Yemen’s Houthi group has said that Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi of the Houthi-backed government, along with several other Ministers, was killed in Israeli airstrikes on the capital Sanaa earlier this week.
The officials were hit during a workshop reviewing government activities over the past year. Several other Ministers were wounded and remain in the hospital.
The Houthis pledged the government would continue functioning and vowed retaliation against Israel very soon. The group had initially denied casualties from Thursday’s strikes, despite reports of Rahawi’s death.
A Houthi source said Israeli warplanes launched 10 airstrikes on a building in southern Sanaa where the meeting was being held.
The strike marks the most serious blow to the Houthis since they began launching missile and drone attacks against Israel in November 2023 in support of Palestinians during the Gaza war.
The Houthis seized Sanaa in 2014, forcing the internationally recognised Yemeni government into exile in Aden.Earlier in the week, Israeli strikes hit multiple areas across Sanaa, killing at least 10 people and wounding 102 others.
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