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Israeli Army Says It Intercepted a Missile Launched from Yemen

Iron Dome system near Ashkelon in southern Israel (File photo - Reuters)
Iron Dome system near Ashkelon in southern Israel (File photo - Reuters)
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Israeli Army Says It Intercepted a Missile Launched from Yemen

Iron Dome system near Ashkelon in southern Israel (File photo - Reuters)
Iron Dome system near Ashkelon in southern Israel (File photo - Reuters)

The Israeli military said a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted in the early hours of Saturday before crossing into Israeli territory.
Sirens sounded in a number of areas in Israel following the missile's launch, Israel's army added in a statement.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that they fired a ballistic missile toward Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, the group's military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said in a televised statement later on Saturday.
The Houthis have vowed to escalate attacks, including those targeting Israel, in response to intensified US strikes against the group launched in mid-March, Reuters said.
The US strikes, which Washington said were designed to counter Houthi threats against Red Sea shipping linked to the conflict in Gaza, have left dozens dead.
The Houthis have also pledged to expand their range of targets in Israel in retaliation for a renewed Israeli onslaught in Gaza since last month.
The Houthis had disrupted shipping in the Red Sea by launching over 100 attacks since Israel's war with Hamas began in late 2023, saying they were acting in solidarity with Gaza's Palestinians.

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Israel Airstrikes Kill at Least 100 in Gaza amid Ceasefire Talks

A picture taken from a position at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing due to Israeli bombardment in the besieged Palestinian territory on May 18, 2025. (AFP)
A picture taken from a position at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing due to Israeli bombardment in the besieged Palestinian territory on May 18, 2025. (AFP)
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Israel Airstrikes Kill at Least 100 in Gaza amid Ceasefire Talks

A picture taken from a position at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing due to Israeli bombardment in the besieged Palestinian territory on May 18, 2025. (AFP)
A picture taken from a position at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing due to Israeli bombardment in the besieged Palestinian territory on May 18, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight, local health authorities said on Sunday, as mediators hosted a new round of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has expanded its strikes on the enclave, killing hundreds of people since Thursday, in preparation for a new ground offensive to achieve "operational control" in parts of Gaza.

"We have at least 100 martyrs since overnight. Complete families were wiped off the civil registration record by Israeli bombardment," Khalil Al-Deqran, Gaza health ministry spokesperson, told Reuters by phone.

Israel has blocked the entry of medical, food and fuel supplies into Gaza since the start of March to try to pressure Hamas into freeing Israeli hostages and has approved plans that could involve seizing the entire Gaza strip and controlling aid.

Hamas says it will only free the hostages in return for an Israeli ceasefire.

Egypt and Qatar mediators, backed by the United States, began a new round of indirect ceasefire talks between the two sides on Saturday, but sources close to the negotiations told Reuters there had been no breakthrough.

A Palestinian official close to the talks, which are taking place in the Qatari capital, Doha, said: "Hamas is flexible about the number of hostages it can free, but the problem has always been over Israel's commitment to end the war."

Britain's Sky News Arabia and the BBC both reported that the Palestinian group had proposed releasing about half its Israeli hostages in exchange for a two-month ceasefire and the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Contacted by Reuters, a Hamas official said: "Israel's position is unchanged, they want their prisoners released, without a commitment to end the war."

One of Israel's overnight strikes hit a tent encampment housing displaced families in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, killing women and children, wounding dozens and setting several tents ablaze.

Hamas described the strike as a "new brutal crime" and blamed the US administration for the escalation.

Among the dozens killed earlier on Sunday were three journalists and their families. Medical officials said another family in northern Gaza lost at least 20 of its members.

Zakaria Al-Sinwar, the brother of former Hamas chief Yehya Al-Sinwar whom Israel killed last October, and three of his children were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their tent in central Gaza Strip, medics said. Sinwar was a history lecturer at a Gaza university.

The Gaza healthcare system is barely operational because of repeated Israeli bombardment and raids on hospitals. The blockade on aid supplies has compounded their difficulties while adding to widespread hunger, for which Israel blames Hamas.

"Hospitals are overwhelmed with the growing number of casualties, many are children, several cases of amputations and the hospitals, which have been hit repeatedly by the occupation, are struggling with shortages of medical supplies," Deqran said.

The Israeli military said in a statement Saturday it was conducting extensive strikes in areas of Gaza as part of its plan to reach its war objectives.

Israel's declared goal in Gaza is the elimination of the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas, which attacked Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and seizing about 250 hostages.

The Israeli military campaign has devastated the enclave, pushing nearly all residents from their homes and killing more than 53,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities.