SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a missile attack on central Israel, according to a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

"To support the Palestinian people and Hamas, we carried out a qualitative military operation through which we targeted a military target of the Israeli enemy in the Jaffa area," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised statement. (Yemen-Israel-Houthi Attack)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned Houthi forces in Yemen that Israel would retaliate after a missile they launched struck central Israel, an area typically safe from projectiles.

"This morning, the Houthis launched a surface-to-surface missile from Yemen into our territory," Netanyahu told his cabinet ministers at the start of their weekly meeting. "Anyone who attacks us will not escape our wrath." (Israel-Houthi Attack-Retaliation)

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GAZA -- The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,206, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Sunday.

During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 24 people and wounded 57 others, bringing the total death toll to 41,206 and injuries to 95,337 since the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out in early October 2023, it added. (Gaza-Israeli Attacks-Death Toll)

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KHARTOUM -- At least 40 civilians were killed on Sunday in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in central Sudan, according to a local resistance committee.

"An RSF attack on Gouz Al-Naqa village of Abu Gouta area in Gezira State killed at least 40 civilians," the Abu Gouta Resistance Committee, a non-governmental group, said in a statement. (Sudan-RSF Attack-Civilian Deaths) Enditem

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