Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, killed 10 people and wounded 102, according to a toll issued the following day by the Houthi-run Health Ministry. Spokesman Anees al-Asbahi said seven children and three women were among the injured, and that 21 people were in critical condition.
The casualty count revised an earlier Houthi report of six deaths and 86 injuries. The later figures, reported by The Associated Press, attributed the deaths to strikes on an oil facility and a power plant. Neither the identities of those killed nor a division between civilians and combatants was provided in the supplied reporting.
Multiple attacks shook Sanaa on Sunday. Accounts from the Israeli military and Houthi authorities identified several targets: a facility belonging to Yemen's principal oil company, a power plant, and a military location in the district containing the presidential palace. The Israeli military separately said it struck a compound around the palace, two power plants and a fuel storage site. Images described in the reporting showed a fireball and heavy smoke over the city, while damage was visible the next day around a petrol station, vehicles and a fuel truck.
Israel said the operation answered repeated Houthi missile and drone launches toward its territory. Days before the strikes, the Houthis fired a ballistic missile toward Ben Gurion Airport. No injuries or damage from that launch were reported. Israel's military said the projectile broke apart in the air after interception attempts, and an Israeli air force official assessed that it probably carried submunitions.
The exchange formed part of a cycle that had intensified since the Gaza war began in October 2023. The Iran-aligned Houthis had repeatedly launched missiles and drones toward Israel and attacked vessels in the Red Sea, describing those operations as support for Palestinians. Israel, and at times a United States-led coalition, had struck Houthi-controlled areas in response, including Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida.
A senior Houthi official, Abdul Qader al-Murtada, said after the Sanaa attack that the group would continue its actions in support of Palestinians despite the costs. The latest strikes therefore marked another escalation in the direct confrontation, with substantial casualties reported in the Yemeni capital and no indication in the supplied evidence that either side intended to halt its operations. The attack also demonstrated how infrastructure and military-linked sites had become intertwined in the campaign: reported targets included energy and fuel facilities serving the capital alongside a military compound. The supplied accounts did not quantify the resulting disruption to electricity or fuel supplies.
