Human rights groups have filed an urgent request for an arrest warrant for Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar during his current visit to the UK, citing his direct role in war crimes committed in Gaza.

The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the Hind Rajab Foundation on Wednesday submitted the request to the UK attorney general and director of public prosecutions, seeking immediate approval to apply for a warrant at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

US warplanes carried out more than 12 air strikes on Yemen’s northern provinces of Sanaa and Al-Jawf, according to Houthi-run media.

“The American aggression launched 12 airstrikes on the Al-Hafa area in Al-Sabeen District of the capital, Sanaa.” Al-Masirah TV wrote on X.

German police arrested five students who participated in a protest at Humboldt University in Berlin against Israel's ongoing assault on Palestinians in Gaza.

A group of students entered the building housing the Emil Fischer Lecture Hall at Humboldt University and protested against Israel's attacks on Gaza and the Berlin state government's plans to deport four pro-Palestinian supporters.

From the building's windows, the students hung banners reading that "You are complicit in genocide", "There is only one state, Palestine 48", and "Intifada until victory".

Belgium expressed serious concern over Israel's continued blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza and recent remarks by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz suggesting a permanent Israeli presence in Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian territories.

Calling the developments "shocking and contrary to international law", Maxime Prevot, Belgium's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, called on the Israeli government to urgently facilitate humanitarian access and halt actions that violate international norms.

"I urge the Israeli government to urgently allow humanitarian aid to enter and to cease its violation of international law, to commit to a ceasefire, and to respect the integrity of the territories concerned," Prevot said on X.

The Lebanese army said it had detained a number of people suspected of involvement in two attacks from the country on Israel in March.

In its statement, the Lebanese army said it conducted raids in several areas, detained a number of individuals and confiscated the equipment used in the two attacks.

An estimated 500,000 Palestinians have been displaced since the end of the Gaza ceasefire, when Israel resumed military attacks in the narrow coastal territory, the United Nations said.

"Our humanitarian partners estimate that since March 18, about half a million people have been newly displaced or uprooted once more," said Stephanie Tremblay, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Israel's army said it had turned 30 percent of Gaza into a "security" buffer zone and struck around 1,200 targets since resuming its military offensive in the Palestinian territory on March 18.

"Approximately 30 percent of the Gaza Strip's territory is now designated as an Operational Security Perimeter," the military said in a statement.

It added that Israeli air strikes had hit approximately 1,200 targets and that "more than 100 targeted eliminations have been carried out" since March 18.

The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering its territory, the president's office said, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, an allegation Israel has repeatedly denied.

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu ratified an amendment to the country's immigration law after it was passed by parliament on Tuesday, a statement from his office said.

The amendment introduces a new provision to the Immigration Act, expressly prohibiting the entry of visitors with Israeli passports into the Maldives, it added.

At least 22 more Palestinians were killed in deadly Israeli air strikes on civilian homes across Gaza, as Israel continued its genocide despite international calls for a ceasefire.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing medical sources, said 10 people were killed in a single deadly air strike on a home in central Gaza City.

Three civilians were also killed in another strike on a home in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, the sources said.

Four more people lost their lives in Israeli drone strikes in the Al-Zaytun and Shujaiya​​​​​​​ neighbourhoods in Gaza City.

Israeli fighter jets also hit another home in the northern town of Jabalia, leaving three people dead, a medical source told Anadolu. The source said a Palestinian died of his wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli strike on eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Another Palestinian was killed, and many others were injured in a drone strike in the Al-Qarara town of Khan Younis.