"Our support for Gaza and our defense of our country against the Zionist aggression against it has continued," a Houthi source told Newsweek.

Airlines around the world are scrubbing flights to the Middle East in the wake of Israel’s strikes on Iran. The skies over a swath of the region emptied as Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan and Syria shut their airspace and airlines rerouted.

The family of a Nepali man taken captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas has appealed to his captors for his release, stressing that he has no involvement in the conflict in Gaza

The Israeli navy attacked docks in Yemen’s rebel-held port city of Hodeida, likely damaging facilities that are key to aid shipments to the hungry, war-wracked nation.

The U.S. has presented Israel and Hamas with a new cease-fire proposal, though the militant group has already criticized it for not requiring an end to the conflict.

The United Nations chief is urging world leaders and officials attending an upcoming U_N_ conference on ending the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict “to keep the two-state solution alive.”.

As Abu Shabab and his militia continue to fend off the allegations, Basem Naim, Hamas Political Bureau member and spokesperson, asserted that the group had little influence in Gaza, marking an apparent blow to Israel's efforts to challenge Hamas' rule in the territory.

Thunberg, a climate campaigner, was among 12 activists aboard the Madleen, which set sail from Sicily a week ago.