22 Jul 2024

Foreign correspondent Debora Patta from Israel

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 22 July 2024

Mideast correspondent Debora Patta joins Kathryn to talk about the drone strike by Israel on the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port of Hodeidah in Yemen, in retaliation for a strike in Tel Aviv.

Israel's Prime Minister is getting ready to visit Washington this week, but how will it be affected by Joe Biden's decision to step down? And Gaza has had its bloodiest week in nine months of war.

A handout picture obtained from Yemen's Huthi Ansarullah Media Center show a huge column of fire erupting following reported strikes in the Yemeni rebel-held port city of Hodeida opn July 20, 2024. A series of strikes targeted Hodeida on July 20, said an AFP correspondent and Huthi-run media, which reported a fuel depot in the port had been hit.

A huge column of fire erupting in the Yemeni rebel-held port city of Hodeida on 20 July after reports Israeli strikes had hit a fuel depot in the port. Photo: AFP / Ansarullah Media Center