Israel launched another round of heavy airstrikes in Yemen on Wednesday, killing dozens just days after Houthi militias carried out a drone attack that struck an Israeli airport.
The Israeli strikes killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 130 others, the Houthi-run health ministry said. Search crews were continuing to dig through the rubble.
Most of those killed were in Sanaa, the capital, where a military headquarters and a fuel station were hit, the health ministry said.
Al-Masirah, a Houthi-controlled satellite news channel, said one of the strikes on Yemen hit a military headquarters building in central Sanaa.
Neighboring houses were also damaged, it reported.
Israel has previously launched waves of airstrikes 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 defenses and slammed into a southern airport.
The strikes on Wednesday hit a station that provides fuel to hospitals in the capital, Essam al-Mutawakel, spokesman for militia-run Yemen Petroleum Company, told Al-Masirah. Residents said they heard violent explosions in multiple areas of the city, with fire and smoke in the skies.
The Houthi media office said Israel also hit a government facility in the strategic city of Hazm, the capital of northern Jawf province. Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the militias fired surface-to-air missiles at the Israeli fighter jets.
