Israeli strikes on Yemen’s capital kill at least 9 people and injure scores, the Houthi rebels say World Sep 26, 2025 11:01 AM EDT

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Friday that at least nine people were killed by Israeli strikes on the country’s rebel-held capital of Sanaa the previous day, the latest in an increase in exchanges between Israel and the Iranian-backed rebels over the war in Gaza.

The strikes on Thursday afternoon 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.

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According to the health ministry in the Houthi-controlled northern half of Yemen, which inc

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