earlier, president biden had warned the us would respond if the iran backed group continued what he called outrageous behaviour in attacking shipping in the red sea. on friday, the us and uk hit around 30 sites across yemen, including the capital city of sana a. houthi leaders said five people were killed, and have warned of more retaliation. our correspondent graham satchell has more. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the new attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels.
very popular in the muslim world in general and i think the same goes to yemen and also around the region. we didn t hear that much criticism against what they have been doing in the red sea emanating from the region and that is for obvious reasons, because that is very popular, stopping against israelis in times of their carnage in gaza is something that i think is not easy to stand against by any government orany to stand against by any government or any official in the arab world, thatis or any official in the arab world, that is why you barely hear any criticism against that campaign and i think this attack that links the us, the british support to israel with yemen only enhances their popularity in yemen and beyond. professor, the us and uk have been at pains over the last 24 hours to try and separate the two issues,
extraordinarily quickly. the pictures you are looking at, that is a campaign rally in taipei by the democratic progressive party, the dpp. according to our correspondent in taiwan, they are saying it is a very, very close race. as it was in 2000 and 2004. rupert wingfield hayes, i will correspond reporting in the last 30 minutes that vice president william lai from the dpp is holding something like a 4.5 lead. we will keep across that story throughout the morning and we will be crossing live to our correspondent who is there. after the top of the hour. any wad of elements we get before that, we will bring them to you. let s get more on our top story, and the us has launched a new strike against the houthis in yemen. military officials say they hit
to the latest us strikes. the houthis are saying that these attacks they have carried out targeting shipping vessels in the red sea are in response to israel s offensive against hamas in gaza. so they are linking those attacks to what s happening in gaza. i think yesterday we heard from hezbollah here in lebanon, another group that is supported by iran condemning those attacks. and i think this is the fear here that this could lead to an escalation of this violence here in the middle east. the houthis have vowed to retaliate after the first wave of attacks. and i think what happened overnight was that the us said that these attacks were a follow up action following the first wave of attacks. they said these recent strikes targeted a range of facilities being used by the houthis in yemen. we haven t had any confirmation
the israeli bombardment of gaza has continued overnight, with the crowded southern cities of khan younis and rafah bearing the brunt. rockets were also fired from gaza into southern israel. the israeli military says overnight, its forces killed three palestinians armed with knives, a rifle and axes, who were trying to break into a settlement in the occupied west bank. official palestinian media say two were aged 16, and one i9. meanwhile the hamas run health ministry in gaza says a total of 23,843 palestinians have been killed and over 60, 000 have been wounded in israeli strikes on gaza since october 7th. the us has launched a new strike against the houthis in yemen. military officials say they hit a radar site with missiles fired from the uss carney, based in the red sea. they ve described the fresh strike as a follow on action to there joint attacks yesterday, which authorities say are designed to degrade the houthis ability to attack maritime vessels .