News Wrap: Israel strikes two Houthi-controlled ports and unleashes new barrage on Gaza

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

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In our news wrap Friday, Israeli Defense Forces struck two Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen and launched dozens of airstrikes across Gaza, a transit strike in New Jersey forced 350,000 people to make alternative plans, group of GOP lawmakers blocked President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" and New Orleans police say ten inmates who escaped from jail may have had help from the inside. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0	And we start today's other headlines in the Middle East, where Israel is ramping up its military activity.
0:06.2	Today, the IDF says it struck two Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen and launched dozens of airstrikes across Gaza.
0:12.9	Israeli officials say it's part of a pressure campaign to get Hamas to release the remaining hostages.
0:19.3	As bodybags line the ground, Palestinians line up to say goodbye.
0:23.6	These are just the first bodies recovered from an airstrike today on Jabilia.
0:28.6	Many more victims are still under the rubble as their loved ones try to dig them out with any tools available.
0:35.6	There is no equipment.
0:39.3	What are we working with?
0:40.3	He works with a hammer.
0:41.3	What should we do?
0:43.3	For those who survived, there's nothing to do but try to escape the next strike.
0:49.3	Where should I go today?
0:52.3	I go to West Gaza.
0:53.3	There's bombing in West Gaza. I go to West Gaza. There's bombing in West Gaza.
0:55.0	I go to the South.
0:56.0	They're killing in Khan Yunus.
0:58.0	I go to Der.
0:59.0	There's bombing in Dare.
1:00.0	Where should I go?
1:02.0	The Israeli military has unleashed a devastating barrage across Gaza this week.
1:07.0	More than 100 people were killed today, according to the initial death toll, after days
1:11.7	of attacks that killed at least another 130, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel's
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