Live Updates: Yemen rebels claim seizing Israeli vessel

200 GMT — Yemen's Houthi rebels said they had seized an Israeli ship in the Red Sea, a claim immediately denied by Israel.

The allegation came days after the rebel group had threatened to target Israeli vessels in the waterway over Israel's war on Gaza.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that the rebels "seized an Israeli ship and took it to the Yemeni coast".

Houthi "military forces will continue to carry out military operations against the Israeli enemy until the aggression against Gaza stops and the ugly crimes... against our Palestinian brothers in Gaza and the West Bank stop", Saree said.

0050 GMT — Doctors Worldwide Türkiye sets out to deliver aid to Gaza

Members of Doctors Worldwide Türkiye headed to the Rafah border crossing to deliver medical supplies and food aid to Gaza.

“Every day, a limited amount of humanitarian aid materials are being transported to Gaza through the Rafah border crossing. We are also on our way to Egypt today to deliver the specified medical equipment and supplies from the Rafah crossing to our team in Gaza, and from there to Kuwait Hospital,” the association said on X.

It said that part of their medical team in Gaza has moved from Al Shifa Hospital to Kuwait Hospital in southern Gaza, where they are striving to provide health services.

2250 GMT — Bombing of Gaza has only incited ‘hunger for justice': Julian Assange's father

Israel’s bombing of Gaza has only incited more anger and a “hunger for justice” across the world, the father of imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said.

John Shipton was addressing thousands of people attending a pro-Palestine rally in Australia’s Victoria state, one of numerous such rallies being held across Australia for the sixth straight week calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in support of a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, the Australia Broadcasting Corporation reported.

The rallies were the latest in a string of marches held across Australia since October 7.