Middle East live updates: Israeli forces strike Houthi targets in Yemen, IDF says

Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza came under attack again on Friday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The ministry reported a siege was ongoing at the hospital and Israeli forces were "forcibly transferring the sick and injured" to other locations.

Kamal Adwan Hospital is the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza and is operating at a limited capacity due to a lack of medical supplies and the repeated attacks on the hospital.

The director of field hospitals at the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, Marwan Al-Hams, said 25 patients remain inside Kamal Adwan Hospital.

Israeli forces said the hospital "serves as a Hamas terrorist stronghold in northern Gaza" in a release about the attacks.

"Following prior IDF and ISA intelligence regarding the presence of terrorist infrastructure and operatives carrying out terror activities in the area of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, soldiers of the 401st Brigade under the command of the 162nd Division began operating in the area in the last few hours," the IDF said in a statement Friday.

"In order to mitigate harm to the civilian population in the area, IDF troops facilitated the secure evacuation of civilians, patients, and medical personnel prior to the operation," the IDF said in the statement.

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The White House is "actively working" on reaching a ceasefire-hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, national security communications adviser John Kirby told reporters Friday, but noted that "we are not there yet" and "Hamas is the obstacle."

"Our backs are to it, and we are continuing to work on this as hard as we can to try to get a ceasefire deal in place before we leave office," Kirby added.

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At least six people were killed and more than 40 people injured after Israeli attacks on Yemen on Thursday, the Yemen Ministry of Health and Environment said Friday.

In response, Houthi forces targeted Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with a hypersonic missile early Friday morning, the Houthis said in a statement.

The missile was intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

The IDF said it targeted military infrastructure in the Sana'a International Airport and the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations in its strikes on Thursday.

Among those injured in the attack on the airport was a World Food Programme United Nations Humanitarian Air Service worker, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X on Friday.The worker was evacuated by WHO and taken to Jordan to receive further medical treatment, Ghebreyesus said.

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About 50 people were killed, including five medical staff, near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza after an airstrike on a building “adjacent to the hospital,” the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the hospital's director said Thursday.

In a statement to ABC News, the Israel Defense Forces said it “operates against terrorists and terrorist infrastructure in the area of Jabalia and continued its operations over the last day" and is "unaware" of a strike in the area of the hospital.

"The claims that five doctors were killed in the area are being examined," the statement continued. "The number of casualties reported in the media does not align with the information held by the IDF."

Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the city of Beit Lahia, has reported multiple attacks by Israeli forces over the past week.

In Gaza City, 15 people were killed and at least 60 people were injured after various attacks in neighborhoods, the Hamas-run Gaza Civil Defense said in a statement Thursday.

The Israeli Air Force conducted a "precise strike" on two Hamas operatives in Gaza City "in recent days," the IDF said Thursday.

"Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence," the IDF said in a statement.

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