The State Department said on Friday that it was in “close contact” with Israeli authorities after a drone strike in Tel Aviv near a US embassy branch office.
“There was no damage to the US embassy branch office building,” a State Department representative told The National.
“We have no reports of injuries of US personnel or our locally engaged staff.”
The representative added that the US was co-ordinating with Israel “to fully investigate” the incident.
The overnight attack hit a residential building in an area where several diplomatic missions are located. It did not trigger the city's air raid siren system.
Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed one person and wounded 10.
A spokesman for the group said that the attack had involved the use of a new drone capable of bypassing Israeli interception systems, making it undetectable by radar.
The Houthis are allied with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and have been carrying out attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea to show support for the Palestinian militant group's fight against Israel.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant by phone following the strike and expressed his condolences to the victims.
He also “reaffirmed the United States' ironclad commitment to Israel's security and Israel's right to self-defence”, a readout of the call said.
Mr Gallant said after the attack that Israel would “settle the score”.
“The year 2024 is marked by war,” he said. “We must be prepared for every scenario and every arena.”
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New UK refugee system
- A new “core protection” for refugees moving from permanent to a more basic, temporary protection
- Shortened leave to remain - refugees will receive 30 months instead of five years
- A longer path to settlement with no indefinite settled status until a refugee has spent 20 years in Britain
- To encourage refugees to integrate the government will encourage them to out of the core protection route wherever possible.
- Under core protection there will be no automatic right to family reunion
- Refugees will have a reduced right to public funds
Results:
Men's 100m T34: 1. Walid Ktila (TUN) 15 sec; 2. Rheed McCracken (AUS) 15.40; 3. Mohammed Al Hammadi (UAE) 15.75. Men's 400m T34: 1. Walid Ktila (TUN) 50.56; 2. Mohammed Al Hammadi (UAE) 50.94; 3. Henry Manni (FIN) 52.24.
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Qyubic
Started: October 2023
Founder: Namrata Raina
Based: Dubai
Sector: E-commerce
Current number of staff: 10
Investment stage: Pre-seed
Initial investment: Undisclosed
TOURNAMENT INFO
2018 ICC World Twenty20 Asian Western Regional Qualifier
The top three teams progress to the Asia Qualifier
Thursday results
UAE beat Kuwait by 86 runs
Qatar beat Bahrain by five wickets
Saudi Arabia beat Maldives by 35 runs
Friday fixtures
10am, third-place playoff – Saudi Arabia v Kuwait
3pm, final – UAE v Qatar
