Tel Aviv: Israel has announced that its fighter jets carried out a powerful counterattack in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, targeting what it described as Houthi military and intelligence sites. The strikes, Israel said, resulted in the deaths of “dozens” of Houthi fighters, though Houthi officials dispute the claim, reporting significantly fewer fatalities.

According to Israeli defense sources, the operation was a direct retaliation for a recent Houthi strike on Eilat, a southern Israeli city on the Red Sea coast. That attack reportedly left 22 civilians injured and marked a further escalation in Houthi involvement in the conflict. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned that Israel would respond forcefully to any aggression from Yemen, a promise fulfilled with the latest strike.

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