<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>

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<p>After Turkey announced that it would sever economic ties with Israel, Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli wrote on social media: "This is the new Axis of Evil - fusing together two of the most dangerous imperialist visions of our time: Erdogan’s neo-Ottomanism, and the dream of a caliphate championed by al-Qaeda’s leader in Syria and by the Muslim Brotherhood in Qatar.</p><p>"Anyone who fails to see this, fails to understand both fundamentalist Islam and the true nature of the Middle East."</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>Opposition leader Yair Lapid criticized the government's actions on the international stage. "The political collapse continues. Just this week: Brazil, Britain, now another escalation with Turkey," Lapid wrote.</p><p>He added: "It is true that there is antisemitism, but the antisemites are kicking to an empty goal. The government of Israel is not even on the political field."</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>