According to the France24, in the early hours of Thursday, residents of Yemen’s capital woke to the sound of explosions that shook their homes and lit up the night sky. By sunrise, the streets of Sanaa were covered in dust and debris, with families searching desperately for loved ones.
The Huthi-run health ministry said the Israeli strikes killed at least eight people and left 142 injured. “The death toll rose to eight martyrs and 142 wounded,” ministry spokesman Anees Alasbahi posted on X, warning that the numbers could rise as rescue workers pulled survivors from the rubble.
For many in Sanaa, the strikes brought back memories of Yemen’s own devastating civil war. “The ground shook, windows shattered, and we thought we were going to die,” said a shopkeeper near one of the targeted neighborhoods. “We ran outside with our children, but the smoke was everywhere.”
According to Al-Masirah, the Huthi-run television channel, one of the sites struck was a detention facility. The channel claimed Israel also hit a power station and two residential neighborhoods, leaving families homeless and hospitals overwhelmed. Images circulating showed shattered glass, collapsed walls, and people carrying bloodied victims through crowded streets.
Israel said the strikes were retaliation for a Huthi drone attack that hit the southern Israeli city of Eilat a day earlier. Defence Minister Israel Katz defended the operation, saying on X that Israel had “dealt a powerful blow to numerous terror targets of the Huthi terror organisation in Sanaa.”
The Israeli army reported that its forces struck the Huthis’ general staff headquarters, intelligence and security centers, and weapons depots. Katz later added that “dozens of Huthi terror operatives” were killed, alongside stockpiles of drones and weaponry. The military warned of more operations in the coming days.
But in Sanaa, the human cost was felt most sharply. Parents clutched injured children as ambulances sped through chaotic streets. Volunteers handed out water to families standing barefoot in the rubble of their homes.
The Huthis, aligned with Iran, have vowed to continue their attacks on Israel “in solidarity with Gaza.” For the families in Sanaa who buried loved ones today, solidarity feels far away. See, More, Here>>>>
