The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said he and his colleagues “escaped death narrowly” while being caught up in an Israeli air strike on an airport in Yemen. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recounted feeling “completely exposed” during the attack, which killed at least six, in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today […]
WASHINGTON — After dealing devastating blows to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel is now directing its military prowess at another key force backed by Iran: the Houthi rebels in Yemen. On Friday, Israel said it had attacked Yemen’s international airport in the capital of Sanaa as well as several power plants and seaports, all under […]
The assault killed at least four people and injured 21 others, the state news agency in Yemen reported. The strikes came after a week of attacks by the Iran-backed militia.
Air strikes are reported to have hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the port city of Hudaydah on the Red Sea. AFP news agency reports that Houthi TV called the strikes “Israeli aggression”. Israel has not commented. The scale of the strikes or any casualties are not clear from initial reports. In recent days Israel […]
The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for more than a year in what they have described as a campaign in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The attack on underground weapons facilities in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed militia could also serve as a warning to Tehran.
The Israeli military said it had struck the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah in response to recent attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis against Israel.
