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The Israeli army had attacked Sanaa on Thursday as tensions within the area escalate amid Israel’s conflict on Gaza.
Printed On 30 Aug 2025
Yemen’s Houthis have confirmed that an Israeli air strike killed the prime minister of the group’s authorities within the capital, Sanaa.
Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a Thursday strike in Sanaa together with numerous ministers, the rebels stated in a press release on Saturday.
Al-Rahawi, who served as prime minister to the Houthi-led authorities within the areas of the divided nation that it controls since August 2024, was focused together with different members of the federal government, who have been additionally killed, throughout a routine workshop held by the federal government to guage its actions and efficiency over the previous yr, the rebels’ assertion stated.
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رئاسة الجمهورية اليمنية: نعلن استشهاد المجاهد أحمد غالب الرهوي رئيس الوزراء في حكومة التغيير والبناء مع عدد من رفاقه الوزراء يوم الخميس الماضي pic.twitter.com/sSpIqTukkn— قناة المسيرة (@TvAlmasirah) August 30, 2025
Translation: Yemeni Presidency: We announce the martyrdom of the mujahid Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi, prime minister of the Authorities of Change and Building, together with a number of of his fellow ministers, on Thursday.
The Israeli military attacked Sanaa on Thursday as tensions within the area proceed to escalate amid Israel’s conflict on Gaza.
The Israeli army stated in a press release that its forces on Thursday struck “a Houthi terrorist regime army goal within the space of Sanaa in Yemen”.
Israel has repeatedly focused Houthi positions in latest months because the group has launched assaults on Israel and Western vessels within the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden, in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The group has repeatedly stated Israeli assaults on Yemen won’t deter the Houthis’ army operations in assist of Palestinians.
The political arm of the Houthis emphasised its authorities and establishments are nonetheless able to finishing up duties after members of the cupboard have been assassinated by Israel.
“The blood of the nice martyrs will probably be gas and a motivator to proceed on the identical path,” the Houthi presidency stated in its assertion.
“We affirm to our nice Yemeni folks, to the sons of the oppressed Palestinian folks, to all of the sons of our nation, and to all of the free folks on the planet, that we’re persevering with in our authentic stance in supporting and aiding the sons of Gaza, and constructing our armed forces and growing their capabilities to confront all challenges and risks, as is the stance of our nice Yemeni folks, current in all fields and arenas with all dedication, will, and religion.”
On Friday, Israeli media reported, quoting unnamed sources, that the Israeli military attacked the complete Houthi cupboard, together with the prime minister and 12 different ministers, who have been all seemingly killed in Thursday’s strikes on Sanaa.
The Houthis haven’t confirmed the whole variety of these killed.
Thursday’s assault got here 4 days after Israeli strikes on Sanaa killed 10 people and wounded greater than 90, in line with well being officers.
The Israeli army stated that on Sunday it focused Houthi army websites, together with the presidential palace.
On Wednesday, the Houthis claimed accountability for a missile assault on southern Israel, which Israel stated it intercepted.
The Yemeni group controls massive components of Yemen, which has been gripped by conflict since 2014.
