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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group announced on Friday that it had launched ballistic missiles at the U.S. aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea and the attack was accurate.
The group's military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement that the attack was "in response to last night's multiple airstrikes launched by the U.S.-British coalition" against Houthi positions in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, the capital Sanaa, and the southwestern province of Taiz. (Yemen-Houthi Attacks-US Aircraft Carrier)
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GAZA -- At least 70 Palestinians were found dead on Friday in northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp where Israel has just pulled out its armed forces after a nearly three-week offensive.
Local medical sources told Xinhua that ambulance and civil defense crews primitively retrieved about 70 bodies, including 20 children, from the camp, while search work continued for the missing. (Gaza-Jabalia Refugee Camp-Deaths)
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JERUSALEM/GAZA -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorized the Israeli negotiation team to present an outline for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement by Netanyahu's office on Friday.
The statement was issued following U.S. President Joe Biden's speech, in which Biden revealed a three-phase Israeli proposal that would lead to an end to the ongoing Gaza conflict and the release of all hostages.
On Friday night, Hamas, in response, confirmed its readiness to deal positively and in a constructive manner with any proposal for a permanent ceasefire. (Israel-US-Gaza Ceasefire Plan)
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SANAA -- The Houthi-controlled al-Masirah TV reported on Friday that at least 16 people were killed and 35 others injured in airstrikes launched by a U.S.-British coalition on the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Thursday evening.
Hodeidah health authorities attributed the casualties to strikes on the Hodeidah Radio building and the Salif port, according to al-Masirah. (Yemen-US-British Airstrikes-Houthis) Enditem
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