Saudi Arabia is reportedly preparing a major military offensive against the Houthis, with plans that could include both naval operations in the Red Sea and a ground assault in central Yemen.

The move follows Houthi attacks on Saudi oil facilities and the group's blockade of Saudi shipping.

Source: The Guardian

Finland has backed Italy's call to suspend Spain from the Schengen Area over the migration crisis in Ceuta.

Italy argues that stronger measures are needed to protect the EU's external borders as migrant arrivals in the Spanish enclave continue to rise.

Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson:

The social democratic government in Spain must now not make the same mistake as the Social Democrats in Sweden in 2015—where a no is not a no.

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon incorrectly called Ceuta a "colonial" territory, then got Community Noted.

A Moroccan border guard opens a gate, letting dozens of illegal migrants head toward Ceuta's border fence.

WATCH: Morocco appears to be deliberately transporting thousands of migrants toward the Spanish border, facilitating an invasion of Spain.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

It seems that this reading of the Supreme Court's ruling has spread like wildfire during these last few hours through the mafia networks that traffic in human beings and has produced an avalanche of the characteristics and dimension that we experienced yesterday.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

Ceuta is a Spanish city, and what happened yesterday deserves all our reproach and all our condemnation at the most energetic level possible.

Our rejection, condemnation, and consideration of as deplorable are directed at the violation of, and attack on, the territorial integrity of a Spanish city such as the city of Ceuta.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

The Spanish Government is going to use all of the State’s resources and tools to guarantee the safety of the citizens of Ceuta, and of course, the coexistence in the Autonomous City of Ceuta.

This is in addition to what we have been deploying over the last few years, which is a resounding, total, and unequivocal commitment from the Spanish Government to the present and future of the Autonomous City of Ceuta.

No previous government has invested as much in state investments as the current government in the Autonomous City of Ceuta.

EU’s von der Leyen:

The images coming from Ceuta are unacceptable.

We cannot allow anyone to come to our Union without abiding by our rules.

Dangerous crossings must stop immediately. Smuggling networks must be dismantled. And returns must be swift, as our rules allow.

Explosions and secondary detonations hit a Ukranian ammunition site in Khmelnytskyi, near residential areas.

Ukrainian sources say it was being used to dispose of old ammunition.

Analysts at Israel-funded think tanks argued back in April that Israel should help Morocco take over Ceuta in order to punish Spain.

Source: MacaesBruno

Netanyahu:

We're descendants from the original Hebrews of the Holy Land, and we are the first part of that Judeo-Christian heritage which we cherish and which has given the world a civilization of freedom and faith.

Again, we have to stand up and defend it. It's under attack from the rising tide of anti-Semitism and anti-evangelicalism.

It's not accidental that the two are coming under a joint attack, because we are one.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

The State is here. We will defend the security and coexistence of Ceuta just as we would defend them within Madrid's M30.

Because, geographically, there may be a center and a periphery, but institutionally, politically, and in terms of development, there is no periphery and no center.

We are all one.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

We will continue cooperating with our neighboring country, Morocco, not only to combat the criminal networks that have been trafficking human beings over these past years.

We also want to express our sorrow for the number of human lives that have been lost as a result of this crisis at the border between Morocco and Spain, particularly at the border with the autonomous city of Ceuta.

This situation deserves our strongest possible condemnation, especially of the criminal organizations that traffic in human beings, deceive countless young people, and ultimately cause many of them to lose their lives—whether in the Atlantic Ocean or, as in this case, at the border between Spain and the autonomous city of Ceuta.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

We will continue cooperating with the Moroccan authorities, whose willingness to work together I also wish to acknowledge, so that these repatriations can be carried out as quickly as possible and the migrants who arrived irregularly, particularly yesterday, can return to their country.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

The most urgent task right now is to restore normality, guarantee security, and, above all, not put coexistence at risk.

With all due respect to the President of the Autonomous City of Ceuta, we've spoken many times about the importance of coexistence in this city.

I believe that its diversity is one of its greatest attractions and also one of its greatest strengths.

And that is something that I think all governments must preserve—not only through our policies and our actions, but also through our words.

The Government of Spain will always stand by that principle.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

To put things into perspective, this is the place where the greatest income disparity in the world exists—between the African continent and Europe.

That is the uniqueness, but also the beauty, of autonomous cities as distinctive and special as Melilla and, in this case, Ceuta.

Prof. Robin Andersen | Award-Winning Author & Media Expert | Fordham University:
 

Chomsky & Herman's manufacturing consent model remains valuable - media follows a line that maintains the status quo, especially on foreign policy & conflict.
 
But in the Middle East today, two completely separate realities exist. Courageous Palestinian journalists vs Western legacy media.
 
Palestinian journalists freelancing for American outlets, Al Jazeera & Arab language press - documented Israel's war on Gaza from the start.
 
The effectiveness of that documentation in shifting US, Western & global public opinion cannot be overstated.
 
Meanwhile, Western legacy media - BBC, UK press, American establishment outlets justified Israel, used vague language & ignored International law.

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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in Ceuta:

Ultimately, what matters is that people can remain in their own countries and that the conditions and opportunities those young people need are created there.

Hamas:

Hamas and the Palestinian factions have acted responsibly and positively throughout the negotiation process and in dealing with the mediators' proposals to complete the implementation of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.

This was done through national consensus among the Palestinian factions, reflecting a spirit of partnership and responsibility, stemming from our commitment to protecting our people, meeting their humanitarian needs, and safeguarding their national rights.

The occupation's commitment to halting the killing and ending its attacks is the essential prerequisite and the first step toward moving forward with implementation and beginning to establish the framework and timetable for what has been agreed upon.

We emphasize that the implementation of the second phase of the agreement is contingent upon the occupation fulfilling all the provisions of the first phase.