Live Updates: Ship attacked in Red Sea as Gaza reels under Israeli onslaught

0149 GMT - Ship attacked off Yemen coast

A ship off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea has been attacked, private intelligence firms said. The attack on the vessel comes as threats have increased from Yemen's Houthi rebels on commercial shipping in the area over Israel's war on besieged Gaza.

The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack, though rebel military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said an important announcement would be coming from them in the coming hours.

The private intelligence firms Ambrey and Dryad Global confirmed the attack happened near the crucial Bab al-Mandeb Strait separating East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula, but said they had no other details.

0134 GMT - Israel ready for new swap deal with Hamas: local media

Israel is ready to resume contact with mediators for the possible release of other Israeli captives held in besieged Gaza, local media have reported.

The new exchange deal would be carried out within the framework of a humanitarian truce and include women still in captivity, patients and the wounded and elderly people, said Israel’s Channel 12.

According to Israeli media, Hamas still holds 137 captives, including 126 Israelis and 11 foreigners.

0134 GMT - Biden alludes to disagreements with Israel's Netanyahu

US President Joe Biden has alluded to the complex relationship he has with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, suggesting the prime minister is in a "tough spot" and that the two have had their share of disagreements over the years and at present.

Biden, speaking at a White House reception for the Jewish Hanukkah festival, recalled his decades-long relationship with Netanyahu.

He noted he made an inscription on an old photograph of the two men, using a nickname for the Israeli leader.

2130 GMT - US calls for war law compliance as Israel gets 14K tank shells

Israel is no exception to US policy that any country receiving its weapons must comply with the laws of war, the State Department has said after Washington sold about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review.

The US expects every country receiving its military assistance to use it "in full compliance with international humanitarian law and the laws of war, and Israel is no exception," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a news briefing.

Miller was asked if Washington has assessed whether Israel has complied the Biden administration's February 2023 Conventional Arms Transfers (CAP) policy. That requires the State Department to determine arms are unlikely to be used to for genocide, crimes against humanity, breaches of the Geneva conventions or serious violations of international law.

2100 GMT - Israeli army raids shelters in northern Gaza, kicks displaced Palestinians out

The invading Israeli army has raided several schools where displaced Palestinians have been taking shelter and kicked them out in the cold of northern Gaza.

Israeli troops stormed into a number of schools in the Al-Faluja area in Jabalia, kicked the women and children out, and arrested the men, eyewitnesses told the Anadolu Agency.

A state of panic and fear prevailed among the women and children who left the schools under the Israeli bullets and shelling, the eyewitnesses added. They also said they were forced to leave the shelters completely empty-handed, without even water, food, or even blankets to protect them from the December cold.

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