9 dead. Houthis claim attacks in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea

At least nine people lost their lives in the raid carried out today, 16 June, by Israeli forces against a building in the al-Bureij refugee camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip. As reported by Al Jazeera, among the victims there are five children.

According to reports from the Palestinian news agency Wafa, which cites sources in Strisci, IDF planes targeted a house belonging to the al-Khatib family in the refugee camp, killing four people, including a newborn, and wounding others .

Another raid instead hit the home of the an-Najjar family, killing two people and wounding others.

Meanwhile, the number of dead people and another 85,299 injured people in the Gaza Strip have risen to 37,337 since the beginning of the conflict on 7 October. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave controlled by Hamas.

Netanyahu: “We have a country with an army and not the other way around”

And the Israeli government’s controversy with the military leadership does not abate; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “We have a country with an army and not an army with a country.” The television channel “Channel 13” reported it, explaining that the prime minister’s statements came during a cabinet meeting.

“To achieve the elimination of Hamas (the Palestinian Islamist movement), I have made decisions that are not always accepted by the military leaders,” Netanyahu said.

Earlier in the day, following the Israeli army’s announcement of a daily “tactical pause” in military operations along a road in southern Gaza to allow more humanitarian aid to enter, the Israeli number one’s office had knowing that the prime minister himself had told his military secretary that this was “unacceptable”.

Houthis claim other attacks in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea

Meanwhile, the Houthis have claimed further responsibility against two ships and a US destroyer in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, through their spokesperson, Yahya Saree, quoted by the Saba agency, linked to the Yemeni rebels, reported by local media.

“The Missile Force and Naval Forces carried out two military operations in the Red Sea. The first targeted an American destroyer with an array of ballistic missiles, and the second targeted the ship ‘CaptainParis’. The Air Force carried out a third military operation targeting the Happy Condor ship in the Arabian Sea, with a series of drones,” he said, stressing that the attacks are “in response to the crimes committed against our brothers in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the American-British aggression against our country”.