Israel says it faced first incoming missile from Yemen as war in Middle East intensifies

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56% : "This measure reflects Iran's continued commitment to supporting humanitarian efforts and ensuring that essential aid reaches those in need without delay," Bahreini said on the social platform X. The UN earlier announced a task force to address the ripple effects that the war has had on aid delivery.
51% : Also read: 'We're comfortable with India': Ex-Trump admin official questions Pak's mediation in Iran-US truce An Associated Press journalist heard loud explosions in Tel Aviv, and Israel's Fire and Rescue Service said it was responding to 11 different impact sites across the metro area.
46% : " Significant headwinds remain, including Saudi Arabia's insistence that there needs to be a credible path to a Palestinian state before it normalizes commercial and diplomatic ties with Israel.
45% : Israel's military said Yemen had launched a missile toward Israel early Saturday morning, the first time it had faced fire from that country.
45% : That would cause further chaos in global shipping, which already is reeling from Iran's stranglehold over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas once passed. Also read: Iran thanks 'people of India' after 83rd wave of missile strikes on Israel, US Prior to the attack from Yemen, there appeared to be a breakthrough as Tehran agreed to allow humanitarian aid and agricultural shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, accepting a request from the UN Ali Bahreini, the country's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, said Iran agreed to "facilitate and expedite" such movement.
45% : With US gas prices approaching USD 4 a gallon, members of Congress have been pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax, set at 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel fuel.
45% : " Israel focused its attacks Friday on sites "in the heart of Tehran" where ballistic missiles and other weapons are produced, the military said.
44% : Attacks on vessels during the Israel-Hamas war upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which about USD 1 trillion worth of goods passed each year before the war.
42% : The US-led campaign against the Houthi rebels, overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy had faced since World War II The possible entrance of the Houthis into the war also called into question whether the rebels will again targeted commercial shipping traveling through the Red Sea corridor.
41% : Defense Minister Israel Katz had earlier vowed that Iran "will pay heavy, increasing prices for this war crime.
39% : Also read: Israel launches fresh strikes on Iran with no diplomatic breakthrough in sight "We affirm that our fingers are on the trigger for direct military intervention in any of the following cases," Saree said.
39% : Seyed Majid Moosavi, IRGC's Aerospace Force commander, said on X that employees of companies tied to the US and Israel should abandon their workplaces: "This time, the equation will no longer be an eye for an eye,' just wait.
39% : The UN's International Organization for Migration said Friday that 82,000 civilian buildings in Iran, including hospitals and the homes of 180,000 people, are damaged.
37% : " Israel sent the 162nd Division into southern Lebanon to support efforts to protect its northern border towns from Hezbollah attacks and uproot the militant group, the military said.
33% : They did not immediately acknowledge launching an attack against Israel.
33% : The rebels also fired drones at Israel.
32% : Sirens went off around Beer Sheba and the area near Israel's main nuclear research centre for the third time overnight Friday into Saturday as Iran and Hezbollah continued to fire on Israel overnight.
31% : Israel struck Iran's nuclear facilities hours after threatening to "escalate and expand" its campaign against Tehran on Friday.
31% : The Arak plant has not been operational since Israel attacked it last June.
27% : Trump said he has "thought about" suspending it but suggested states should look at suspending their taxes on fuel.

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