Israel launched airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Thursday, the media reported citing officers and native residents who heard a sequence of loud explosions.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the airstrikes in a press release, whereas Israel’s state-owned Kan TV information reported that the airstrikes had been geared toward Houthi leaders, with out disclosing their id, Xinhua information company reported.
The strikes got here a couple of hours after the Israeli navy mentioned it intercepted two drones fired from Yemen.
The primary drone entered Israeli airspace at midday, triggered air raid sirens, and was then intercepted by Israeli air pressure over communities close to Gaza, whereas the second, fired lower than two hours later, was intercepted earlier than crossing into Israeli territory, the navy mentioned in a press release.
No human casualties or materials harm have been reported from the 2 drone launches. There was no quick remark from Yemen’s Houthi group concerning the incidents.
The Houthis, who management a lot of northern Yemen, have carried out drone and missile assaults on Israel since November 2023 in what they describe as solidarity with Palestinians throughout the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Many of the projectiles have been intercepted by Israeli defenses.
Israel has responded with strikes on Houthi-held areas, concentrating on airports, energy stations, and ports in Yemen’s capital Sanaa and town of Hodeidah.
Earlier, Israel’s military mentioned that the lethal double strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital focused a digicam allegedly put in by Hamas, in keeping with findings from an preliminary inquiry.
The double strike on Monday killed not less than 20 folks, together with 5 journalists and a number of other well being employees, in keeping with Gaza well being authorities.
The Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has been the final partially useful medical facility in southern Gaza, as Israel’s 22-month offensive has repeatedly struck hospitals throughout the enclave, leaving all of them both destroyed or partially broken, Xinhua information company reported.
In a press release, the navy mentioned that Golani Brigade troops recognized the digicam as positioned by Hamas so as “to watch the exercise of IDF (Israel Protection Forces) troops” and to direct militant actions in opposition to them.
The navy provided no proof to help its declare however accused Hamas of utilizing hospitals, together with Nasser Hospital, for navy functions.
“The troops operated to take away the menace by hanging and dismantling the digicam and the inquiry confirmed that the troops operated to take away the menace,” the navy mentioned, with out elaborating on why two strikes had been wanted to destroy one digicam.