SANA’A,(The Palestinian Information Center) The Yemeni Ministry of Health affiliated with Ansar Allah (Houthis) announced that 35 people were killed and 131 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Sana’a and the Al-Jawf province.
In response to the attack, Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Supreme Political Council of Ansar Allah, vowed retaliation. According to Israeli broadcaster KAN, the assault involved 30 bombs dropped by 10 warplanes, targeting 15 sites across Yemen.
Houthi media outlets reported casualties at the Military Guidance Headquarters in central Sana’a. The strikes also resulted in deaths and injuries among journalists, particularly at the offices of the “26 September” and “Al-Yemen” newspapers, which were also targeted.
In Al-Jawf governorate, the Civil Status Authority building in the city of Al-Hazm was also bombed.
Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Ansar Allah Supreme Political Council, called the Israeli assault a “failed act of aggression” and said that a response is inevitable. Military spokesperson Yahya Saree echoed the warning, stressing that “this brutal attack will not go unanswered or unpunished.”
He also denied Israeli claims of targeting missile launch platforms and said Yemen’s air defenses had responded to the attacking warplanes, thwarting most of the assault.
Nasr al-Din Amer, deputy head of the Houthi media authority, said the Israeli airstrikes were limited to Sana’a and Al-Jawf, and that explosions heard in other provinces were due to air defense activity.
Hazem al-Asad, a member of the group’s political bureau, accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure and residential areas in Sana’a. He described the attack as a “desperate attempt by a bankrupt regime to fabricate a media victory,” reaffirming the Houthis’ unwavering commitment to supporting Gaza “regardless of the sacrifices.”
The Yemeni Oil Company reported that the airstrikes hit a medical sector fuel station on Sixtieth Street in Sanaa. Houthi media also said the Central Bank branch in Al-Hazm was targeted.
According to Reuters, the Israeli assault also struck the Yemeni Ministry of Defense, and residents reported that a command-and-control site between two mountains was hit. The full extent of the damage remains unclear.
