GAZA -- At least three people were killed during an Israeli attack targeting a facility belonging to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City, Palestinian medical sources said on Friday.

The medical sources told Xinhua that "at least three bodies of people were transferred to a local hospital as an Israeli warplane attacked them while they were in a refuge facility belonging to the ICRC." (Gaza-ICRC-Attacks)

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir was lightly injured after his car ran a red light Friday afternoon in the county's central city of Ramla.

According to Israeli media and a video circulating online, Ben-Gvir's black vehicle flipped over in an intersection while another car was smashed in front. (Israel-Minister-Accident)

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ADEN, Yemen -- Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen's Houthi group, vowed on Friday to continue its naval operations in the Red Sea, rejecting media reports suggesting a decrease in Houthi maritime attacks, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.

In a televised speech addressing a large rally in Sanaa, the Houthi leader said their maritime operations had expanded into the Indian Ocean, calling it "a new theater of confrontation." (Houthis-Red Sea-Attacks)

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BAGHDAD -- Four people were killed on Friday in a drone attack on a gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region, prompting condemnation from both regional and federal authorities.

Peshawa Hawramani, the spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), said in a statement that the strike killed four Yemeni nationals working at the field and inflicted significant damage upon the infrastructure. He denounced the attack as a "terrorist act" committed by "saboteurs and evil people." (Iraq-Gas field-Drone Attacks) Enditem

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