According to BBC, at least 35 people were killed and more than 130 wounded in Israeli air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Wednesday, according to the group’s health ministry. The strikes, which hit the capital Sanaa and al-Jawf province, were among the deadliest carried out against the Iran-backed movement since Israel began targeting it nearly two years ago.
Videos shared online showed plumes of black smoke rising above neighborhoods in Sanaa as first responders searched through rubble for survivors. Local media reported that homes, shops, and offices were destroyed, while stunned residents looked on. “The strikes targeted purely civilian targets,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said, claiming journalists and passersby were among the dead after the offices of two newspapers were hit.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) described the operation differently. In a statement, it said warplanes struck military camps, fuel storage facilities, and the Houthis’ “military public relations headquarters,” which it accused of spreading propaganda and planning cross-border attacks. “Several days ago, we eliminated most of the members of the terrorist Houthi government,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during an event in central Israel. “This did not weaken our resolve, we struck them again today from the air, their terror facilities, their terror bases with a great number of terrorists, and other facilities as well. We will continue to strike. Whoever strikes us, whoever attacks us, we will reach them.”
Medical officials in Sanaa reported that 28 people were killed in the capital alone, while another seven died in al-Jawf. Rescue teams said the death toll could climb further as people remain trapped under collapsed buildings.
The Houthis, who have ruled much of northwestern Yemen since seizing the capital in 2014, vowed to retaliate. Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the group’s Supreme Political Council, warned: “All Israelis must remain on high alert, as retaliation is inevitable. The attack has only given us a greater opportunity to respond with full force.”
The strikes came just days after a Houthi drone hit Israel’s Ramon airport, injuring one person. Israel says the Houthis have launched hundreds of missiles and drones at its territory since 2023, framing the campaign as solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The war in Yemen, which began as a civil conflict, has now spilled into a wider regional battlefield. With Israeli jets striking deep inside Yemen and the Houthis promising vengeance, ordinary Yemenis are once again left to bear the heaviest cost.
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