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British RAF Typhoons were involved in attacks targeting Houthi fighters in Yemen. / Photo: X
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British RAF Typhoons were involved in attacks targeting Houthi fighters in Yemen. / Photo: X

Friday, May 31, 2024

2238 GMT — The US and British militaries have announced that they have launched strikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen. Houthi media confirmed on Thursday that at least two persons were killed in the strikes.

The British defence ministry said the joint operation targeted three locations in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah.

The Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported at least two deaths and 10 injuries from strikes against a radio building in Hodeidah’s Al-Hawk district.

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0340 GMT — French opposition lawmakers call for boycott of TV channel over Netanyahu interview

Opposition lawmakers in France have called for a boycott of the French television channel LCI after it aired an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.

The interview was featured on Le 20h de Darius Rochebin, a programme on LCI, which is part of the TF1 Group.

Opposition politicians and social media users expressed outrage, labeling Netanyahu a “butcher,” “genocidal” and a “war criminal.”

0125 GMT — Qassam Brigades say they targeted Israeli tanks, troops in Gaza

The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, said that they targeted seven Israeli tanks as well as Israeli forces during battles in Gaza.

They provided the news in a series of statements detailing skirmishes across the enclave.

The armed wing said they targeted three Merkava tanks in the Yibna refugee camp in the city of Rafah using Yassin 105 shells.

2142 GMT — Hundreds protest Netanyahu interview broadcast in France

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied late Thursday outside a top French television station to protest the broadcast of an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the brutal Israeli war on Gaza.

Wearing black and white keffiyeh scarves and waving Palestinian flags, protesters gathered peacefully outside the offices of private broadcaster TF1 in the western Paris suburbs.

Kept away from the building by a heavy police presence, the protesters chanted: “Gaza, Paris is with you,” “Immediate ceasefire!” and “Israel, murderer.”

In the interview broadcast on TF1’s news channel LCI, Netanyahu defended his country’s devastating offensive in Gaza.

For our live updates from Thursday, May 30, 2024, click here.

SOURCE: TRTWORLD AND AGENCIES