Iran war live: Saudi coalition hits Houthi sites; Aramco office hit in east

Iraq’s crude oil exports have reached approximately 2.7 million bpd despite ongoing disruptions linked to the Strait of Hormuz crisis, the Oil Ministry has reported.

Ministry spokesman Salim al-Rikabi told the Iraqi News Agency that the ministry was working under direct oversight from the oil minister to maintain and increase export volumes amid what he described as a global energy crisis at the Strait of Hormuz.

He added that crude exports had risen significantly from around 200,000 bpd in May to current levels, pointing out that plans were underway to boost shipments through northern and southern outlets and maximize capacity on the Iraqi-Turkish export pipeline.

Iranian state broadcaster IRIB has reported the execution of an armed operative in the southern city of Kerman who was convicted of carrying out shooting attacks that injured several civilians, including a young girl.

IRIB said Ali-Sina Mostafavi was executed following a series of armed attacks in the city during the US-Israel war on Iran, including a March 24, 2026 shooting in Azadi Square and an April 21 attack on conscripts and passing vehicles.

It added that Mostafavi was linked to monarchist groups, had sent video footage of military impact sites to foreign networks during the war, and expressed willingness in messages to attack Kerman airport.

Here’s what happened overnight:

• An Israeli strike on an apartment near the al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza has killed a Palestinian woman.
• Leaders of major Palestinian factions have assembled in Cairo to discuss national unity, internal divisions, and upcoming elections.
• US Central Command has rejected assertions by the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy that Tehran controls the Strait of Hormuz and would sink approaching US warships.
• Oil prices are continuing to climb, with Brent crude futures gaining 89 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $106.58 a barrel as of 00:30 GMT, as traders weigh Saudi Arabian supply risks and Russian diesel.
• Suspected cholera cases in Yemen have tripled in the past three weeks as civilians fleeing renewed fighting seek safety in unsanitary camps, the World Health Organization has warned.
• Yemen’s government also appealed for urgent aid for the besieged city of Taiz, state news agency Saba reported.

The leaders of Palestinian groups, including the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Hamas, are due to meet in Cairo for talks on internal divisions, Palestinian unity and elections, sources have told Al Jazeera.

Fatah spokesman Abdel Fattah Dawla told the Turkish news agency Anadolu that the Wednesday and Thursday meetings would focus on preparations for broader dialogue and efforts to build consensus among the various Palestinian factions.

Last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas postponed next month’s presidential and legislative elections by almost one year to September 11, 2027.

The PLO’s Executive Committee, which Abbas heads, said in a statement that conditions in occupied East Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip were not conducive to holding elections, pointing out that Israel had not allowed election materials or international observers to enter Gaza.

Mourners in Beheira, Egypt, bid farewell to 28-year-old Azza Ramzy, a Flynas flight attendant killed in a Houthi attack on the Riyadh airport.

She was among 13 people killed in the October 10 attack, which was the deadliest on Saudi Arabia in more than a decade.

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Suspected cholera cases in Yemen have tripled in the past three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns, as civilians continue to escape renewed fighting and seek safety in unsanitary camps.

Ramped-up combat, which has pushed more than 200,000 people to flee their homes, drove suspected cases from 217 in the week of September 6-12 to 647 in the week of September 27 to October 3, the WHO said in a report on Tuesday.

Yemen had reported 8,034 suspected cases and 27 deaths this year, the WHO said, with a quarter of the suspected cases occurring in the last four weeks.

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Saudi Arabia says it intercepted missiles targeting Riyadh and Dhahran, with falling debris injuring at least four people and damaging homes in the capital.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Saudi-backed government says its offensive to retake Houthi-held territory is advancing.

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The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor in Yemen’s internationally recognised government has issued an urgent appeal to international and regional organisations to intensify aid for Taiz governorate, where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly under Houthi siege, according to the Saba news agency.

The ministry urged organisations, civil society groups and the private sector to provide food, shelter, healthcare, water and basic supplies, with particular attention to children, women, the elderly, people with disabilities and the poorest families.

It also called for stronger coordination among aid groups, government agencies and local authorities to speed up emergency responses.

Mahmoud Harzeen is pitching a tent about 200 metres (656 feet) from the yellow concrete blocks marking the “Yellow Line“, preparing for his sixth move.

Each time the line inches further into Gaza, the 35-year-old packs up and moves further back, trying to keep his family away from danger. But every move offers only temporary relief.

“Every time they move forward a little, we move back a little,” Harzeen told Al Jazeera.

The “Yellow Line” divided Gaza’s territory between Israeli and Palestinian control as part of the October 2025 “ceasefire” agreement.

Israeli forces withdrew behind the line, but have continued to move the demarcation deeper into Gaza. They now control about 65 percent of the territory, according to the UN, up from the 53 percent agreed upon a year ago.

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Australian Senator Mehreen Faruqi called for an urgent debate on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, accusing the government of complicity.

The motion was voted down by the Labor government and opposition coalition.

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Oil prices are continuing their upward trajectory, with Brent crude futures gaining 89 cents, or 0.8 percent, as of 00:30 GMT to reach $106.58 a barrel.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude went up 80 cents, or 0.9 percent, to trade at $94.94.

The gains came after oil settled on Tuesday, when Brent fell 0.9 percent while WTI rose 0.4 percent, as traders weighed supply risk from fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and Saudi Arabia against the prospect of increased diesel from Russia, according to the Reuters news agency.

Brent futures closed at $105.69 a barrel on Tuesday while WTI settled at $94.14.

The Houthis attacked an administrative building belonging to state-owned oil firm Saudi Aramco in the city of Dhahran, causing a limited fire, Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said on Wednesday.

Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, has warned that cables, data centres and AI facilities across the region could be attacked if the US war on Iran erupts again.

The warning comes as the capture of Yemeni territory along the Red Sea coastline last month by the Iran-backed Houthis has raised concerns over the safety of internet cables linking Europe and Asia.

Iran hit data centres and US business interests in Bahrain and the UAE during the height of the war. Tehran said the attacks were in response to US attacks on Iranian civilian installations.

Read more on how the region’s internet is exposed here.

Artillery shelling has killed one person and injured two others in the al-Waqr area of Shadaa district in Yemen, according to Dr Anees Alasbahi, spokesman for the Houthi-affiliated health ministry.

Separately, Alasbahi said two people were killed in a landmine explosion in Beit Bish near al-Rawn in Hays district.

Earlier, he reported two deaths and two injuries in a Saudi-led attack on an oil facility in Ras Isa, Hodeidah governorate.

Two Palestinians have been injured by rubber-coated bullets fired by Israeli forces in Ras Karkar, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday evening, official Palestinian news agency Wafa has reported.

Local sources told Wafa that soldiers fired at residents attempting to cross an iron gate separating Ras Karkar’s lands from the neighbouring village of Kharbatha Bani Harith. Both were struck in the head and taken to a hospital in Ramallah for treatment.