Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Dec. 9

GAZA/WEST BANK -- Ashraf al Qedra, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman, told reporters on Saturday morning that rescue teams found a body of a Palestinian killed in last night's Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza Strip, with the death toll climbing to three.

He said two others were killed in the clashes on the borders, and 170 people were wounded. (Israel-Palestinians-Airstrikes)

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SANAA -- Saudi-led airstrikes hit Yemen's state satellite television station in the capital Sanaa, killing at least four journalists, Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported on Saturday.

A guard at the gate of the station was wounded. (Yemen-Saudi)

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SANAA -- A senior Houthi official told Xinhua that the corpse of Yemen's slain ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh was buried on Saturday morning in the capital, six days after Houthis killed Saleh following deadly street clashes in Sanaa that erupted after Saleh switched sides of alliance.

The official said Saleh's corpse was first handed over to the Parliament Speaker Yahya al-Raiee amid limited attendance from Saleh's supporters and Parliament members. (Yemen-Saleh-Burial)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday officially declared full liberation of Iraq from the Islamic State (IS) militants after Iraqi forces recaptured all the areas once seized by the extremist group.

"I announce to the Iraqi people and all the world that our forces have reached the last redoubts of Daesh (IS) and have raised the Iraqi flag over areas of western Anbar (province) which was the last occupied land by IS," Abadi said in a televised speech. (Iraq-IS-Liberation) Enditem