Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim attack on Saudi oil facility
Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a drone attack on a Saudi Aramco refinery Sunday as escalating strikes threaten to reignite major fighting in Yemen.
Houthi attacks kill at least seven people at Red Sea port, Yemen says
Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed at least seven people and injured more than a dozen others in an attack Sunday on the crucial Red Sea port of Mokha, Yemen's National Resistance Forces said.
The group, which is allied with Yemen's internationally recognized government, said four troops and three civilians were killed, while 15 civilians were injured in the attack on the Red Sea port.
Fayed al-Noman, an official with Yemen's information ministry, said the Houthis fired missiles and drones at Mokha, severely damaging buildings and a pier as well as commercial goods and food supplies stored at the facility.
The Houthis later claimed responsibility, saying they launched “a large number of ballistic missiles and drones” targeting military forces and warehouses in the area.
Mokha is one of the main ports controlled by Yemen's internationally recognized government and has been renovated in recent years to accommodate shipping that avoids Houthi-held ports in Hodeida.
The deadly attack came as the Houthis also claimed a drone strike on a Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that attack was in response to Saudi drones allegedly breaching Yemeni airspace over Hajjah and Saada.
Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry reported a fire at the Aramco facility early Sunday but did not identify its cause. The ministry said the fire was extinguished and there were no casualties.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Netanyahu rejects Board of Peace's Gaza plan: No 'withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed'
Israel is rejecting a 15-point Gaza proposal put forward by the Board of Peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, declaring that Israeli forces will not withdraw from the enclave until Hamas fully gives up its weapons.
"Israel rejects the 15-point Gaza document proposed by the Board of Peace," Netanyahu said at Sunday's Cabinet meeting. "The IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed."
Israel remains in discussions with the United States over the disarmament of Hamas but insisted any agreement would have to result in the terror group surrendering its entire arsenal, according to Netanyahu.
"It needs to be genuine disarmament, not fictitious disarmament," Netanyahu said.
"When I say Hamas is disarmed, that means the heavy weapons, the less heavy weapons, all the weapons," he added.
Hamas remains committed to a Gaza roadmap agreed with mediators and representatives of the Board of Peace in Cairo 10 days ago, senior Hamas official Basem Naim told Reuters.
Hamas expects mediators and the United States to "press Netanyahu and his government to adhere to the roadmap," he added.
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Huckabee weighs in on Pentagon’s 'Golden Dome' as Iranian missile threats grow
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Sunday appeared on “Fox & Friends Weekend” was asked about the Pentagon’s expected upcoming test of the Golden Dome defense system while discussing Iran's growing ballistic missile capabilities.
Iran’s ballistic missiles can reach ranges of 4,100 kilometers, which Huckabee said puts putting cities across most of Europe — such as London, Paris, Berlin and Rome — in Tehran’s sights.
“How long will it be before they can launch one toward the United States? That’s why we have to take them seriously,” Huckabee said.
Huckabee was then asked about the Pentagon’s expected test of the Golden Dome, the planned layered missile shield intended to detect, track and intercept ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons and drones before they can strike the United States.
“The U.S. recognizes that the ultimate long-term, futuristic threat that we face is in perhaps the types of missiles that I’ve been running from ever since I’ve been [in Israel] — been in the shelter more times than I’d like to tell you, I’ve heard the explosion overhead. But it’s a successful program over here,” Huckabee said, referring to Israel’s defense systems.
In just over six weeks, Huckabee said that the Israeli defense systems intercepted 92% of incoming ballistic missiles, while those that penetrated did “minimal damage.”
“The United States, under President Trump, is quite smart in recognizing we’ve got folks pointing weapons at us, and we need to be in a defensive posture where they can’t be effective in it,” he said.
Pentagon pushes weapons makers to ramp up production amid Iran war
The Pentagon is pressing U.S. defense companies to accelerate weapons production as the military works to replenish munitions depleted during the ongoing war with Iran, The Associated Press reported Saturday.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told the AP that the Defense Department is focused on increasing munitions acquisitions to provide “the weapons our warfighters need at the pace the threat demands.”
Parnell confirmed that the Pentagon has taken steps over the past week to significantly accelerate the process, though he said the effort is part of a broader military modernization push that began before the five-month conflict with Iran.
Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg also sent a memo to defense industry leaders Wednesday giving them no more than 21 days to submit proposals for significantly faster delivery schedules or increased production of critical weapons, the AP reported, citing a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
“Years-long development cycles are not acceptable,” Feinberg wrote, according to the report. “We must dramatically accelerate our program schedules and expand our production capacity now.”
The push comes amid heightened scrutiny of U.S. weapons stockpiles following months of fighting with Iran. Recent combat has further depleted inventories of advanced missile interceptors, potentially increasing risks to U.S. forces if hostilities resume, according to an analysis cited by the AP.
President Donald Trump pushed back Thursday against reports that some U.S. weapons inventories have been severely depleted, declaring that the country has “massive amounts” of munitions and that additional weapons are being manufactured.
The Pentagon has similarly maintained that the U.S. military has the arsenal necessary to protect American forces and interests and conduct operations around the world. Exact figures for U.S. weapons stockpiles remain classified.
Houthis target Saudi Aramco refinery as attacks spread across Red Sea
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they attacked an oil facility in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, while a Yemeni government official accused the group of launching a separate assault on a crucial Red Sea port.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group targeted a Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan with a drone. He said the strike was carried out in response to Saudi drones allegedly breaching Yemeni airspace over the provinces of Hajjah and Saada.
Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry reported a fire early Sunday at a facility belonging to the Aramco refinery but did not identify its cause. The ministry said the fire was extinguished and there were no casualties.
Separately, Fayed al-Noman, an official with Yemen's internationally recognized government, said the Houthis launched missiles and drones at the port of Mocha on the Red Sea. The Houthis did not immediately comment on that alleged attack.
Mocha is one of the main ports controlled by Yemen's internationally recognized government and has been renovated in recent years to accommodate shipping that avoids Houthi-held ports in Hodeida.
The latest attacks come amid a series of Houthi missile and drone strikes targeting Saudi Arabia and shipping in the Red Sea, raising concerns that the escalation could reignite major fighting in Yemen more than four years after a 2022 truce largely halted the country's civil war.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Iran lays out 6 demands for US 'behavior correction' before Strait of Hormuz reopens
Iran laid out six demands Saturday for what it called U.S. "behavior correction" before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen, according to the country's state-run IRNA news agency.
Mohammad Baqer Zulqader, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said “until America corrects its behavior, The Strait of Hormuz will not open.”
Zulqader said the U.S. must stop threatening Iran and insulting what he described as the country's sanctities, end military action against Iran and its allies in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Yemen and Iraq, and lift the naval blockade.
His remaining demands call for U.S. sea and air forces to withdraw from Iran, compensation for damages from two wars, the removal of sanctions against Iran and the unconditional release of frozen Iranian assets.
The demands come as negotiations over reopening the Strait of Hormuz remain ongoing. Vice President JD Vance told Fox News earlier Saturday that Iranian officials have told the U.S. they have no plans to toll the critical waterway.
Zulqader also said the Supreme National Security Council would maintain its position in both military and diplomatic talks, according to IRNA.
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