Yemen Reinforces Security Around Offices of Int’l Organizations in Southern Taiz

Security forces have detained 20 people in connection to the assassination. (Yemeni security media)
Security forces have detained 20 people in connection to the assassination. (Yemeni security media)
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Yemen Reinforces Security Around Offices of Int’l Organizations in Southern Taiz

Security forces have detained 20 people in connection to the assassination. (Yemeni security media)
Security forces have detained 20 people in connection to the assassination. (Yemeni security media)

Authorities in the Yemeni city of Taiz and surrounding areas have stepped up security measures around the offices of international organizations and have approved a ban on carrying weapons.

The new measures were introduced days after a World Food Program (WFP) staff member was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Turbah in southern Taiz.

Official sources revealed that Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan and members of the security committee met in the southern Taiz countryside and approved the tightened measures and weapons ban.

They agreed to boost security checkpoints at the entrances and exits of the city to help further strengthen security measures.

The officials discussed Moayad Hameidi’s assassination and the latest progress in the investigation into it.

The Taiz governor later met with UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen David Gressly as part of efforts to contain the fallout from the assassination and assure relief groups over their work in Yemen.

He was briefed on the security measures adopted by the police and security forces to arrest the suspects, revealing that 20 people have been detained in connection to the crime.

Shamsan told Gressly that local authorities are keen on involving UN investigators in the probe and will brief them on the latest developments until the perpetrators are found.

He hoped that the killing will not affect humanitarian work in Taiz.

For his part, Gressly stressed the need to strengthen security measures and prevent similar incidents that may impact humanitarian work and the delivery of aid.

Meanwhile, the family of the primary suspect in the murder, Ahmed Youssef al-Sarra, denied his involvement. They said they have proof that he was in the al-Fayoush region in the Lahj governorate at the time of the crime.



Netanyahu Offers Hamas Leaders Gaza Exit but Demands Group Disarm

A general view shows tents housing displaced Palestinians during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
A general view shows tents housing displaced Palestinians during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
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Netanyahu Offers Hamas Leaders Gaza Exit but Demands Group Disarm

A general view shows tents housing displaced Palestinians during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
A general view shows tents housing displaced Palestinians during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered to let Hamas leaders leave Gaza but demanded the group abandon its arms, as his country kept up its bombardment of the Palestinian territory.

Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli air strike on a house and tent sheltering displaced Palestinians killed at least eight people, including five children.

The strike in Khan Yunis came in the morning on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Israel resumed intense bombing of the Palestinian territory on March 18 and then launched a new ground offensive, ending a nearly two-month ceasefire in the war with Hamas.

Netanyahu rejected criticism that his government was not engaging in negotiations aimed at releasing hostages held in Gaza, insisting the renewed military pressure on Hamas was proving effective.

"We are negotiating under fire... We can see cracks beginning to appear" in Hamas's positions, the Israeli leader told a cabinet meeting.

In the "final stage", Netanyahu said that "Hamas will lay down its weapons. Its leaders will be allowed to leave".

"The military pressure is working," Reuters quoted him as saying.

"The combination of military pressure and diplomatic pressure is the only thing that has brought the hostages back."

Hamas has expressed a willingness to relinquish Gaza's administration, but has warned its weapons are a "red line".

Egypt, Qatar and the United States are attempting to again broker a ceasefire and secure the release of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.

A senior Hamas official stated on Saturday that the group had approved a new ceasefire proposal put forward by mediators and urged Israel to support it.

Netanyahu's office confirmed receipt of the proposal and stated that Israel had submitted a counterproposal in response.

However, the details of the latest mediation efforts remain undisclosed.