While Israel has not officially confirmed it, Yemen media is reporting that the prime minister of the Houthis terror group was killed during strikes in Sanaa by the IDF. The Times of Israel reports that Ahmed al-Rahawi, along with other high-ranking Houthi officials, were the main targets of the airstrikes on Thursday. The IDF also confirmed on Friday that the defense minister and chief of staff of the Iran-backed terror group were also targeted.
The outcome of that attack has yet to be fully determined, although political sources cited Thursday by Israel’s Channel 13 news claimed that “the direction [of the assessments] is positive, it seems the attack succeeded,” and Ynet reported that “the assessment that the entire military and governmental elite of the Houthis was eliminated in the attack is growing.”
Israeli intelligence provided real-time details of the gathering, enabling the strike, which was carried out despite heavy air defenses in the area, the IDF said.
As of now, the IDF is still awaiting confirmation of the airstrike results from the past two days in Yemen. Houthis had become one of Israel’s many belligerents in the aftermath of October 7. The IDF remains committed to dismantling and disarming them completely.