Live Updates: Houthis claim to have hit 4 vessels, including 2 US destroyers

30 April 2024

Israel's war on besieged Gaza, now in its 207th day, has killed at least 34,488 Palestinians — 70% of them babies, children and women — and wounded over 77,643 while some 8,400 people are feared buried under the rubble of bombed buildings.

Live Updates: Houthis claim to have hit 4 vessels, including 2 US destroyers

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

05:15 GMT — Houthis claim to have hit 4 vessels, including 2 US destroyers

Yemen's Houthis have said they have targeted two US destroyers and the vessel CYCLADES in the Red Sea as well as the MSC Orion in the Indian Ocean, the group's military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech.

"The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out military operations against hostile warships in the Red Sea, of which two American warships were targeted with a number of drones. The military operations achieved their goals successfully," Sarea said.

"The targeting of the ship came after it violated the decision of the navigation ban of ships heading to the ports of occupied Palestine, by heading to the port of Umm al-Rashrash on April 21st, using misleading and deception by claiming that it was heading to another port," he said.

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04:00 GMT — Hamas delegation will return to Cairo with 'response' on truce

A Hamas delegation has left Egypt after talks on a possible truce and hostage release deal, and will return with a "response" to the latest proposal, a pro-Gaza media outlet said on Monday night.

According to Egyptian sources quoted by Al-Qahera News, a site also linked to Egyptian intelligence services, the Hamas delegation has left Cairo and will "return with a written response to the truce proposal".

03:15 GMT — Temporary pier off Gaza to be operational in May: Pentagon

A temporary pier being constructed off besieged Gaza's coast for delivering humanitarian aid will be operational in May, a Pentagon spokesperson said.

"We're scheduled on track to meet our goal of early May," Sabrina Singh told reporters.

The Pentagon announced on March 8 that it would undertake an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier on Gaza's coast to deliver up to 2 million humanitarian aid meals daily. Some analysts however say the pier will be used as an exit route to mass expel Palestinians from their lands.

For our live updates from Monday, April 29, click here.