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Israeli strikes on Yemen's capital kill at least 9 people and injure scores, the Houthi rebels say
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Israeli strikes on Yemen's capital kill at least 9 people and injure scores, the Houthi rebels say

  • By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press

Yemen's Houthi rebels say that Israeli strikes on Yemen's capital the previous afternoon killed at least nine people and injured scores in Sanaa. Thursday's strikes came a day after a drone launched by the Houthis wounded 22 people in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, a rare breach of Israel's air defenses. According to the health ministry in the Houthi-controlled northern half of Yemen, which includes Sanaa, four children, two women and three older people were among the dead. The Israeli military said it carried out strikes in Yemen, with dozens of aircraft targeting Houthi military command headquarters, military camps and security and intelligence facilities.