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The prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi government and several other ministers were killed in an Israeli strike on the capital Sanaa, the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council has said.
A number of others were wounded in the strike on Friday AEST, Mahdi al-Mashat added, without providing details.
Israel said on Saturday that the airstrike had targeted the Iran-aligned group’s chief of staff, defence minister and other senior officials and that it was verifying the outcome.

Mashat’s statement did not make clear whether the Houthi defence minister was among the casualties.

Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi became prime minister around a year ago, but the de facto leader of the government was his deputy, Mohamed Moftah, who has been assigned to carry out the prime minister’s duties.
Rahawi was seen largely as a figurehead who was not part of the inner circle of the Houthi leadership.
Since Israel’s war in Gaza against the Palestinian militant group Hamas began in October 2023 — a significant escalation in the long-standing conflict between Israel and Hamas — the Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked vessels in the Red Sea in what they describe as acts of solidarity with the Palestinians.

They have regularly launched missiles in the direction of Israel, the majority of which have been successfully intercepted. In retaliation, Israel has conducted strikes on regions in Yemen under Houthi control, targeting strategic sites like the crucial Hodeidah port.

During the last year, Israel carried out a series of assassinations targeting senior leaders and commanders of Hamas and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah, significantly weakening both groups.
The Houthi-run news agency Saba ran a statement from Defence Minister Mohamed al-Atifi shortly after the prime minister’s death was confirmed and quoted him as saying the group was ready to confront Israel.
The statement did not mention Friday’s airstrike and it was unclear if it was made before or after the attack.
Atifi runs the Houthis’ Missiles Brigade Group and is considered their leading missiles expert.

Sources confirmed to Reuters that the energy, foreign and information ministers were among those killed.

Israeli security sources had said the targets had been various locations where a large number of senior Houthi officials had gathered to watch a televised speech recorded by leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi.
The Israeli military described the attack as a “complex operation” made possible by intelligence-gathering and air superiority.
“Our stance remains as it is and will remain until the aggression ends and the siege is lifted, no matter how great the challenges,” Mashat said in a televised speech, adding that the group “shall take revenge”.

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