Regional powers plan to meet Sunday in Pakistan to discuss how to end fighting in the Middle East with the arrival of about 2,500 US Marines and Iranian-backed forces in the region. Houthi rebels I entered Monthly war.
Pakistan said that Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt would send their senior diplomats to Islamabad for talks. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that he and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held “extensive discussions” regarding hostilities in the region.
War He was threatened Global supplies Of oil and natural gas, raised Fertilizer shortage And disrupting air travel. Iran’s grip on strategy Strait of Hormuz Markets and prices were shaken.
The United States and Israel continue to strike Iran, whose retaliatory attacks have targeted Israel and neighboring Gulf Arab states. More than 3,000 people were killed.
The Houthi entry could hurt global shipping further if they again target ships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off the Red Sea, through which about 12% of global trade normally passes.
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The Israeli army identified the dead soldier as Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz is originally from New Haven, Connecticut.
Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, a relative in Connecticut, spoke to Israel’s Army Radio station, describing his nephew as a “very special young man” who was religious, a good student and “enjoyed every moment of life.”
Katz was killed in fighting in southern Lebanon as Israel expands its invasion there.
The Israeli army announced, at dawn on Sunday, that a soldier was killed and three others were wounded during fighting in southern Lebanon.
This brings the total number of deaths to five Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon since the renewed conflict with Hezbollah after the armed group fired missiles at Israel on March 2.
Medical sources reported that two Israeli raids at dawn on Sunday resulted in the killing of six Palestinians, including three policemen, in the Gaza Strip.
One of the raids hit a police checkpoint while another wounded a group of people in the southern city of Khan Yunis, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies.
The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the strikes.
The deaths are the latest Palestinian deaths in the coastal enclave since the October ceasefire agreement that attempted to stop the more than two-year-old war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Interceptions and drone activity were heard for hours throughout Saturday night across Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, including drones shot down as they attempted to target the US consulate and nearby bases.
AP journalists in the area reported continuous loud explosions and saw at least one drone heading toward U.S. facilities, on one of the most intense days of attacks since the war began.
Iran-allied militias in Iraq have intensified their repeated attacks with drones and missiles on American bases, including in Erbil.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the United States condemned what it called “despicable terrorist attacks” launched by Iranian armed groups, saying that the strikes on the residence of Kurdistan Regional President Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil earlier that day were “a direct assault on Iraq’s sovereignty, stability, and unity.” The attack caused material damage but no casualties, and the house was empty at the time.