Overview
- President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida to discuss moving to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan and wider files involving Iran, Lebanon and Syria.
- Washington is seeking to stand up a Palestinian technocratic interim administration and deploy an international security force in Gaza, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the interim bodies should be formed as soon as possible under the October plan and a November 17 UN mandate.
- Saudi Arabia said it carried out a limited strike on Al Mukalla port targeting weapons and combat vehicles and reported no civilian harm, while reiterating commitment to de-escalation in Hadramawt and Al Mahrah and framing the southern question as a political issue.
- Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council chair Rashad al‑Alimi declared a nationwide state of emergency for 90 days and ordered a 72‑hour air, sea and land closure, moves criticized by southern figures and sources who called them unilateral and not reflective of council consensus.
- The UAE rejected claims it stoked Yemen’s tensions, said the Mukalla shipment held no weapons and that vehicles were for Emirati forces, and its Defense Ministry announced it ended what remained of UAE counterterrorism teams in Yemen for safety and phase‑assessment reasons, as the Southern Transitional Council condemned the strike as dangerous escalation.