A drone strike targeting a vehicle in northern Lebanon appears to have been an assassination of a senior Hamas member, according to local reports. At least one person was killed in the attack, which is believed to have been carried out by Israel.
🚨Germany has accused the Chinese military of firing a laser at a German aircraft participating in a European Union operation in the Red Sea. In response, the German Foreign Ministry condemned the incident as “completely unacceptable” and summoned the Chinese ambassador for an explanation.
According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Donald J. Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call last Friday that he was not behind the decision to halt weapons shipments to Kyiv. Trump explained that he had ordered a review of munitions stockpiles following last month’s U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, but did not instruct the Defense Department to suspend arms deliveries. He suggested the pause may have been initiated independently by Defense Secretary Hegseth or the Pentagon, without his authorization.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has officially begun phasing out the requirement for travelers to remove their shoes during airport security screenings. Effective immediately, this change is in place at airports in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, New York City, Portland, and Philadelphia.
Footage released by the Israeli Air Force from last night’s operation targeting the Port of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen shows multiple airstrikes on the M/V Galaxy Leader—a Bahamian-flagged, Japanese-owned roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier that was hijacked by Iranian-backed Houthi forces in November 2023. Since its capture, the vessel has been used as a “mothership” for launching attacks on other commercial ships, with its crew held hostage. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the Houthis had recently equipped the ship with a maritime radar system used to facilitate operations in the Red Sea.
Netanyahu: “Overall security will always remain in our hands. Now that is a fact. And no one in Israel will agree to anything else, because we don't commit suicide.”
Trump on the Iranian retaliation
“They told us they were coming and where they were and what time they were coming and they said if you would like to have a different time, we will do that. That's respectful when they do that.”
Trump: “We are going to send some more weapons [to Ukraine], we have to, they have to be able to defend themselves — they are getting hit very hard now, they are getting hit very hard. We are going to have to send more weapons, defensive weapons — primarily, but they are getting hit very very hard.”
The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack and subsequent sinking of the M/V Magic Seas, a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier struck yesterday off the coast of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen. The assault involved a combination of small boats armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, one-way aerial and naval drones, and both anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles. The vessel sustained heavy damage, prompting a full evacuation of the crew by a passing UAE-flagged merchant ship, coordinated with EU Naval Forces under Operation Aspides. This marks the third ship sunk by the Houthis since the Israel-Hamas war began in 2023, and the first maritime attack by the group since the May ceasefire with the United States.
