Israel attacks Houthi rebels in Yemen: number one killed. Heavy bombing in Gaza: one million on the run

Ukrainian air defences neutralised 548 of the 582 Russian drones and missiles launched against regions of the country tonight. This was reported by the air force cited by Ukrainska Pravda. Since 7pm yesterday, 'the Russians have launched 537 drones' along with 'eight Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles' and '37 cruise missiles' including the Kaliber. Of these, the anti-aircraft has shot down 510 drones, 6 ballistic missiles and 32 cruise missiles'.

"Cancelled the Palestinian state," announces Minister Smotrich from the top of a hill in the occupied West Bank. It is meant to be the formal, official, definitive, biblical act of the Great Israel.

To hell with the rest of the world, from Canada to Australia, via Europe and China. It is like locking oneself in a Masada fortress again, with one difference from the one conquered by the Romans two millennia ago: now Israel has a powerful army and a nuclear arsenal.

According to Al Jazeera sources, heavy artillery shelling is taking place in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City and the shelling has not stopped since the early hours of the morning. Flocal sources reported that 11 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a bakery in the Nassr neighbourhood, west of Gaza City. Heavy shelling throughout the Strip with a death toll of 44. In the central part, at least five people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli attack on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp. At least 15 people were trapped under the rubble.

The office of PNA (Palestinian National Authority) President Abu Mazen called on the US government to reverse its unusual decision to revoke his visa, weeks before his participation in the main annual UN meeting and an international conference on the creation of a Palestinian state. Abu Mazen has been addressing the General Assembly for many years and generally leads the Palestinian delegation. "We call on the US administration to revoke its decision. This decision will only increase tension and escalation, Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh told the Associated Press in Ramallah.

One of the main parties involved will be absent. Abu Mazen, president of the Palestinian National Authority, will not be able to attend the next UN General Assembly, scheduled for September, where several states - including France - are expected to support the recognition of a Palestinian state. This absence follows the US decision, announced last night, not to grant him a visa.The announcement provoked the ire of French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot. The tenant of the Quai d'Orsay declared that the UN headquarters 'cannot tolerate any restriction on access'. "The United Nations headquarters is a place of neutrality. It is a sanctuary in the service of peace. A UN General Assembly cannot tolerate any restriction on access,' Jean-Noel Barrot said in Copenhagen, shortly before a meeting of EU foreign ministers. An initiative, the American one, also denounced by Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister. "We cannot be held hostage," he said, suggesting that a special session of the UN General Assembly be held in Geneva to ensure the presence of the Palestinians. "We must be able to discuss together; we cannot simply say that we are excluding Palestine from the dialogue," Xavier Bettel told the press in Copenhagen. The ban imposed by the White House will also apply to another 80 Palestinians. The State Department said it had 'revoked and denied' visas 'to members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian National Authority'. "The Trump administration has been clear that it is in our national security interest to hold the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian National Authority accountable for failing to meet their commitments and jeopardising the prospects for peace," said the US diplomacy, which accused the Palestinians of illegitimate use of justice by turning to the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice to resolve their disputes with Israel.

Gaza City Municipality spokesperson, Asem al-Nabih, in an interview with Al Arabiy TV, said that around one million Palestinians are crowded into the central and western parts of Gaza City, most of them displaced. Al-Nabih stressed that humanitarian conditions are difficult and that the most basic services cannot be provided, the per capita share of water in the Strip has dropped to less than 5 litres per day for drinking and cleaning. Al-Nabih predicted a significant increase in the number of casualties if Israel expands its military operations, warning of a total collapse of services in light of Israeli blockades on fuel and machinery entry.

Israel will soon slow down or halt humanitarian aid in parts of the northern Gaza Strip as it extends its offensive in an attempt to 'cripple' Hamas. This was reported by a Jewish state official. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to make statements to the media, told the Associated Press thatIsrael will halt airstrikes on Gaza City in the coming days and reduce the arrival of aid trucks into the northern part of the Strip, as it prepares to evacuate hundreds of thousands of residents southwards. Israel declared Gaza City a combat zone yesterday, calling it a Hamas stronghold and stating that a network of tunnels remains in use despite several large-scale raids on the area during the nearly 23 months of war.

The death toll in Gaza rises after heavy Israeli attacks overnight that targeted several areas of the Gaza Strip, reports broadcaster Al Jazeera. At least 35 Palestinians, including four aid seekers, have been killed since dawn today, including 20 in the heavily bombarded city of Gaza.

The alarm clock has sounded. And the West pretends not to hear it. For five hundred years, from 1500 onwards, the history of world power has all been played out in the backyard of the West.

First Europe, then America. From Madrid to London, from Paris to Washington. A ball that bounced between capitals dressed in white, where every handover took place in a suit and tie. But today, ladies and gentlemen, the music has changed. And it is no longer we, alone, who play the orchestra.

"We see that in several Western countries the results of the Second World War are being revised and the verdicts of the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals are being openly ignored". This was stated by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in an interview with the Chinese state news agency Xinhua on the eve of his visit to China. "Underlying these dangerous tendencies isthe reluctance to remember the direct blame of the predecessors of the current Western elites for the world war they unleashed, the desire to erase shameful pages from their history, the intention to encourage revanchism and neo-Nazism," he added.

