Houthi rebel prime minister killed in Israeli airstrike, the group says

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The Iranian-backed Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the premier curate of the rebel-controlled authorities successful the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.

Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed successful a Thursday onslaught successful Sanaa on with a fig of ministers, the rebels said successful a statement.

The Israeli subject said Thursday that it "precisely struck a Houthi violent authorities subject people successful the country of Sanaa successful Yemen."

Al-Rahawi, who served arsenic premier curate to the Houthi-led authorities since August 2024, was targeted on with different members of his Houthi-controlled authorities during a regular store held by the authorities to measure its activities and show implicit the past year, the rebels' connection said.

The Houthis person repeatedly launched missiles against Israel passim Israel's warfare against Hamas successful Gaza. The radical says the attacks are successful solidarity with the Palestinians. Though astir of the missiles launched by Yemen are intercepted by Israel oregon fragment mid-air, this has done small to deter the attacks.

Earlier successful the week, Israeli strikes deed aggregate areas crossed Sanaa, sidesplitting astatine slightest 10 radical and wounding 102 others, according to the Houthi-run wellness ministry and authorities officials.

The Houthis person launched missiles and drones toward Israel and targeted ships successful the Red Sea passim Israel's warfare against Hamas successful Gaza. The rebels accidental their attacks are successful solidarity with the Palestinians.

In effect to the Houthi attacks, Israel and a U.S.-led conjugation pounded the rebel-held areas successful Yemen, including Sanaa and the strategical coastal metropolis of Hodeida. Israeli strikes knocked the Sanaa airdrome retired of work successful May.

The Trump medication announced a woody with the Houthis to extremity the airstrikes successful instrumentality for an extremity to attacks connected shipping successful May. The rebels, however, said the statement did not see halting attacks connected targets it believed were aligned with Israel.