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Airstrikes targeted the Hezyaz power station in Sanaa, Al Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by the Houthis who control northern Yemen including the capital reported on Friday. Earlier, British security firm Ambrey said it had received reports of ongoing airstrikes across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen including the port of Ras Issa,
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Houthi-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh airstrikes. Sirens sounded in areas of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea on Saturday as "a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted ... prior to crossing into Israeli territory," the Israeli military said.
After multiple air raids targeted Yemen's Sanaa airport in December 2024, which the Iran-backed Huthi rebels blamed on Israel, a photo of smoke billowing from a runway ricocheted worldwide in social media posts that falsely depicted it as showing the recent attack.
Yemeni Armed Forces targeted Israeli sites, including the Ben Gurion airport, and a US carrier as Sanaa endured US-British airstrikes.
The latest round of strikes occurred as the United States and its ally Israel struggle to halt a campaign of regional assaults by Yemen’s Houthi militants.
Analysis: Yemen is an escalating frontline in Israel's proxy war with Iran, but Tel Aviv may struggle to achieve a military triumph against the Houthis.
There was no immediate comment from Israel, the United States or Britain. The damaged control tower of Sanaa Airport stands, following an Israeli airstrike in Sana'a, Yemen, Dec 27, 2024.
Airstrikes were carried out a short while ago in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, according to the Al-Masirah TV station, which is owned by the Houthi regime. No further details are immediately available. Earlier,
The day before, a fresh air strike hit Sanaa, which Huthi rebels blamed on "US-British aggression" though it remains unclear who was behind it. There was no comment from Israel, the United ...
An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea and threatened a massive oil spill has been “successfully” salvaged, a security firm said Friday.
The Houthi group, which controls much of northern Yemen, has been launching rocket and drone attacks against Israel and disrupting "Israeli-linked" shipping in the Red Sea since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians amid their conflict with Israel in the Gaza Strip.