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hello and welcome to verified live. the houthis in yemen have said american and british strikes against them will not go without punishment or retaliation. the group says five of its fighters were killed and six were injured overnight. earlier, the houthis issued a statement saying british and american interests were legitimate targets after the strikes. us central command says more than 60 houthi military targets were struck, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. they included what the us called command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. among the areas targeted the capital sanaa and the port of hudaydah. this was the moment us warplanes took off from an aircraft carrier. russia called the strikes illegitimate and requested an urgent meeting of the un security council. iran which supports the houthis condemned the strikes in yemen as a clear violation of the country s territorial
on thursday south africa accused the highest levels of the israeli state of nurturing genocidal intent against palestinians in gaza. these are pictures outside the court. as you would expect, a huge amount of interest. these are israeli supporters. you can see the israeli supporters. you can see the israeli flags. we were also hearing that some of the relatives of the people being held hostage inside gaza are also in court today. that is the scene outside the international court ofjustice in the hague. they walked out a moment ago, because they are going on a break. let s hear a bit of what was said earlier. the applicant has regrettably put before the court a profoundly distorted factual and legal picture. the entirety of its case hinges on a deliberately curated, decontextualised and manipulative description of the reality of current hostilities. south africa purports to come to this court in the lofty position of a guardian of the interest of humanity. but in delegitimisin
Decontextualised and manipulative description of the reality of current hostilities. south africa purports to come to this court in the lofty position of a guardian of the interest of humanity. but in delegitimising israel s 75 year existence in its opening presentation yesterday, that broad commitment to humanity rang hollow. and in its sweeping counterfactual description of the israeli palestinian conflict, it seemed to erase bothjewish history and any palestinian agency or responsibility. indeed, the delegitimisation of israel, since its very establishment in 1948, in the applicant s submissions, sounded barely distinguishable from hamas own rejectionist rhetoric.
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