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Libya Repatriates to Egypt Bodies of 20 Christians Beheaded by ISIS

Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked ISIS terrorist, before they are beheaded. (AP)
Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked ISIS terrorist, before they are beheaded. (AP)
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Libya Repatriates to Egypt Bodies of 20 Christians Beheaded by ISIS

Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked ISIS terrorist, before they are beheaded. (AP)
Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked ISIS terrorist, before they are beheaded. (AP)

Libya repatriated to Egypt on Monday the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians who were beheaded by ISIS in 2015.

The victims were killed in the former Libyan stronghold of Sirte and recovered in October after the area where they were buried was recaptured from the terrorist group.

The Coptic Christians were beheaded on a beach in February 2015 wearing orange jumpsuits, according to a video posted by ISIS.

The coffins were loaded at Misrata airport onto a Libyan Afriqiyah Airways cargo plane bound for Cairo.

A total of 21 people were beheaded in the incident.

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Israel Strikes Yemen's Hodeidah Port after Houthi Attack on Israeli Airport

A handout screen grab taken from a video released by Houthi-run Al Masirah TV shows firefighters extinguishing a fire at a cement factory following Israeli airstrikes, in the port province of Hodeidah, Yemen, 05 May 2025. EPA/AL-MASIRSAH TV / HANDOUT
A handout screen grab taken from a video released by Houthi-run Al Masirah TV shows firefighters extinguishing a fire at a cement factory following Israeli airstrikes, in the port province of Hodeidah, Yemen, 05 May 2025. EPA/AL-MASIRSAH TV / HANDOUT
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Israel Strikes Yemen's Hodeidah Port after Houthi Attack on Israeli Airport

A handout screen grab taken from a video released by Houthi-run Al Masirah TV shows firefighters extinguishing a fire at a cement factory following Israeli airstrikes, in the port province of Hodeidah, Yemen, 05 May 2025. EPA/AL-MASIRSAH TV / HANDOUT
A handout screen grab taken from a video released by Houthi-run Al Masirah TV shows firefighters extinguishing a fire at a cement factory following Israeli airstrikes, in the port province of Hodeidah, Yemen, 05 May 2025. EPA/AL-MASIRSAH TV / HANDOUT

The Israeli military said it carried out airstrikes against Yemen's Hodeidah Port on Monday, a day after the Iran-aligned Houthis fired a missile that struck near Israel's main airport.
The military said in a statement that it attacked what it called Houthi terrorist targets in Hodeidah and its vicinity.
The strikes killed at least one person and injured at least 35 people, according to Houthi media that cited the health ministry.
The Houthis shut down the area around the port and cement factory following the strikes, Reuters quoted three sources as saying.
They said the extent of the damage at the port was unknown, yet the intensity of the strikes and fire caused severe damage to the containers' berth.
Two other sources estimated the damage at 70% of the port's five docks, warehouses and customs area. The strikes occurred as two ships were unloading their cargo, with traffic at the port at a complete standstill, a worker at the port said.
More than 10 strikes targeted Hodeidah Port and the Al Salakhanah and Al Hawak neighborhoods in the city of Hodeidah, five residents told Reuters. Four strikes also targeted a cement factory east of Hodeidah.
"The attack was carried out in response to repeated attacks carried out by the Houthi terrorist regime against the State of Israel in which surface-to-surface missiles and unmanned aircraft were launched at the territory of the state and its citizens," the Israeli military said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate for Sunday's missile attack, which was the first known to have escaped interception by Israel's air defenses in a series of attacks since March.
Houthi official Abdul Qader al-Mortada said in an X post commenting on the attack that Israel should wait for the "unimaginable".

A US official speaking on condition of anonymity said that U.S. forces were not actively involved in Monday's strikes, but there is general coordination between the two allies, the official said.