Israeli Airstrikes Hit Yemen’s Capital To Target Iran-Backed Houthis

Cairo (AP) – Israel air strikes hit the capital of Yemen on Sunday, HOUTHİ rebels fired a missile towards Israel He said his army was defined as the first cluster bomb that the rebels have fired since 2023.

Iran -backed Houthis said that strikes hit more than one area in Sanaa. The Ministry of Health, operated by Houthi, said that at least two people were killed and 35 people were injured.

The rebels’ al-Masirah satellite television reported a strike to an oil company and the video on social media showed a fireball there.

The Israeli army said that it hit Asar and Uzaz Energy Power Plants and called them as a “an important electricity supply facility for military activities, together with a military area of ​​the presidential palace.

The residents of Sanaa said they had heard high explosions close to a military academy and the Presidential Palace for Associated Press. They said they could see the smoke feathers near Sabeen Square, a central meeting place in the capital.

Hüseyin Mohamed, who lives close to the presidential palace, said, “The sounds of the explosions were very strong.”

Ahmed Al-Mekhlafy said he felt the strength of the strikes. He said to the AP on the phone, “The house shook and the windows were shattered.”

Houthis launched missiles and drones towards Israel and targeted ships in the Red Sea for more than 22 months and said they attacked the Palestinians in solidarity. War in Gaza.

Nasruddin Amer, Vice President of Houthi Media Office, promised to continue attacks on Israel.

Social media, “Gaza -supporting military operations, unless aggression is stopped and siege is not removed unless you will not be willing to God,” he wrote.

Israeli strikes were the first strikes that hit Yemen a week ago, when Israel said that it was aimed at the energy infrastructure that it believed to have been used by rebels.

The latest strikes follow Houthis’ claim to launch a newly equipped missile on Israel on Friday and including targeting the country’s largest airport. There was no reported damage or injury. The Israeli army said that after a few intervention attempts, it was torn apart in the air.

An Israeli Air Force official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in line with military regulations called the bullets assigned as a new threat on Friday. It said it was a cluster ammunition, to explode multiple explosives on the effect.

The use of cluster bombs makes Israel intervention more difficult and represents the additional technology provided by Iran to Houthis.

Authorized, more than 10 Israeli warrior jets on Sunday, he said.

HOUTHİ attacks in the last two years rose Shipping in Red SeaEach year, approximately $ 1 trillion of goods pass.

From November 2023 to December 2024, Houthis targeted more than 100 ships with missiles and drones. The rebels stopped their attacks during a short ceasefire in Gaza and then Air attack campaign for weeks He was ordered by US President Donald Trump.

In May, the United States Coping with Houthis to finish air strikes Although Asi Group said that the contract does not include stopping attacks on targets that it believes to be compatible with Israel, it is in exchange for the end of transport attacks.

In May, Israeli air strikes hit Sanaa Airport in a rare daytime attack that destroyed the terminal and left a crater on its runway. According to airport officials, at least six passenger planes belonging to Yemenia Airways were shot.