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Yemen's Huthi rebels fired three missiles at two ships in the Red Sea, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters, adding, "one missile missed by something like 200km and the other two were shot down by a US Navy destroyer." SOUNDBITE
The United Nations Security Council demands an immediate end to attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea. The resolution passed "demands that the Huthis immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security." It passed after Russia, as well as China, Mozambique and Algeria abstained. IMAGES
The impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict is having a 'catastrophic' impact on health in Gaza says World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of a WHO executive board special session called to discuss the health conditions in the Palestinian territories. SOUNDBITE
A Red Cross convoy with Israeli hostages onboard leaves the Gaza Strip for Egypt via the Rafah border crossing as more hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce that has paused weeks of deadly fighting. The armed wing of Hamas said six Israelis had been handed over to the Red Cross in the latest release, after two women were released earlier, which the militant group said "completed" the seventh handover of hostages under the truce deal. IMAGES
A Red Cross convoy transporting released hostages arrives at the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, on their way to Egypt. The armed wing of Hamas said six Israelis had been handed over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip in the latest release, after two women were released earlier, which the militant group said "completed" the seventh handover of hostages under the truce deal. IMAGES
A Red Cross convoy with six Israeli hostages onboard crosses Rafah border to Egypt as more hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce that has paused weeks of deadly fighting. IMAGES
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