At least 9 killed, 118 Injured in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Sanaa and Jawf

At least nine people were killed and over 100 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa and Jawf province on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the Houthi rebels.

“The death toll has reached nine martyrs and 118 wounded in a preliminary tally as civil defence, ambulances and rescue teams are still searching for the missing,” Houthi health ministry spokesman Anees Alasbahi posted on X.

Confirming the development, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement, “The IDF has just struck in Sanaa and other locations across Yemen, targeting military camps manned by Houthi terrorists, including the Houthi propaganda apparatus, as part of Operation ‘Ringing Bells.”

Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported Wednesday that an Israeli airstrike targeted a government complex in Al-Hazm district, located in Yemen’s northern Al Jawf Governorate.

The strike comes less than two weeks after a similar Israeli air raid in Sanaa killed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several senior officials. According to a statement broadcast by Al-Masirah, the officials were hit during “a routine workshop held by the government to evaluate its activity and performance over the past year.”

The Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel group, have been engaged in an escalating long-range confrontation with Israel, claiming the attacks are in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Iran, a key backer of the Houthis, has also provided financial and military support to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad — both active in Gaza and involved in the ongoing conflict with Israel.

With inputs from agencies