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It's been over 24 hours since Israel carried out strikes on Qatar's capital Doha, saying it had targeted senior Hamas leaders.

Reactions have continued coming in throughout the day, with the UN Security Council postponing its meeting until tomorrow so that the prime minister of Qatar can take part.

Qatar's government is looking to hold Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for breaking international law with the strikes, but Netanyahu has insisted Israel was "fully justified" because it targeted Hamas leaders who organised the 7 October 2023 attack.

The White House's ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, earlier said "we simply don't know" what impact the strikes would have on ceasefire talks to end the war in Gaza.

Today, Israel carried out new strikes on Yemen, saying its air force had hit "military camps" and had targeted "the headquarters of the Houthi military propaganda department, and a fuel storage site".

The country's Houthi-run health ministry says 35 people were killed and another 131 injured in the attack, according to Reuters and AFP news agencies.

And earlier, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Israeli President Isaac Herzog earlier in what Herzog described as a "frank" and tough" discussion about the situation in Gaza and the Doha strikes. We haven't yet had a statement from Starmer following the talks.

We're ending our live coverage now but you can read more about what red lines now remain for Israel in its pursuit of Hamas.

Sebastian Usher
Middle East analyst

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Huge plumes of smoke rose above Sanaa as the Israeli military hit new Houthi targets in response, it said, to recent attempted drone and missile attacks by the group on Israel.

The Houthis' military spokesman says journalists working for its media outlets are among those reported killed.

Last month, Israel killed many senior members of the Houthis' self-declared government, including their prime minister.

They were the most high-profile such assassinations since the Houthis first fired rockets at Israel in support of Hamas shortly after the war in Gaza began.

There was a brief respite during the Gaza ceasefire earlier this year, but hostilities resumed when that broke down.

The Houthi-run health ministry in Yemen says the number killed by Israel's strike has gone up to 35, according to Reuters and AFP news agencies.

It adds that 131 people were wounded.

As a reminder, Israel says it targeted military camps, a Houthi media headquarters and fuel storage sites, while the Houthis say civilian sites including two newspaper companies were hit.

Speaking about the recent meeting between him and Starmer, Herzog goes on to say that he and the UK prime minister discussed recognition of a Palestinian state.

"We believe that a unilateral resolution regarding a Palestinian state will be adverse and negatively effect any future process, because it will be dangerous," he says of Israel.

"It won't help one Palestinian, one hostage, and can be adversely interpreted by Hamas."

The UK has said it will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly later this month.

Asked about statements by far-right Israeli ministers calling for Gaza to be completely destroyed and its population forcibly displaced, Herzog says Israel "is a democracy with as far-reaching free speech as imaginable, but that does not reflect in any way the Israeli policy."

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We can now bring you some comments from Israeli President Isaac Herzog following his meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier this afternoon.

Speaking at an event hosted by Chatham House, an international affairs think tank based in London, Herzog describes the pair's discussion as "frank" and "tough".

"It was a meeting between allies, but it was a tough meeting," he says.

Referring to members of the Hamas negotiating team Israel targeted in Tuesday's attack on Qatar, Herzog says the strikes were necessary to "remove some of the people if they are not willing to get a deal".

Insisting that Israel wants an end to the war, he argues that Hamas's decision process requires consent and that just one person saying no removes the possibility of a deal.

"If you want to move on, you have to remove some of the people if they are not willing to get that deal," he says.

Israel's attack in Qatar good news for Iranpublished at 18:42 BST 10 September

18:42 BST 10 September

Nafiseh Kohnavard
Middle East correspondent, BBC World Service, in Doha

Although Tehran itself was the one to launch the first-ever missile strike on Doha, targeting the largest US airbase in the region in retaliation for American strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, it now sees Israel’s attack on Qatar as the perfect opportunity to remind Arab countries of its long-standing warnings to them. The message is clear: “We told you so.”

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says the recent Israeli attack on Qatar is a message to the region that says, “Hey, the countries of the region! Grasp my future dominance!"

