Houthi Prime Minister Killed In Israeli Airstrike; Group Leader Vows Vengeance
Yemen’s Houthi group confirmed Saturday that the prime minister of its government was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the capital Sanaa. In a statement, the Houthis said Prime Minister Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi and several ministers were killed in the attack that targeted Sanaa on Thursday.
Several other ministers were also injured in the recent Israeli strike, it added.
The Israeli army said Thursday that it “precisely” hit a Houthi military target in Sanaa, with Israeli media suggesting that the entire Houthi Cabinet was eliminated in the attack.
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Houthi Chief of Staff Muhammad Abdul Karim Al-Ghamari said Friday that Israel’s attacks on Yemen’s capital of Sanaa “will not go unpunished.”
Following Thursday’s attack, the Houthi group vowed to continue its attacks against Israeli targets in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Rahawi had been the PM of the Houthi-led government since August 2024 and was a part of the General People’s Congress party and had earlier worked on the Supreme Political Council. He became governor of Abyan Governorate and in 2019, was appointed to the Houthi-led political Council, the governing body of the Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen.
Israeli airstrikes has targeted multiple locations in Sanaa in last one week, killing at least 10 people and injuring 102, as per the Houthi-run health ministry and local officials.
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Since November 2023, the Houthis have launched missile and drone strikes on Israeli targets and targeted commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea in support of Palestinians in Gaza, where nearly 63,400 people have been killed in an Israeli genocidal war.
