Legitimate Yemen Govt. Calls for Wide Alliance to Overcome Differences

Yemen President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. (Reuters)
Yemen President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. (Reuters)
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Legitimate Yemen Govt. Calls for Wide Alliance to Overcome Differences

Yemen President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. (Reuters)
Yemen President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. (Reuters)

The legitimate Yemeni government called on Saturday for opening a new chapter of ties with all political factions,

It also called for forming a wide alliance that overcomes the differences of the past.

The declaration was made after President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi chaired an extraordinary meeting for his aides to discuss the latest developments in the country, in particular the unrest in the capital Sana’a.

The government voiced its support for each side that confronts the Houthi militia and works on ridding Yemen from it.

“All who abandon the alliance with the militia will come under the umbrella of legitimacy,” it stressed in a statement.

It also expressed its concern over the developments in Sana’a in wake of the clashes between the Houthis and supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who on Saturday called for opening a new chapter of ties in order to end Yemen’s crisis.

The government condemned the criminal Houthi acts in Sana’a, such as the violation of state institutions, places of worship and private properties, adding that not even its allies are safe from its actions.

The legitimate government renewed its support to the Saudi-led Arab coalition aimed at restoring legitimacy in Yemen, saying that it will up its efforts in order to eliminate the Houthi “gang” and liberate the entire country.

It hoped that the wide alliance that it called for would overcome the disputes of the past and pave the way for a new phase in Yemen and unite all sides against the Houthi militia, which is an extension of the Iranian agenda in Yemen.

Yemenis from all political factions, starting with Saleh’s National People’s Congress, to rise up against the Houthis in Sana’a and all provinces “to end this Iranian-backed nightmare.”



Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 29

A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
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Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 29

A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli airstrikes on Sunday killed at least 29 Palestinians, including six children near a water distribution point.

The attacks came with apparent deadlock in a week of indirect talks in Qatar between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the territory.

Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that Gaza City was hit by several strikes overnight and in the early morning, killing eight, "including women and children" and wounding others.

An Israeli airstrike hit a family home near the Nuseirat refugee camp, south of Gaza City, resulting in "10 martyrs and several injured", Bassal said.

In central Gaza, six children were among eight people killed when a drone "hit a potable water distribution point in an area for displaced people" in the Nuseirat camp, he added.

Several other people were wounded, he said.

In the territory's south, three people were killed when Israeli jets hit a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the coastal Al-Mawasi area, according to the civil defense spokesman.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has recently intensified its operations across Gaza, more than 21 months into the war triggered by Hamas's October 2023 attack.

On Saturday, the military said fighter jets had hit more than 35 "Hamas terror targets" around Beit Hanun in northern Gaza.

The vast majority of Gaza's population of more than two million people have been displaced at least once during the war, which has created dire humanitarian conditions in the territory.

Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify tolls and details provided by the civil defense agency and other parties.