Yemenis holds mass rallies to show support for Palestinians, condemn U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran

Yemenis took to the streets on Friday in Al-Sabeen Square in the capital, Sanaa, as well as in other areas under Houthi control, to voice support for the Palestinian people and condemn the continued military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran.

In the mass rallies, the demonstrators waved flags and chanted slogans despite raining, expressing their anger and condemnation over the war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran.

The Houthi leadership said that its affiliated forces are fully prepared to respond militarily if the situation shifts further, which is believed to potentially threaten the international shipping security of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and which has raised concerns that the Bab El-Mandeb Strait may be closed.

The Bab El-Mandeb Strait is a sea route chokepoint between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea. As famous as the Strait of Hormuz, it is one of the world's most critical energy transportation corridors.

Yemenis holds mass rallies to show support for Palestinians, condemn U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran

Yemenis holds mass rallies to show support for Palestinians, condemn U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran

Yemenis holds mass rallies to show support for Palestinians, condemn U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran

Yemenis holds mass rallies to show support for Palestinians, condemn U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran

Pakistani warplanes struck several locations across Afghanistan on Thursday night and Friday, killing at least six people, including a woman and a child, and wounding more than a dozen others, local officials said.

The strikes hit a fuel depot near the country's Kandahar Airport, areas in the capital Kabul, and the eastern Nangarhar Province.

A Pakistani security source said the strikes targeted hideouts belonging to the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

In Kabul's 21st police district, one of the areas hit, a market was left in ruins. Several cars were destroyed, and windows of buildings in the market and nearby areas were shattered. A crater caused by the Pakistani airstrikes was also visible.

"This is my car. I had parked it here, and it was the only way I could bring food to my family's table. It was my sole source of income and my only means of employment. Now my car is in this condition, and I have no other way to provide for my family," said Mohamad Ghulam, a taxi driver.

The airstrikes destroyed a house, killing four members of a single family. More than a dozen other households in the area reported their homes either fully or partially destroyed.

One of the victims was 22-year-old Hedayatullah, who had just been married. He was killed alongside his pregnant wife, as well as his brother and sister.

"Hedayatullah got married nine months ago. His brother was 18 years old. He himself was 22 years old, he also had a 12-year-old sister, and his wife was about 19 years old and was pregnant," said Ghulam Sakhi, a relative of the victims.

"This neighbor of ours was a family of five. Their mother was not present at the moment of the bombardment, but the rest of them lost their lives. It was Hedayatuallah's family. From my own family, two of my daughters, my sister-in-law, my brother, and two nieces got injured," said Mohamad Homayoun, a survivor.

In the past weeks, scores of people from both sides have been killed or injured in the conflict between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, according to officials from the two countries.

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has called for an immediate halt to cross-border clashes, warning that the escalating violence is driving a surge in civilian casualties and deepening a humanitarian crisis.

At least 6 killed, more than a dozen wounded in Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan: officials