>Iran-backed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Thursday which targeted senior military officials including the group’s defence minister, according to Yemeni media reports and Israeli officials.
>Al-Rahawi died in his Sanaa apartment during the Israeli strikes, Yemeni Al-Jumhuriya outlet reported, with the Aden Al-Ghad newspaper adding that several of his associates were killed in the same strike.
>Israeli officials said they believe the strikes eliminated Houthi Defence Minister Mohamed al-Atifi and Chief of Staff Muhammad Abd Al-Karim al-Ghamari during a cabinet meeting of senior officials outside Sanaa. Al-Ghamari had previously been wounded in an earlier Israeli attack.
>Israel is still assessing whether further deaths among the Houthi leadership can be confirmed, according to media reports.
Cannot-Forget on
The slogan and emblem of the Houthis translates as: *“God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse be upon the Jews, Victory to Islam“*.
Hopefully this effective strike was still the beginning, with many more to come.
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That tends to happen when you can’t protect your airspace.
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Does it even matter? Israel have killed, basically, all of Hamas senior leadership in Gaza, and then some, yet Hamas continue to fight on. Yemen is even further away so I doubt this will affect the Houthis in any meaningful way.
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>Iran-backed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Thursday which targeted senior military officials including the group’s defence minister, according to Yemeni media reports and Israeli officials.
>Al-Rahawi died in his Sanaa apartment during the Israeli strikes, Yemeni Al-Jumhuriya outlet reported, with the Aden Al-Ghad newspaper adding that several of his associates were killed in the same strike.
>Israeli officials said they believe the strikes eliminated Houthi Defence Minister Mohamed al-Atifi and Chief of Staff Muhammad Abd Al-Karim al-Ghamari during a cabinet meeting of senior officials outside Sanaa. Al-Ghamari had previously been wounded in an earlier Israeli attack.
>Israel is still assessing whether further deaths among the Houthi leadership can be confirmed, according to media reports.
The slogan and emblem of the Houthis translates as: *“God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse be upon the Jews, Victory to Islam“*.
Hopefully this effective strike was still the beginning, with many more to come.
That tends to happen when you can’t protect your airspace.
Does it even matter? Israel have killed, basically, all of Hamas senior leadership in Gaza, and then some, yet Hamas continue to fight on. Yemen is even further away so I doubt this will affect the Houthis in any meaningful way.