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Body of Israeli Citizen, Taken by Palestinians from Hospital, Being Returned

An Israeli army checkpoint controls ta road leading to the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
An Israeli army checkpoint controls ta road leading to the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Body of Israeli Citizen, Taken by Palestinians from Hospital, Being Returned

An Israeli army checkpoint controls ta road leading to the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
An Israeli army checkpoint controls ta road leading to the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

The Israeli military said Thursday that the body of an Israeli teen that was taken by Palestinians from a West Bank hospital is being returned to his family. The army said they coordinated with the Palestinian Authority to bring his body.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said he would close a number or crossing after Palestinians militants refused to respond to the international and Palestinian calls to return the body.

Relatives of Tiran Pero said Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin entered the hospital where Pero was seeking treatment after a car crash. Pero was from Israel’s Druze Arab minority.

The incident threatened to ratchet up already boiling tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.

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Israel Announces New Strikes Against Yemen’s Houthis

Israel Announces New Strikes Against Yemen’s Houthis
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Israel Announces New Strikes Against Yemen’s Houthis

Israel Announces New Strikes Against Yemen’s Houthis

Houthi militias in Yemen said Israeli airstrikes on Thursday targeted Sanaa and the port city of Hodeidah, following several days of Houthi launches setting off sirens in Israel.

The Israeli military said it attacked infrastructure used by the Houthis at the international airport in Sanaa and ports at Hodeidah, Al-Salif and Ras Qantib along with Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations. It came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “the Houthis, too, will learn what Hamas and Hezbollah and Assad’s regime and others learned.”

Netanyahu monitored the new strikes along with military leaders, his government said. The Iran-backed Houthis' media outlet confirmed the strikes in a Telegram post but gave no immediate details. The US military also has targeted the Houthis in Yemen in recent days.

Over the weekend, 16 people were wounded when a Houthi missile hit a playground in Tel Aviv. Last week, Israeli jets struck Sanaa and Hodeidah, killing nine people, calling it a response to previous Houthi attacks. The Houthis also have been targeting shipping on the Red Sea corridor, calling it solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel has instructed its diplomatic missions in Europe to try to get the Houthis designated as a terrorist organisation.
The UN Security Council is due to meet on Monday over Houthi attacks against Israel, Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon said on Wednesday.