SANA’A, (Palestine Foundation Information Center ) Eight Yemenis were killed and 142 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, overnight.
According to the Ministry of Health and Environment, the death toll has reached eight martyrs and 142 injuries. Civil defense and rescue teams continue to search for victims trapped beneath the rubble.
The Security and Intelligence Service confirmed that the Israeli warplanes targeted several residential neighborhoods in Sana’a, as well as official security headquarters, including the Intelligence Service Reform Center and another affiliated prison, according to Yemen’s SABA news agency.
In a statement, the agency said the brutal aggression specifically targeted the facilities and surroundings of the reform center and the prison to facilitate prisoner escapes. However, thanks to swift intervention, the plan was thwarted.
The statement explained that this aggression falls within the Israeli criminal agenda to spark chaos and destabilize security in the country, by using imprisoned agents previously involved in assassinations, bombings, and coordinating airstrike locations during the American-British-Israeli aggression on Yemen.
Yemeni media reported that the Israeli airstrikes targeted the Dhahban power station and a residential neighborhood on Al-Raqas Street in Ma’in District, Sanaa.
Israel’s government announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, currently wanted by the International Criminal Court, ordered the strike on Sana’a while en route to New York.
Israel’s army radio reported that over 65 missiles were used in the attack, marking it the most extensive aerial attack on Yemen to date.
Israeli Channel 14 said 20 fighter jets participated in Thursday’s attack on Sana’a. Local sources also confirmed that more than 10 Israeli airstrikes hit the capital.
These strikes came after Yemen’s Ansar Allah Movement (the Houthis) launched dozens of missile attacks on Israel and Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea, in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza.
Israeli media reported that millions of Israelis entered bomb shelters after a missile was launched from Yemen, triggering sirens in Occupied Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and central Israel.
Ben Gurion Airport suspended air traffic after sirens sounded, while Israeli Channel 12 said the missile from Yemen was intercepted.
