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Yemen Displacement, Haiti Troops, Russia Strikes
280,000+ Yemenis displaced by war; El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti; Russian drone kills 14 in Ukraine.
In brief
280,000+ Yemenis displaced by war; El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti; Russian drone kills 14 in Ukraine. 280,000+ Yemenis displaced since August; El Salvador increases military presence in Haiti; Russian drone strike kills 14 in Ukraine. Originally reported by Drop Site News.
Yemen Displacement
Nearly 1,700 killed and 281,000 displaced in Yemen since August.
“At least 1,677 people have been killed and 7,395 injured in Yemen since August amid escalating fighting”
Ansarallah Strikes
Ansarallah reports 101 airstrikes by Saudi-backed forces across Yemen.
“Ansarallah reported 101 airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition across the country over the past 24 hours”
Human Rights Watch
HRW: Ansarallah depriving civilians of food, medicine in Taiz.
“Renewed efforts by the Houthis to cut off food, water, and medicine to Taizz show their utter disregard for civilian lives”
Haiti Military
El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti.
“Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime he will deploy more than two thousand troops to Haiti”
Ukraine Drone Strike
Russian drone strike on Ukraine train station kills at least 14.
“A Russian jet-powered drone hit a busy train platform in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Thursday, killing at least thirteen people”
Iran Diplomacy
Vance requests renewed talks with Iran’s security chief.
“Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, proposing renewed direct negotiations”
U.S. Military
War Secretary fires Pentagon’s top military planner.
“U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Brett Sylvia, the Pentagon’s top military planner”
Palestine Conflict
Israeli drone strike kills two Palestinians in Gaza.
“Two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Thursday in an Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle near the entrance to the Maghazi refugee camp”
Hebron Siege
Israeli forces demolish homes in West Bank as Hebron siege enters seventh day.
“Hebron: Israel’s military assault entered its seventh consecutive day on Thursday, with more than 780 families affected”
West Bank Violence
Israeli settlers beat U.S. journalist and Russian activists.
“Israeli settlers attacked U.S. journalist Jasper Nathaniel and two Russian activists in the Palestinian village of Umm Al-Khair”
Gaza Health Ministry
Health Ministry stresses urgency of medical evacuations through Rafah.
“The successive and sudden closures of the crossings, and the deliberate slowness in the procedures, have turned the file of medical transfers from a humanitarian rescue path to a fatal obstacle”
Iranian Claims
Iran claims three oil tankers struck mines near Strait of Hormuz.
“Three oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines south of the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday and Thursday”
Iranian Drone Claims
Iran claims capture of one U.S. spy drone, downing of another over Hormuz.
“The IRGC claimed on Thursday that it captured an intact U.S. MQM-170 reconnaissance and decoy drone west of the Strait of Hormuz”
U.S. Elections
Trump administration issues over 100 subpoenas for voter records ahead of midterms.
“Trump administration issued more than one hundred subpoenas for voter records in at least thirteen states ahead of midterms”
California Tax
California elites spend $612 million to defeat billionaire tax.
“Seventy past and current California billionaires have spent a record-setting $612 million to block a one-time, 5% tax on their wealth”
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights figure dies at 96.
“Labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta died on Wednesday at her home in Bakersfield, Calif., of cancer”
The takeaway
280,000+ Yemenis displaced since August; El Salvador increases military presence in Haiti; Russian drone strike kills 14 in Ukraine.
