JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel confirmed Monday that it assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and warned the leadership of Yemen’s Houthi group of similar action. Defense Minister Israel Katz’s comments, aired on Israel’s public broadcaster, followed a ballistic missile strike two days earlier by the Houthis which Israel’s air defense system...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 20 Israelis were injured when a missile launched from Yemen landed in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area in central Israel. The Israeli army confirmed the attack, stating: “A missile originating in Yemen impacted central Israel after interception attempts failed.” According to Magen David Adom, Israel’s ambu...
Israel has escalated its military campaign, launching attacks across Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, and Syria this week. In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed 32 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, including children and a doctor, in the besieged north. Fourteen of the victims were women and children, as residential areas in Jabalia were devastated. Simult...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel launched deadly airstrikes on power plants, a port, and an oil facility in Yemen that left nine people killed, marking an escalation in its conflict with Houthi fighters, reports said Thursday. Houthi-aligned TV channel Al-Masirah reported that the Israeli raids on Al-Hudaydah left nine people killed and three others...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group says that it targeted three US supply ships and two escorting destroyers the other day. Yahya Saree, the group’s spokesperson, said: “The naval forces, the drone unit, and the missile force (of the Houthis) carried out a unique military operation targeting three US supply ships after their [&he...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Canada on Monday officially designated Yemen’s Ansarallah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, as a “terrorist entity” under the criminal code. “Today’s addition of Ansarallah as a listed terrorist entity contributes to our efforts in fighting terrorism globally and aligning Canada with...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The US and UK air forces carried out 15 airstrikes, targeting the capital Sanaa, and Saada province in northern Yemen, Al-Masirah TV reported on Thursday. The Houthi group-run media outlet reported that “US-UK aggressors conducted six raids” across northern and southern Sanaa. The broadcaster added that th...
YEMEN (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has claimed attacking Israeli “military targets” with cruise missiles amid ongoing regional tensions as Israel escalates its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. In a statement, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree announced attacking military targets “in the depth of the Zionist...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has claimed to have attacked three US warships in the Red Sea as they were reportedly sailing to support Israel. In a statement, the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had fired “23 ballistic and winged missiles and a drone” at “three US destroyers” in the ...
JERUSALEM (AA/AFP) – Nine Israelis were injured on Sunday as they rushed to shelters following the launch of a surface-to-surface missile from Yemen towards central Israel. Yemen’s Houthis claimed a missile attack on central Israel hours after the Israeli military said a missile fell into an open area, causing no injuries. The Houthis &#...