An explosion involving unexploded ordnance killed one student and injured 24 others during a school trip in northern Israel on Monday, officials said. Elsewhere, Saudi forces responded to a drone and cruise missile attack on the kingdom launched from Yemen, according to state-run media, while Iran-backed Houthi rebels said airstrikes on two districts in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and in the country’s north killed 10 people and wounded 19 others.
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An unexploded munition detonated during a school trip along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon on Monday, killing a teenage boy and injuring 24 others, Israeli authorities and rescue workers said.
The Israeli military said the munition was believed to belong to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. An initial examination of the scene indicated it had been left in the area, the military said.
Local officials said the students were on an annual school trip. Defense Minister Israel Katz said the circumstances of the explosion were under investigation.
Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said two people were seriously injured.
Saudi state-run media say their forces have responded to attacks on the Kingdom, but didn't give further details.
The report came after the country’s Houthi-run Health Ministry and the Houthi-controlled SABA news agency said airstrikes on Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and in the northern province of al-Jawf killed 10 people and wounded 19 others.
Health Ministry spokesman Anees al-Asbahi said a strike on a salt factory in Sanaa's Hamadan district killed a man and wounded eight people. A separate strike on a house wounded three people, he said.
The strike in al-Jawf targeted a government complex and a house, killing nine people including five children and wounding seven others, according to SABA. No details were provided about when the strikes occurred.
The rebels' media center blamed Saudi Arabia for the strikes on Sanaa, which came as the Houthis continued to fire missiles and drones toward the kingdom’s airports.
Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation didn't say Monday when King Khalid Airport in the capital of Riyadh will resume operations.
Houthi rebels have attacked the airport multiple times in recent days, killing at least 14 people and wounding at least 320 others.
Saudi authorities opened an investigation into an air defense failure to respond to Houthi missiles that hit the King Khalid Airport, one of the most secure areas in the kingdom.
Two regional officials said on Monday an initial probe showed that the Houthis first fired multiple drones to pave the way for a mix of cruise and ballistic missiles to reach the airport. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they're not authorized to speak to the media.
One of the officials said the probe also seeks to answer why there wasn't early warning of the attack since the Houthi missiles and drones traveled over 1,000 kilometers to reach Riyadh.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday repeated the country's readiness to help settle the conflict between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia through diplomatic means.
Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Iran was deeply concerned about the situation and announced readiness to mediate talks between the two sides “many times.”
Baghaei said the war only serves Israeli interests and that Iran doesn't accept the continuation of conflict between two Islamic nations.
India's Foreign Ministry said Monday two Indian seafarers are missing after a drone struck the MT Petro Dolphin in the Strait of Hormuz area. The commercial tanker had 11 Indian sailors on board when it was hit Sunday, the ministry said.
A second vessel, the Marshall Islands-flagged MT Valthera, was struck by an unknown projectile, sparking a fire on board, but all 11 Indian sailors on the tanker were safe, the ministry said.
Funerals were held on Monday for five people killed in two separate Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip.
The first attack on Sunday evening killed three people, according to Nasser Hospital officials, at a spot where people gather to charge phones and other batteries in the Musawi area of Khan Younis.
A second attack early Monday in Rafah killed two others near the territory’s biggest bream fisheries.
The Israeli military said it targeted several Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in the first strike and several Hamas militants in the second.
Iran on Monday hanged a man convicted on charges of belonging to the Jaish al-Adl militant group and helping support attacks on security forces, official Mizan news agency reported.
Mizan, affiliated with Iran's judiciary, identified the man as Omar Dorostaran, saying he provided logistical support to armed teams, including arranging safe houses, moving members and supplying weapons and ammunition.
The judiciary accused Dorostaran of supporting attacks on police and Revolutionary Guard facilities in Rask, as well as attacks on military sites in the southeastern port city of Chabahar in April 2024.
Jaish al-Adl, or the Army of Justice, is a Sunni militant group that emerged in 2012 and has repeatedly targeted Iranian security forces in southeastern Iran.
The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday a new support mission to Lebanon will help train the country's army and security forces “to strengthen territorial control, border security, and internal security.”
She told a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg the new mission would strengthen EU support of Lebanese efforts to restore the government’s full sovereignty and build stability. She described the mission as “a major update of our security ties.”
The mission follows long-serving U.N. peacekeepers leaving at the end of the year.
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This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.
