Large crowds gathered in Yemen's capital Sanaa to mourn dozens of people, including children, killed in strikes blamed on Saudi Arabia last week.

Houthi militia said a Saudi strike on Saturday hit the village of al-Shariya, killing 44 people, including 21 children, and injuring 40 others.

Mourners prayed beside coffins bearing photographs of the victims, chanting anti-US and anti-Israel slogans, according to an AFP photographer.

The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government said that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed three cruise missiles launched by Houthi militia group toward the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia.

Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said in a statement that the missiles were intercepted before reaching their intended targets.

The incident comes amid continued military escalation between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, with the coalition reporting repeated interceptions of missiles and drones targeting different parts of the kingdom.

Three Palestinians were killed and several others injured in two Israeli air strikes targeting a tent and a house rooftop in Gaza City, in a new ceasefire violation.

Two people were killed when a tent on al-Jalaa Street was struck, while Hani al-Khudari, 44, was killed in a drone strike near Sheikh Radwan Cemetery. The victims and wounded were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital, according to medical sources.

Yemen witnessed a new military escalation between government forces and the Houthi militia group in the provinces of Marib, Al-Jawf and Taiz during the last several hours, as the UN warned of worsening humanitarian conditions and said 330,000 people have been displaced since August.

The Houthis, meanwhile, claimed that 109 air strikes and missile attacks targeted the capital, Sanaa, and six provinces during a 24-hour period.

The developments came as the Yemeni government urged Islamic countries to designate the Houthis a “terrorist organisation.”

Israel has detained 11 foreign activists and deported 12 others from the occupied West Bank while they were taking part in activities supporting Palestinian farmers against attacks by illegal Israeli settlers, the coordinator of the Palestinian “Fazaa” campaign said.

Campaign coordinator Mohammed Matar said “around 800 foreign activists, including diplomats, had participated in the campaign’s activities since it was launched on Sept. 28 to support Palestinian farmers and communities targeted by illegal settlers.”

According to Matar, Israeli authorities detained 11 activists in the al-Bawabeer area of Masafer Yatta, while 12 international activists were deported from the village of Kafr Ni’ma, west of Ramallah.

The Israeli army and illegal settlers carried out 1,182 arson attacks targeting Palestinian property and land in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, between October 7, 2023, and September 30, 2026, according to official Palestinian figures.

The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in a statement Wednesday that 809 attacks targeted property, vehicles and facilities, while 373 others affected Palestinian land.

The central West Bank governorate of Ramallah and al-Bireh and the northern governorate of Nablus alone recorded 711 attacks, accounting for 60.2 percent of the total, the commission said.

Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei has warned that Tehran would target US military bases beyond the region, including those in European countries, if Washington launches an attack on Iran or US aircraft use them to strike Iranian territory.

He also said Iran is developing nuclear-powered ships and submarines, arguing that it needs enriched nuclear materials for these projects.

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel has said in a statement that two petitions concerning 14 Palestinian doctors detained from Gaza, including hospital directors and specialist physicians, had been rejected.

It added that the Lod District Court rejected a request to allow Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, to undergo an independent medical examination and obtain a second medical opinion despite “concerning indications in his medical records.”

“The 14 doctors are being held in Israeli prisons without being charged or brought to trial,” the organisation said.

Palestinian Hani al-Khudari, 44, was killed after being targeted on the rooftop of his home near Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in western Gaza City. His body was taken to al-Shifa Hospital, medical sources said.

Witnesses told Anadolu that Khudari was on the rooftop filling water when an Israeli drone struck him with a missile, killing him.