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Israel Says Missile from Yemen Most Likely Fragmented Mid-Air

Houthi supporters stand in front of a digital billboard featuring a missile during a protest in support of the Palestinian people, in Sanaa, Yemen, 22 August 2025. (EPA)
Houthi supporters stand in front of a digital billboard featuring a missile during a protest in support of the Palestinian people, in Sanaa, Yemen, 22 August 2025. (EPA)
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Israel Says Missile from Yemen Most Likely Fragmented Mid-Air

Houthi supporters stand in front of a digital billboard featuring a missile during a protest in support of the Palestinian people, in Sanaa, Yemen, 22 August 2025. (EPA)
Houthi supporters stand in front of a digital billboard featuring a missile during a protest in support of the Palestinian people, in Sanaa, Yemen, 22 August 2025. (EPA)

The Israeli military said on Friday that a missile launched from Yemen most likely fragmented in mid-air after air raid sirens sounded in several areas across Israel.

Yemen's Houthi militias claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they carried out three operations against Israel including firing a ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, their military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said in a televised statement on Friday.

During the incident, the aerial defense systems made several attempts to intercept the missile, the military added in a statement. No injuries were reported, Israeli police said.

The Iran-aligned Houthis have been firing at Israel and attacking shipping lanes.

The Houthis have repeatedly said their attacks are an act of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Most of the dozens of missiles and drones they have launched have been intercepted or fallen short. Israel has carried out a series of retaliatory strikes.

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KSrelief Masam Project Clears 908 Mines Across Yemen in One Week

Saudi Arabia, through its humanitarian arm KSrelief, continues its efforts to clear mines in Yemen, enhancing civilian safety and supporting safe and dignified living conditions for Yemenis - SPA
Saudi Arabia, through its humanitarian arm KSrelief, continues its efforts to clear mines in Yemen, enhancing civilian safety and supporting safe and dignified living conditions for Yemenis - SPA
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KSrelief Masam Project Clears 908 Mines Across Yemen in One Week

Saudi Arabia, through its humanitarian arm KSrelief, continues its efforts to clear mines in Yemen, enhancing civilian safety and supporting safe and dignified living conditions for Yemenis - SPA
Saudi Arabia, through its humanitarian arm KSrelief, continues its efforts to clear mines in Yemen, enhancing civilian safety and supporting safe and dignified living conditions for Yemenis - SPA

The Project Masam for clearing landmines in Yemen, implemented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), removed 908 mines from various areas of Yemen during the second week of March 2026, including three anti-personnel mines, nine anti-tank mines, 890 unexploded ordnance, and six IEDs, SPA reported.

The team conducted clearance operations across several governorates, removing mines, explosive devices, and unexploded ordnance.

In Aden Governorate, it dismantled two anti-tank mines, 215 pieces of unexploded ordnance, and two IEDs.

It also removed one anti-tank mine and seven pieces of unexploded ordnance in Al-Khawkhah District of Al-Hudaydah Governorate; three anti-personnel mines, three anti-tank mines, 513 pieces of unexploded ordnance, and two IEDs in Al-Mukalla District of Hadhramaut Governorate; and one piece of unexploded ordnance in Midi District of Hajjah Governorate.

The number of mines removed in March rose to 2,171, bringing the total cleared since the launch of the Project Masam to 548,123.

Saudi Arabia, through its humanitarian arm KSrelief, continues its efforts to clear mines in Yemen, enhancing civilian safety and supporting safe and dignified living conditions for Yemenis.

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Germany Warns Major Israeli Ground Campaign in Lebanon Would Worsen Humanitarian Situation

A displaced woman and a child sit in a tent in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 15 March 2026. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
A displaced woman and a child sit in a tent in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 15 March 2026. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
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Germany Warns Major Israeli Ground Campaign in Lebanon Would Worsen Humanitarian Situation

A displaced woman and a child sit in a tent in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 15 March 2026. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
A displaced woman and a child sit in a tent in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 15 March 2026. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

Germany is enormously concerned by the developments in Lebanon, said a government spokesperson in Berlin on Monday, and warned that ‌a major Israeli ‌ground offensive ‌would ⁠significantly worsen the ⁠already tense humanitarian situation in the region.

"A glance at this part ⁠of the war ‌zone ‌fills us ‌with concern because we ‌see preparations for a major Israeli ground offensive, which ‌would significantly worsen the already tense humanitarian ⁠situation ⁠in the region," said the spokesperson.

The spokesperson added that Germany welcomed efforts to restart talks between Israel and Lebanon.

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Israeli Forces Kill 16 People in Gaza and West Bank

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
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Israeli Forces Kill 16 People in Gaza and West Bank

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)

Israeli forces killed 16 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, health officials said, in one of the heaviest death tolls in a single day in weeks.

Medics and the interior ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza said an Israeli airstrike killed a senior police official and eight other officers when it hit their vehicle near the entrance to Zawayda town in the central Gaza Strip. At least 14 other people, mostly bystanders, were wounded, the Gaza health ministry said.

Earlier on Sunday, health officials said an Israeli airstrike had killed three people - a man, his pregnant wife, and their son - in the western area of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military said it had carried out a strike in Gaza on Sunday in response to an incident a day earlier in ⁠which Hamas militants opened ⁠fire on Israeli troops. It did not say if it was referring to the strike that killed the officers or the strike that killed the family in Nuseirat.

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a Palestinian father, mother, and two of their children were killed as they drove in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health authorities said, and the Israeli military said the incident was under review.

In Gaza there have been regular outbreaks of violence since a ceasefire went into effect in October following two years of devastating war triggered by Hamas-led attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023.

While Israeli ⁠attacks in Gaza declined in the days after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28, according to residents, medics and analysts, they have since begun to rise again.