Smoke rises over Yemeni capital after air strikes
Videos are circulating online showing smoke rising over Yemen’s Houthi-run capital as local sources report explosions in the city and say the airport in Sanaa has been targeted.
This comes as Israeli authorities have been increasingly discussing a looming fourth major air strike on Yemen in response to sustained Houthi drone and missile launches on Israeli territory.
The US and UK have also been repeatedly bombing areas across Yemen to hit the Houthis, who have been launching projectiles against US warships as well as commercial vessels.
The Houthi-run Al Masirah TV network says an “Israeli aggression” has targeted Sanaa and the port city of Hodeidah. It quoted its local correspondents as saying the Haiz central power station in Sanaa was targeted with two air raids while the airport in the capital was also hit with multiple air strikes.
Images circulating from inside the airport in Sanaa show large plumes of smoke rising. The Israeli military has not commented yet.
Israeli army confirms strikes on Yemen
The Israeli army has confirmed it carried out strikes across Yemen that we have been reporting on.
A post on X said targets included Sana’a International Airport in the capital as well as the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations, which the Israeli military called “military infrastructure” used by the Houthis.
Israel has frequently struck civilian infrastructure in Lebanon and Gaza under the pretext that it is being used by fighters – while offering no evidence.
Houthis ‘will not stop support for Gaza’ despite the pressure
Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi has made another defiant speech against Israel and the West.
Here are some lines from his latest televised speech:
- The US is a partner in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
- The remaining hospitals are targeted and many Palestinians have been kidnapped.
- The Israeli army failed to achieve deterrence and the goal of its aggressive operations.
- We are on the verge of completing a full year since the Americans declared their aggression against our country, and they are dragging their tails in disappointment and failure.
- Israel has founded six new settlements in the past six months. The settlers are also complicit in the crimes.
- The momentum of Yemen’s operations against the Israeli enemy has taken it out of trying to exploit the developments that took place in Syria.
Houthi official says three killed in Israeli attack on Sanaa
Yemen’s Al Masirah TV, associated with the Houthi group, says at least three people have been killed and 11 wounded in Israeli attacks on Yemen, including the international airport in the capital Sanaa.
