Saudi Ambassador to UN: Houthis May Accept UN Proposal on Yemen’s Hodeidah

Saudi Arabia’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Moallimi. (AFP)
Saudi Arabia’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Moallimi. (AFP)
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Saudi Ambassador to UN: Houthis May Accept UN Proposal on Yemen’s Hodeidah

Saudi Arabia’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Moallimi. (AFP)
Saudi Arabia’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Moallimi. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Moallimi stated that the Saudi request to increase the number of UN affiliated observers to ensure the access of aid to Yemen’s Hodeidah Port is now outdated in wake of a proposal by UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.

Ould Cheikh Ahmed called for forming an administrative financial committee and a technical one that supervise Hodeidah Port.

Moallimi stressed his country’s support for the proposal. He told Asharq Al-Awsat that there are some signs that the Houthi insurgents might also endorse it, which is seen as a positive development after their refusal to meet the UN envoy during his last visit to Sana’a.

Saudi diplomats have been active during the past two days at the UN headquarters in New York over the latest developments in Yemen.

Riyadh informed members of the Security Council during informal meetings about the violations of Houthi militias against the aid efforts between 2015-2017.

Dr. Abdullah al-Rabiah, general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid, revealed that 65 ships, 124 aid convoys, 628 trucks, 5,500 food baskets and 6,000 wheat bags were either confiscated or stolen by the Houthi militias. He also highlighted their offensives against UN affiliated organizations and other aid groups in six Yemeni cities.

Rabiah stressed before the UN Security Council members that Saudi Arabia is committed to principles of humanitarian and international law to protect civilians and staff. He also urged holding accountable anyone who hinders access of humanitarian aid to those in need in all regions.



Israeli Strikes Kill 35 in Gaza, Many Near an Aid Site, Medics Say 

A military vehicle maneuvers in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 10, 2025. (Reuters)
A military vehicle maneuvers in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 10, 2025. (Reuters)
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Israeli Strikes Kill 35 in Gaza, Many Near an Aid Site, Medics Say 

A military vehicle maneuvers in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 10, 2025. (Reuters)
A military vehicle maneuvers in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 10, 2025. (Reuters)

Israeli military strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, most of them at an aid site operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in central Gaza, local health officials said.

Medical officials at Shifa and Al-Quds Hospitals said at least 25 people were killed as they approached the aid site near the former settlement of Netzarim, and dozens were wounded.

Ten other people were killed in other Israeli military strikes in Khan Younis in the south of the enclave, they added.

The Israeli military had no immediate comment.

On Tuesday, when Gaza health officials said 17 people were killed near another GHF aid site in Rafah in southern Gaza, the army said it fired warning shots to distance "suspects" who were approaching the troops and posed a threat.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday there had been "significant progress" in efforts to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza, but that it was "too soon" to raise hopes that a deal would be reached.

Despite efforts by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar to restore a ceasefire in Gaza, neither Israel nor Hamas has shown willingness to back down on core demands, with each side blaming the other for the failure to reach a deal.

Two Hamas sources told Reuters they did not know about any new ceasefire offers.

The war erupted after Hamas-led fighters took 251 hostages and killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians, in an October 7, 2023, attack, Israel's single deadliest day.

Israel's military campaign has since killed nearly 55,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to health authorities in Gaza, and flattened much of the coastal enclave.