Israel fights the genocide actuzation in the UIN’s Internationl Court presented by South Africa….
US/UK Houthi strikes in Yemen…..
(Only ONE attack afterwards by the Houthi’s who vow revenge….)
Here is what else to know:
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Israel presented its defense at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Friday in a case accusing it of carrying out genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Palestinians have hailed the case as a chance for justice. Israel strenuously denies the charge, calling it a perversion of history for a country founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
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Germany said it will intervene on Israel’s behalf in the genocide case brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice. The German government said there is “no basis whatsoever” to South Africa’s claim that Israel is committing genocide its war in Gaza.
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The U.S.-led strikes in Yemen hit radars, missile- and drone-launch sites, and weapons storage areas, according to two American officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Biden administration officials said the strikes were intended to hinder the Houthis’ ability to strike Red Sea targets, rather than to kill leaders and Iranian trainers, which could be viewed as more escalatory. A Houthi spokesman said at least five of its fighters were killed.
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Russia requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to discuss the U.S.-led strikes, according to a diplomat from France, which holds the rotating Council presidency this month. The session was to be held in closed consultations, according to the diplomat….
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The U.S. strike involved Navy F/A-18 jets from the Eisenhower carrier strike group and missiles from the the USS Gravely, USS Philippine Sea, and the USS Mason, as well as an Ohio-class submarine, Sims said, and four British Typhoon jets, with “support of the Australians, Bahrainis, Canadians and the Netherlands.”
“Every target we struck last night was associated with a capability that has been employed in denying freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and in the [Bab al Mandeb.] So whether it was associated with radars that are providing us surveillance to the Houthis to determine what ships to strike at, if it’s one-way attack UAVs being used to strike at ships, or it’s some sort of ballistic cruise or otherwise that have been employed in an effort to strike those ships, all of those were capabilities that we sought to degrade with our strikes last night,” said Sims….
Jan 12, 2024 – ISW Press
The United States and the United Kingdom conducted joint strikes on January 11 that targeted Houthi military facilities to degrade the group’s capability to attack ships transiting the Red Sea.