Israeli airstrikes on September 10, 2025 killed 35 people and wounded 131 others in Yemen, according to Yemen's health ministry and Israeli military statements cited in Al Jazeera source 7010.
The attacks hit the capital, Sanaa, and the northern governorate of al-Jawf. Yemen's health ministry said the raids struck civilian and residential areas, including homes in Sanaa's al-Tahrir neighbourhood, a medical facility on 60th Street in the southwest of the city, and a government compound in al-Jawf's capital, al-Hazm. The ministry described the toll as preliminary and warned that the number could rise as rescue teams continued searching through rubble and damaged buildings.
The same report said civil defence crews were trying to put out fires and reach survivors after the bombardment. Houthi-run media said one of the targets was a medical facility for the health sector in southwest Sanaa, while the Yemen Oil and Gas Corporation said Israeli jets hit a medical station on al-Sitteen Street. Those details point to strikes that went well beyond a single military site and affected infrastructure tied to daily civilian life.
Israel's military said it struck military targets in the two areas, describing them as camps where operatives were present, the Houthis' military public relations headquarters and a fuel storage facility used by the group. That account framed the raids as a military response, while the Yemeni side described heavy civilian damage and rising casualty figures. The gap between the two descriptions could not be resolved from the supplied evidence alone.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group's air defences fired surface-to-air missiles during the attack and claimed some Israeli planes were turned back before releasing their weapons. He also said the group would continue to confront what it called Israeli aggression. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the strike was retaliation for a Houthi drone attack on Ramon Airport in Israel a few days earlier.
The Yemen attack fits into a wider cycle of regional escalation. Al Jazeera's report said Israel has repeatedly bombed Yemen, including its main airport, and that the Houthi movement has carried out maritime and drone attacks in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The same report also noted that the group has said it would stop attacking Israel if there is a ceasefire in Gaza.
What is clear from the evidence is the scale of the losses and the mix of sites hit. A health ministry count of 35 dead and 131 wounded, combined with reports of strikes on homes, a medical site and a government compound, makes this one of the deadliest recent Israeli attacks in Yemen. The question now is not whether the raids caused major harm, but how much additional damage and loss rescue workers will uncover as they continue to search the strike zones.
