea Attacks Take Effect

Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)
Armed men stand in front of a fluttering Yemeni flag, at a street in Sanaa, Yemen, 15 February 2024. (EPA)

US "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" sanctions against the Iran-backed Houthi militias for their ties to attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea took effect on Friday, the US Department of Treasury said in a statement on its website.

The US government last month said it was returning the Yemen-based militias to the global list of terrorist groups in an effort to stem attacks on international shipping.

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Netanyahu Says Israel Could Seize Territory in Gaza if Hostages Not Freed

Palestinians walk amid the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive at Al-Shati camp, Gaza City, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP)
Palestinians walk amid the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive at Al-Shati camp, Gaza City, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP)
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Netanyahu Says Israel Could Seize Territory in Gaza if Hostages Not Freed

Palestinians walk amid the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive at Al-Shati camp, Gaza City, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP)
Palestinians walk amid the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive at Al-Shati camp, Gaza City, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated threats on Wednesday to seize territory in the Gaza strip if Hamas failed to release the remaining hostages it still holds. 

"The more Hamas continues in its refusal to release our hostages, the more powerful the repression we exert will be," Netanyahu told a hearing in parliament, which was occasionally interrupted by shouting from opposition members. 

"This includes seizing territory and it includes other things," he said. 

Earlier, Hamas warned that hostages may be killed if Israel attempts to retrieve them by force and air strikes continue in Gaza.  

The group said in a statement that it was "doing everything possible to keep the occupation’s captives alive, but the random Zionist (Israeli) bombardment is endangering their lives."  

"Every time the occupation attempts to retrieve its captives by force, it ends up bringing them back in coffins," it said.