Washington announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen last week.

The United States' new special envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, met Yemen's internationally-recognized president and his foreign minister in Riyadh on Thursday, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity by the Biden administration aimed at ending the war."Our primary objective is to bring the parties together in coordination with UN Special Envoy Griffiths for a negotiated settlement that will end the war and the suffering of the Yemeni people," the US embassy to Yemen reported of Lenderking's comments to Yemen's foreign minister.

美國新任葉門特使Tim Lenderking與葉門被胡塞驅逐的流亡政府總統哈迪與外長在沙烏地利亞德會晤。

White House says Biden will call Netanyahu ‘soon’ as speculation of rift grows

While not setting time for call, press secretary downplays fact two leaders haven’t spoken since inauguration, insists they have a close relationship

美國白宮發言人表示拜登總統將很快與以色列總理那唐亞胡通電話。美國國務卿也發不同樣的講法。美國歐巴馬政府時期之前駐以色列大使Dan Shapiro表示美國總統有許多優先事務必須處理，國內有處理疫情、經濟紓困、氣候變遷，國際上有與北約及亞洲盟邦修好問題，還有來自中國與俄羅斯的挑戰要處理，但拜登遲早會與中東國家領袖聯繫。

20 suspected of testing illegal missiles in central Israel, selling to Asia. Former defense industry officials among those investigated; video appears to show rocket fired in test near residential area; country implicated in case is unnamed

以色列警方與內部安全局破壞一起20名以色列人私下製造巡弋飛彈打算賣給某個亞洲國家的案件，這個集團非但沒有得到政府許可，居然還公開試射這些飛彈，因此已經被警方破壞並將以違反國家安全、反洗錢等罪名提起公訴。

HMO finds only 544 COVID infections among 523,000 fully vaccinated Israelis

Data a week after 2nd dose shows 93% effectiveness, ‘unequivocally’ proving vaccine’s success and leaving ‘no doubt’ it’s saved many Israeli lives, says Maccabi healthcare official

以色列四家健保公司之一的馬加比表示在其已注射兩劑輝瑞疫苗之後一週，應該已享有防護力的52萬3千名成員中，有544人感染新冠病毒，患病率0.104%，疫苗防護力有93%。此外被感染的這544人中只有15人需要送醫，其中8人症狀輕微，3人中等症狀，4人情況嚴重。該公司結論是疫苗非常有效，肯定已經救了許多以色列人的命，呼籲那些還沒有打或遲疑不決者趕快出來打疫苗，保護自己也保護身邊的人。

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