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Houthis say Ahmed al-Rahawi and quite a lot of ministers had been killed in Israel’s assault on Sanaa this week.
Printed On 30 Aug 2025
Yemen’s Houthis have confirmed that an Israeli air strike earlier this week 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 quite a lot of ministers, the Houthis mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.
Al-Rahawi, who served as prime minister in areas of the divided nation that the group controls, was focused together with different members of the Houthi-led authorities throughout a workshop, the assertion mentioned.
The Houthis mentioned “a number of” different ministers had been additionally killed within the Israeli assault, with out providing extra particulars.
The Israeli assault on Sanaa got here as tensions within the area proceed to escalate amid Israel’s warfare on Gaza.
The Israeli navy mentioned in an announcement that its forces on Thursday struck “a Houthi terrorist regime navy goal within the space of Sanaa”.
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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.
Israel has repeatedly focused Houthi positions in latest months because the Yemeni group has launched assaults on Israel and on Western vessels within the Crimson Sea and Gulf of Aden, in what it says is a present of assist for Palestinians in Gaza.
The group has repeatedly mentioned that Israeli assaults won’t deter its navy operations.
On Saturday, the Houthi presidency mentioned its authorities and establishments would nonetheless be able to finishing up their duties after the lethal Israeli assault.
“The blood of the good martyrs will probably be gasoline and a motivator to proceed on the identical path,” it mentioned in its assertion.
It stays unclear how many individuals had been killed in Thursday’s air strike.
Quoting unnamed sources, Israeli media reported on Friday that the Israeli military attacked the complete Houthi cupboard, together with the prime minister and 12 different ministers.
The assault got here 4 days after Israeli strikes on Sanaa on August 24 killed 10 people and wounded greater than 90 others, in keeping with well being officers. The Israeli navy mentioned it had focused Houthi navy websites and the presidential palace in that assault.
On Wednesday, the Houthis claimed accountability for a missile assault on southern Israel, which Israel mentioned it intercepted.
