Saudi Arabia reported that three individuals were injured in attacks on its airports following a resurgence of fighting with Yemen's Houthi rebels. The General Authority of Civil Aviation stated that airports in Najran and Jizan were targeted on Monday, resulting in damage to both facilities. The statement did not specify who was responsible for the attacks, but it coincided with claims from the Houthi rebels that they had launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia.
Houthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree announced on Tuesday that they had targeted a third airport, although the Associated Press could not verify whether Abha International Airport was hit. The Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting and destroying a ballistic missile aimed at Khamis Mushait, a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia that hosts a significant military base.
In Yemen, fighting continued around Dhubab, a strategic town previously claimed by the internationally recognized government to have been retaken, according to a senior Yemeni military official who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
Saudi Arabia and its allies have initiated a military campaign to reclaim territory controlled by the Houthis near the southern tip of the Red Sea to safeguard oil exports from the region. Additionally, the British military reported that an outbound tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an "unknown projectile" on Monday, with no immediate reports of casualties or environmental damage.
In related events, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City resulted in the deaths of two individuals, according to health officials at Shifa Hospital. The Israeli military stated that the strikes targeted militants. This incident marks the latest violence since a ceasefire was established nearly a year ago in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, which began after Hamas militants killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted 251 others in October 2023. Since the ceasefire, Gaza's Health Ministry reports that over 1,460 Palestinians have been killed, though it does not differentiate between civilians and militants.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested at a Cabinet meeting that Hamas might attempt to influence the upcoming elections in Israel through attacks, although he did not provide evidence for this assertion. His political opponents have cited a thwarted attack on a FlyDubai flight as an example of his government's security management failures.
In the West Bank, Jaafar Ishtyeh, a Palestinian photojournalist, reported being attacked by Israeli settlers while filming the olive harvest in Aqraba. He stated that settlers encircled him, confiscated his camera, and assaulted him, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization. The Palestinian Authority reported that settlers also shot one man and severely beat two others in the vicinity.
Israeli authorities demolished a five-story building in east Jerusalem on Tuesday, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir noting that over 10,000 structures built without permits have been demolished in the past year and a half. Palestinians contend that obtaining construction permits in east Jerusalem is nearly impossible, especially since Israel annexed the area in the 1967 war, where nearly 400,000 Palestinians reside.