Israeli military launches air strikes on Yemen’s Sanaa
The Israeli military has launched a number of air strikes on Sanaa, according to Houthi-run Al Masirah TV.
Plumes of smoke were seen rising over the Yemeni capital after the attacks.
Israel claims Houthi leaders, weapons stockpiles targeted in Sanaa
The Israeli military says it has used dozens of warplanes and air support units to target the command headquarters of the Houthi General Staff and compounds of the group’s security and intelligence apparatus.
The headquarters of the “military propaganda department” and manned military camps storing weapons were among the targets in Sanaa listed by the Israeli army, which said the strikes are in response to Houthi drone and missile attacks on Israel.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement posted on X that the “powerful” strikes killed “dozens of Houthi terror operatives”.
The attacks came at the same time as a speech by Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi. The Yemeni group has yet to comment on the strikes.
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Translation: The first moments after the launch of a series of air strikes by the occupation air force on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
Israeli strikes on Yemen come less than 24 hour after Houthi drone attack
Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, reporting from Amman, says the Israeli strikes comes less than 24 hours after Houthis launched a drone attack on the city of Eilat.
Salhut said the drone actually made an impact, injuring at least 20 people, two of whom are still in critical condition. “They have been airlifted to a hospital in southern Israel by the air force,” she said from Amman, because the Israeli government has banned Al Jazeera from reporting from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
“So this back and forth has really been going on since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza. The Houthis say they are launching the attack in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Since Israel broke the ceasefire in March, these types of attacks have only increased in size and scale.
“And the Israeli military says it is trying to deter these threats by launching attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen. But Houthis are still able to launch these types of attacks, causing damage within Israel.”
Israeli army says drone launched by Houthis was detected late
The Israeli military says its air forces conducted an investigation and found that the explosive drone that the Houthis landed in Eilat on Wednesday was “detected relatively late” and alarms sounded only after that happened.
“Attempts were made to intercept it using the Iron Dome system, which were unsuccessful,” the army said in a statement, adding that the reason has been found and a fix has been made.
According to Israeli Army Radio, Israeli warplanes used more than 65 munitions to attack Sanaa in response to this drone strike, the highest number of munitions in a single attack on Yemen to date.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the strike from his Wing of Zion plane en route to New York to speak at the UN General Assembly.
