Israel launched another round of heavy air strikes in Yemen on Wednesday, killing dozens just days after Houthi rebels carried out a drone attack that struck an Israeli airport.
The Israeli strikes killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 130 others, most of those killed were in Sanaa, the capital according to Houthi-run health ministry . Search crews were continuing to dig through the rubble following the strikes.
The Israeli military on Thursday said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where Houthi rebels have regularly launched attacks they say are in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza.
Al-Masirah, a Houthi-controlled satellite news channel, said one of the strikes on Yemen hit a military headquarters building in central Sanaa. Neighbouring houses were also damaged, it reported.
Israel has previously launched waves of air strikes in response to the Houthis’ firing missiles and drones at Israel. The Iran-backed Houthis say they are supporting Hamas and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and on Sunday, sent a drone that breached Israel’s multilayered air defences and slammed into a southern airport.
Israel’s strikes in Yemen followed earlier attacks that killed the Houthi top officials in a major escalation of the nearly 2-year-old conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group.
The strikes on Wednesday hit a station that provides fuel to hospitals in the capital, and residents said they heard violent explosions in multiple areas of the city, with fire and smoke in the skies.