Tensions rise as Yemen launches a missile at Israel after weeks of calm, while Houthi leadership signals readiness to join the Iran-linked conflict if escalation continues.
Saudi Arabia launched military strikes on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla, alleging a shipment of weapons meant for a separatist force there had arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
The IDF said that the strikes on Sanaa were in response to the Houthi drone attack on Eilat, a Red Sea port city in southern Israel, that wounded 20 people.
The Houthis in Yemen have confirmed that their Prime Minister Ghalib al-Rahawi and a number of his ministers were eliminated during an Israeli airstrike on Thursday.
The Israeli military said that it intercepted a drone launched from Yemen.
Yemen's pro-government forces have said they had repelled a large-scale attack launched by Houthi militia targeting military positions in the northern province of Saada.
He declared that he would not pardon Nimisha Priya, who was convicted of killing his brother. According to reports, Talal’s brother remains adamant that there will be no compromise in the matter and that the family has refused diyat (blood money). “We will not succumb to any pressure,” he asserted.
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over the possible execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen, even as the Central Government informed the court that its diplomatic options are severely limited, since Yemen is not officially recognized by India.
Last-minute efforts are underway at various levels in Yemen to save the life of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who is facing execution on July 16 in connection with the 2017 murder of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mehdi
A native of Palakkad in Kerala, Priya was convicted of murdering Yemeni citizen Talal Abido Mehdi and handed out death sentence by a local court in Yemen in June 2018.
