<p>Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that Turkey has decided to completely sever its economic and trade ties with Israel and has also closed its airspace to Israeli aircraft.</p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/414085">Read more.</a></p>

IDF says that the Chief of Staff and the Defense Minister were present at the conference hall in Sanaa that was attacked.

<p>According to reports in Lebanon, the individual killed in the Israeli strike that occurred a short while ago in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon is Ahmad Naim Matouk, a Hezbollah activist who was previously injured during Israel's beeper operation against the organization.</p>

<p>The IDF confirmed that the strike last night in Sanaa was aimed at a conference hall where a 'ministers' meeting' of the Houthi government was being held, intended for a joint viewing of a speech by Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.</p><p>According to the IDF, the Houthi Chief of Staff and the Houthi Minister of Defense was also in attendance at the hall. At this stage, the collection of information regarding the results of the strike (BDA) and the condition of the senior officials who were the focus of the attack is ongoing. Despite reports about the elimination of the Houthi Chief of Staff and the Houthi Prime Minister, Israel has not currently confirmed the identity of the casualties.</p><p>The IDF noted that the strike was successful, carried out according to operational plans, and was launched following crucial intelligence information.</p>

<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara met on Thursday evening with Sabine Taasa, who lost both her husband and son in the Hamas massacre of October 7.</p><p>During the meeting, Tasa provided an update on the condition of her children, who were wounded in the attack, and described the rehabilitation process they are currently undergoing.</p><p>As part of Israel’s international public diplomacy efforts, a joint statement by the Prime Minister and Taasa, accompanied by excerpts of security camera footage from the family’s home in Moshav Netiv Ha’Asara, will be released today to audiences abroad.</p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/414090"><strong>Read more</strong></a></p>

<p>The Yemeni channel Al-Jumhuriya, affiliated with Houthi opponents, reported that in the Israeli strike in Sanaa ministers and deputy ministers in the Houthi government were injured. Among the casualties, according to sources, are Deputy Prime Minister Jalal Al-Rawishan, Deputy Interior Minister Abd Al-Majid Al-Murtada, and Economy Minister Muin Al-Mukhari.</p><p>Earlier, media outlets in Yemen reported that Houthi Prime Minister Ahmad Al-Rahawi was killed in the attack. On the other hand, no confirmation has yet been received from the Houthi side regarding the reports, and the official position is that no senior officials were killed in the attack.</p>

<p>Canadian PM condemns the stabbing of a Jewish woman in Ottawa, pledging support for the Jewish community and swift justice amid rising antisemitism across Canada.</p<<p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

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