The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Saturday rejected a recent report by the U.S.-backed Board of Peace on the situation in the Gaza Strip, describing its content as inaccurate.
Hamas said in a statement that the report failed to present a balanced and comprehensive account of the current situation in Gaza, calling on the board to maintain an objective and balanced stance and to avoid adopting the "Israeli narrative".
Hamas also stressed that Gaza has still been facing repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement, attacks on civilians, and an extremely dire humanitarian situation, according to the statement.
The so-called "Board of Peace," a body initiated by the United States, issued a report on Friday claiming that "Hamas has acquiesced to the Board of Peace's demands," and that in the next decade, "Gaza must become a model of effective Palestinian self-governance".
The report asserted that the Palestinian core pursuit lies in freedom and prosperity, rather than the destruction of Israel.
Hamas rejects U.S.-backed Board of Peace report on Gaza as inaccurate
Heavy airstrikes hit Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa and the Red Sea port city of Mocha in the southwestern province of Taiz on Saturday, killing and wounding several people, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
Successive airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition rocked Sanaa with powerful explosions. Local residents said that warplanes continued to hover over the capital amid loud blasts.
Al-Masirah said three people were killed and several others wounded when a strike hit a house in Asr, western Sanaa. It also reported casualties after a cement factory was struck in Hamdan district, northwest of the capital.
The broadcaster also said nearly 20 airstrikes hit Mocha, a city in southwestern Taiz province near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's key maritime chokepoints.
There was no immediate comment from the Saudi Arabia-led coalition.
Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said on Saturday on social media platform X that the coalition intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi group toward the Saudi capital Riyadh.
The strikes came as Yemen's internationally recognized government forces, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, intensified their "Dawn of Yemen" offensive against the Houthis, while the group has responded with missile and drone attacks deep inside Saudi Arabia.
Yemen has been mired in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and much of the country's north, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene the following year in support of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
Heavy airstrikes hit Houthi-held Sanaa, Mocha amid escalating Yemen conflict