For decades, Iranian officials have called Israel “the most dangerous threat to the region”. Iran’s former supreme leader and the founder of the Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, once even described Israel as “a cancerous tumour”.

Iran has always worried about the region’s countries normalising relations with Israel, fearing it would leave Iran increasingly isolated in the region.

During the 12-day war between Israel and Iran earlier this year, Tehran repeatedly warned countries in the region that “your turn may come too, sooner or later”, insisting that Israel seeks expansion and will not spare any country in the region. Israeli prime ministers’ statements about their vision of a “greater Israel” have only strengthened Iran’s accusations.

Now, with this shocking attack on a country that for years was considered one of the safest and most detached from regional conflicts, a similar tone towards Israel is being voiced in Qatar. For Iran, this is good news. Even if it doesn’t last, it helps Iran say: “We were right all along.”

Canada's foreign minister says the country is evaluating its relationship with Israel in the wake of its attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar on Tuesday.

"The attack yesterday on Qatar was one that was unacceptable. It was a violation of Qatari airspace," Anita Anand says.

Several countries have condemned Israel's strikes on Tuesday, including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who earlier met Israel's President Isaac Herzog.

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The White House's ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee says "we simply don't know" what impact Israel's strikes in Qatar would have on ceasefire talks to end the war in Gaza.

Speaking to the Reuters news agency, Huckabee adds that Hamas has "rejected every [potential deal] so far".

The ambassador has also repeated criticism of nations who have announced they will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN later this month.

Huckabee describes the action as a "little stunt" that has had "some very harmful effects" including ending conversations with Hamas to release the hostages. He says the move "gave rise to a lot of the Israeli positions" about "declaring sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria".

The UK, France, Canada, Australia and Belgium have said they will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly later this month. Their leaders say they hope the move will revive plans for a two-state solution.

When announcing the intention earlier this year, the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he could hold back if Israel meets certain conditions - including agreeing to a ceasefire.

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As we wait to see whether we'll hear what was discussed at No 10 between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, here's a rundown of what's been going on elsewhere.

• The Houthi-run health ministry in Yemen says at least nine people have been killed and 118 more injured after Israel launched airstrikes on Yemen
• Israel's military says it targeted military camps, a Houthi media headquarters and fuel storage sites; the Houthis say civilian sites including two newspaper companies were hit

• The impacts of Israel's strike on Qatar yesterday are continuing to be felt as the UN Security Council postpones its meeting so that Qatar can take part
• Qatari officials earlier said they were looking into possible legal action against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the strike, which targeted the Hamas negotiating delegation in Doha
• Israel's operation in Gaza continues, too, with a high-rise building in Gaza City levelled by an airstrike
• The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 41 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total of Palestinians killed since the war began to 64,656

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been pictured leaving No 10.

We do not yet have details about what he discussed with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. We will bring you the latest when we get it - stick with us.

BBC Monitoring

The Houthi's TV station has reported Israeli strikes on Yemeni territory controlled by the group.

The channel interrupted its broadcast earlier today to report on a statement by the Houthi military spokesman, Yahya al-Sarea, who said that the rebel group's air defences were, at that moment, intercepting Israeli aircraft that were carrying out strikes.

Al-Masirah TV later aired a breaking news caption reporting an attack on the government complex on the al-Hazm district of al-Jawf province.

It also cited the spokesman for the Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) as telling the channel that Israeli aircraft had targeted a medical facility on Sitteen, south-west of Sanaa.

The presenter provided a further update from Sarea, who he cited as saying that the rebel group had fired a number of surface-to-air missiles, forcing some aircraft to retreat and thwarting the larger part of the Israeli attack.

The Houthi-run health ministry in Yemen says at least nine people have been killed and 118 others were injured in Israel's strikes on Sanaa and al-Jawf.

Israel says it struck "the Houthi military propaganda department" as well as "military camps" and "fuel sites".

A spokesperson for the Houthi military says the strikes targeted civilian sites, including journalists at two newspapers.

