The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the Iran-aligned Houthis fired on Tuesday one close-range ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward USS Laboon in the Red Sea, but it did not hit the vessel, and there were no injuries or damage reported."United States Central Command and a coalition vessel successfully engaged and destroyed two unmanned aerial systems (UAS) launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen," CENTCOM added in a statement early on Wednesday.

Activists from the If You Will, a self-described Zionist movement, arrived at the UNWRA offices for a protest vigil Wednesday morning. The activists brought boxes with them labeled with flour, inside of which were plastic guns to illustrate the participation of UN employees in the October 7 massacre.Head of the National Task Force, Matan Jerry, stated, "The UN has officially become an aid organization for terrorism, and the fact that its employees participated in the October 7 massacre proves this more than anything. The Israeli government must expel UNRWA operatives from Israel and seize their property.We have finished reserve services, but we have not finished the fight for the state of Israel. We will not remain silent against the instigators and supporters of UN terrorism! We must act to expel the UNRWA from Jerusalem and generally act to close down this corrupt, failing, and dangerous agency."

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Wednesday that if US troops appear in Ukraine, Russia will treat them as interventionists, RIA state news agency reported.Putin, in a wide-ranging interview with RIA and the Rossiya-1 state television, said also that if the United States conducts nuclear tests, Russia may do the same.He also added that Russia is ready - from a military-technical point of view - for a nuclear war, but for now, not "everything is rushing to it."

A Greek military vessel serving in the European Union's naval mission in the Red Sea has shot at two drones and pushed them back, a Greek Defense Staff official said on Wednesday.The EU's mission in the Red Sea, dubbed Aspides, was launched in February to help protect the key maritime trade route from drone and missile attacks by Yemen's Houthi militia, who say they are retaliating against Israel's war on Gaza.Greece has supplied a frigate in the mission.

An Israeli drone strike on a car outside the Palestinian camp of Rashidieh outside the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Wednesday killed both passengers inside, three security sources in Lebanon told Reuters.