Former Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Andriy Parubiy, assassinated in Lviv, was shot dead with eight gunshots at 46 Akademika Yefremova Street. This was reported on Telegram by Ukrainian journalist Vitaliy Glagola citing police sources, relayed by Unian. The journalist reports that according to eyewitnessesthe shooter was disguised as a Glovo courier and then hid the gun in his bag. The assailant wore a black helmet with yellow elements and rode an electric bike, the witnesses quoted by Glagola reported. A possible photo of the alleged suspect on the bike - all dressed in black, wearing a black and yellow helmet and a yellow backpack - is circulating online and has been relayed by Unian. The police are currently searching for the killer.

Moscow's Defence Ministry said the Russian army had taken control of the Komyshuvakha village in the Donetsk oblast, eastern Ukraine. The ministry said that its forces conducted successful attacks with high-precision weapons against Ukrainian missile and aircraft facilities, as well as military airfields in Ukraine.

"It is impossible that a mass evacuation of Gaza City could ever be carried out in a safe and dignified manner under the current conditions," the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric said in a note, describing the evacuation plan as "not only unfeasible, but also incomprehensible". The Red Cross chief reiterated that Israeli plans to totally evacuate Gaza, with a view to a military takeover, are impossible to implement.

The Israeli army intensified attacks against several areas of the Gaza Strip, particularly Gaza City, killing several people and injuring dozens, including women and children, according to Arab media reports including Wafa and Al Jazeera. Meanwhile, nearly one million Palestinians have been ordered to move south. Hit roads and houses, displaced people march through the rubble. Air strikes are targeting densely populated neighbourhoods that have been subjected to continuous Israeli shelling for days.

"We are not waiting. We have already begun the first stages of the attack in Gaza City". These are the statements posted on X yesterday by Avichay Andrae, spokesman for the IDF, who added 'We are operating with great force in the outskirts of the city'.

The confirmation comes from Al Jazeera reporters who report thousands of displaced people fleeing 'under the sky darkened by the smoke of the bombardment'. Definitively clearing the army's attack plan was yesterday's statement, which called Gaza City 'a dangerous combat zone' and announced the suspension of the 'tactical pauses' introduced to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.

The new IDF offensive aimed at occupying Gaza City offers Hamas ''one more opportunity to kidnap Israeli soldiers''. This was stated by Hamas Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida. ''This will increase the chances of capturing new soldiers. Our fighters are on alert, prepared and with high morale,' he said.

"Europe is ready to take responsibility in its own hands, for the first time the heads of state have gone into details on security guarantees and now we will address the issue again at the level of heads of state". This was said by French Foreign Minister Barrot arriving at the informal council in Copenhagen.

"I am not very optimistic, even our very lenient proposal on Horizon did not gather the necessary majority, it sends a message that we are divided and if we do not have a single voice on this we have no voice on the global stage". This was said by Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative.

A senior Israeli security source told public TV Kan that most of the humanitarian infrastructure in the south of the Strip is ready to receive the population that will be evacuated from Gaza City in about eight days: "The IDF will take over before Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year, begins on 22 September). The government has indicated that it is speeding up and tens of thousands of reservists will be recalled'. "It is imperative to expel Hamas and demilitarise Gaza to allow the entry of an international force, which refuses to enter as long as Hamas is there," said the source

Pressure on Putin for summit with Zelensky. Ukrainian president gives him until Monday. Otherwise he asks allies for 'a response' to Moscow. He goes further than Macron, who calls the tsar 'an ogre' who is making fun of Trump. Meanwhile, the green light from the US for the sale of 3,350 missiles to Kiev. Today in Copenhagen informal meeting of EU foreign ministers. During the night Russian raids hit several Ukrainian regions, with at least one dead and 16 wounded in Zaporizhzhia.

According to security sources quoted by the Israeli media, most of the humanitarian infrastructure in the south of the Strip is ready to receive the population that will be evacuated from Gaza City in a week's time. The attack on the city has meanwhile begun: Israeli forces have declared it a 'war zone' and started military operations, unleashing the wrath of Hamas, which promises 'a bloodbath' for the soldiers of the Jewish state. Trump meanwhile revokes visas for NPA representatives on the eve of the next UN assembly.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the revocation of visas for members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PNA) ahead of the upcoming UN General Assembly. This was reported by the State Department in a note emphasising that 'the Trump administration's commitment was not to reward terrorism'. The State Department memo reads: 'Before the PLO and PNA can be considered partners for peace, they must systematically repudiate terrorism - including the 7 October massacre - and end incitement to terrorism in education, as required by US law and as promised by the PLO. The PNA must also end its attempts to circumvent negotiations through international lawfare campaigns, including appeals to the ICC and the International Court of Justice, and efforts to obtain unilateral recognition of a hypothetical Palestinian state. Both measures contributed materially to Hamas' refusal to release its hostages and the breakdown of ceasefire talks in Gaza'.