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Foreign Office minister has brushed off remarks that the government is rolling out the "red carpet" for Herzog.

Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Liz Saville-Roberts has criticised the meeting and said it is "shocking to see the UK put out the red carpet for President Herzog" after an "illegal attack on peace brokers Qatar".

Hamish Falconer, a Foreign Office minister, says that the Israeli president is on a "private visit, so I wouldn't characterise the visit as one in which the red carpet is rolled out."

He adds MPs are "so conscious of the urgency of helping people out of Gaza" and ensuring there is a ceasefire, adding that Herzog is an "important conduit to raise those concerns".

Saville-Roberts was not the only MP to question Starmer's meeting. During Prime Minister's Questions earlier Wednesday, SNP leader Stephen Flynn charged that Herzog would "ignore every word" Starmer says at their meeting today.

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog has just arrived at Downing Street for a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The pair shook hands outside the door.

As police opened the gates to let Herzog's convoy through, the BBC heard a protester repeatedly shout towards the president.

We'll bring you any information we get about what the pair discuss when we learn more - stay with us.

Starmer-Herzog meeting likely to be extremely awkward eventpublished at 16:45 BST 10 September

16:45 BST 10 September

Caroline Hawley
Diplomatic correspondent

Prime Minister Keir’s Starmer’s imminent meeting with the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, was controversial even before Israel’s air-strikes in Qatar yesterday.

We won’t know exactly what’s said behind closed doors. But it’s likely to be an extremely awkward event that will test the diplomatic skills of both men.

Many MPs don’t think it should be happening at all, with the new Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, calling for President Herzog’s arrest. The charity Oxfam says Starmer cannot claim to have an ethical foreign policy when his government is “rolling out the red carpet” for a man who has backed military operations that have killed 64,000 Palestinians.

The prime minister told MPs earlier that he would call for restrictions on aid into Gaza to be lifted, and for the military offensive there and settlement building in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to stop during the meeting.

He was also asked if we would also invite Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu – both wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes - into Downing Street.

“What does it say of this prime minister that he will harbour this man whilst children starve?” questioned the SNP’s Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn.

Starmer replied: “I will not give up on diplomacy, that is the politics of students.”

But right now it’s hard to see any common diplomatic ground.

Just a few hours before the meeting, President Herzog’s office released a statement saying he was going into No 10 to voice “firm opposition” to UK plans to recognise a Palestinian state.

This is not the first time Israel has struck Houthi targets in Yemen. Here's a quick look back at other instances:

• In May, Israel hit locations including Yemen's capital Sanaa and the Hudaydah port. The strikes made headlines, as the head of the World Health Organization was at the international airport in Sanaa when it was struck
• In June and July, the Israeli military carried out multiple air strikes on Hudaydah again, saying it was in response to repeated missile and drone attacks on Israel
• In August, Israel launched more air strikes in Yemen, killing the Houthis’ self-proclaimed prime minister Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi
• Over the past year, Israel has also attacked targets in other Middle East countries, including Lebanon, Syria and Iran

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Nada Tawfik
Reporting from New York

The UN Security Council has postponed a meeting about Israel's strike on Qatar until tomorrow "at Qatar's request", the council's current president says.

UNSC president, South Korea, says it's been postponed "so that the Prime Minister of Qatar can take part in the meeting".

It was initially scheduled to take place at 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT) this evening.

The video below shows the scene on the ground after Israel carried out strikes on Yemen, which it says struck "military targets".

New footage shows thick clouds of smoke over buildings in the capital, Sanaa. Explosions can be heard in the distance.

We're beginning to get a sense of the impact of Israel's attack on Yemen, with Houthi-affiliated media reporting that several people have been killed in the strikes, Reuters and AFP news agencies say.

The IDF has said that it targeted Houthi military camps in Sanaa and Al-Jawf, as well as a Houthi media headquarters and fuel storage sites.

A spokesperson for the Yemen Armed Forces said a large part of the Israeli attack was stopped by its air defences.