Highlights: [Live] U.S. shot down missile fired from Yemen on U.s. destroyer. In Gaza, the war is still raging and in Israel the relatives of hostages are still living. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke on Sunday, January 14, a week after the assassination of Hezbollah commander Wissam al-Tawil. According to a tally announced on Sunday (January 14th) by the Hamas Ministry of Health, 23,968people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7.

The war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas passed the 100-day mark on Sunday (January 14th). In Gaza, the war is still raging and in Israel the relatives of hostages are still living...

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[Live] U.S. shot down missile fired from Yemen on U.S. destroyer

Screenshot from a video showing a U.S. plane taking off from an unknown location to join the U.S.-led coalition operation against the Houthis in Yemen, January 12, 2024. via REUTERS - US CENTRAL COMMAND VIA X

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Key takeaways:

■ A U.S. fighter jet shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired at a Navy destroyer in the Red Sea from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. No injuries or damage were reported.

■ Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke on Sunday, January 14, a week after the assassination of Hezbollah commander Wissam al-Tawil. He said that "U.S. aggression in the Red Sea would undermine freedom of navigation in that sea." He also claimed that Hezbollah was ready for all-out war.

Israelis on Sunday expressed solidarity with hostages held in the Palestinian territory to mark 100 days of their detention and support the mobilization of their families. But Hamas' military wing spokesman Abu Obeida said many of the hostages had "probably been killed recently," with the rest "in great danger," for which he blamed Israel "fully."

■ According to a tally announced on Sunday (January 14th) by the Hamas Ministry of Health, 23,968people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7. The majority of the dead are women, teenagers and children. More than 60,000 people were injured. More than 10,000 children – 1 percent of the total child population in the Gaza Strip – have been killed, according to a new report by Save The Children.

Information given in Universal Time (Paris-1),

05:30 a.m.: Washington shot down a missile fired from Yemen targeting a U.S. destroyer

The U.S. military said Sunday it had shot down a cruise missile targeting a U.S. destroyer, fired from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. At around 16:45 p.m. local time (13:45 GMT) on Sunday, "an anti-ship cruise missile fired from Iranian-backed Houthi militant areas in the direction of the USS Laboon," a U.S. destroyer operating in the southern Red Sea, the U.S. Middle East Military Command (Centcom) said. "The missile was shot down in the vicinity of the coast of Hodeidah by a U.S. fighter jet," Centcom added, adding that there were no injuries or damage.

On Jan. 14 at approximately 4:45 p.m. (Sanaa time), an anti-ship cruise missile was fired from Iranian-backed Houthi militant areas of Yemen toward USS Laboon (DDG 58), which was operating in the Southern Red Sea. The missile was shot down in vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah by... pic.twitter.com/jftZHQhA2e

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 15, 2024

The attack appears to be the first to target a U.S. destroyer, amid attacks by the Houthis on ships in the Red Sea that they believe are linked to Israel. The attacks were carried out in "solidarity" with Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel and Hamas have been at war since the deadly attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil on 7 October.

Washington has denied Houthi media reports of new "US-British strikes" on the port city of Hodeidah on Sunday. "There were no U.S. or coalition strikes today," a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity.

U.S. and British forces struck Houthi targets across Yemen on Friday, bolstering fears of a regional spread of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. The Houthis then fired "at least one missile" but did not hit any ships, the US military said. Then, on Saturday morning, another U.S. strike was carried out against a radar site in Yemen, the same source reported.

[Live] U.S. shot down missile fired from Yemen on U.S. destroyer

[Live] U.S. shot down missile fired from Yemen on U.S. destroyer

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