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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

The U.S. and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both following escalation after

Washington launched airstrikes yesterday to deter the rebels from attacking military

and commercial vessels on one of the world's busiest shopping corridors. More than 30 people

were killed, dozens injured. The Houthis say they will meet escalation with escalation. Secretary

of State Marco Rubio says the strikes will continue until the Houthis are no longer capable of controlling which ships go through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

And he says it's important that the U.S. warned Iran to stop supporting the group.

What we can't ignore, and the reason why the President mentioned Iran, is because the Iranians have supported the Houthis.

They've provided them intelligence. They the Houthis. They've provided

them intelligence. They provided them guidance. They've provided them weaponry. I mean, there's no way

the Houthis, okay, the Houthis would have the ability to do this kind of thing unless they had

support from Iran. Speaking there on CBS's Face the Nation, a London-based charity has confirmed

eight of its staff members were killed by

back-to-back Israeli airstrikes in Gaza this weekend. The organization says they were carrying out

humanitarian work for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. And Pierce Kat Lonsdorf has more. In a video

statement on the Al-Hare Foundation's Facebook page, founder Kassim

Rashid Ahmed said the group had been using a drone to film and document how to add a thousand

more tents for displaced Palestinians to the northern area of Beit Lejia. They were filming

for humanitarian purpose. They were not filming on military zone. They were purely on humanitarian area.

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