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Prime Minister Houri, Ahmed Al-Rahawi
An Israeli air strike killed the government’s prime minister controlled by the Houthis rebels in the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, announced the Houthis on Saturday. It is the highest responsible HOUTHHI killed so far in the Israeli and the United States campaign against the rebels supported by Iran.
The Prime Minister HOUTHHI Ahmed Al-Rahawi He was killed in an Israelite Armed Forces operation on Thursday in Sanaa, along with several ministers, the Houthis indicated in a statement.
Other ministers and guardians were injured, the statement added, without providing further details.
The Prime Minister was, along with other members of his government controlled by the Houthis, in a “routine workshop Performed by the government to evaluate its activities and performance over the past year, ”when the Israeli attack killed him, the Houthis explained.
The Huthis, however, promised this Saturday to avenge the death of their Prime Minister. “We promise God, to the beloved Yemeni people and to the families of martyrs and injured revengeS ”, declared in a video message shared on the social network telegrates the leader of the Huthis Political Council, Mehdi al-machat.
The Israelite attack occurred while the rebel television station transmitted a Discurso de Abdul Malik al-Houthithe enigmatic leader of the group, in which he shared updates on the latest events in Gaza and promised retaliation against Israel.
Ancients Houths House usually meet to watch Al-Houthi’s pre-recorded speeches, note a.
Al-rahawi was not part of the restricted circle around Abdul Malik al-Houthi who manages the group’s military and strategic affairs. Your government, like the previous ones, Its function was to manage civil affairs From everyday life in Sanaa and other areas controlled by the Houthis.
According to three tribal leaders who spoke to the Associated Press under anonymity, for fear of reprisals, “the attack that killed the prime minister hit a meeting of Houthis leaders in a village in Beit Baws,” an old village in the south of Sanaa.
On Thursday, the Israelite army said it had “accurately A military target of the Hourthi terrorist regime in the Sanaa area in Yemen. ”The army did not immediately commented on this Saturday’s announcement about the death of the prime minister.
The Prime Minister was a native of the southern province of Abyan and an ally of former President Iemenite Ali Abdullah Saleh. He joined the Houthis when the rebels They took Sanaa and much of the north and the center of the country In 2014, starting the prolonged Iémen Civil War.
He had been appointed Prime Minister in August 2024.
Al-rahawi is The highest responsible HOUTHHI Dead Since the United States and Israel have started their air and naval campaign in response to Houthis missile and drone attacks against Israel and Red Sea ships.
The attacks from the United States and Israel already caused dozens of the dead. An American attack in April reached a prison that held African migrants in the province of Sadaa in the north, killing at least 68 people and injuring 47.
Ahmed nagisenior Yemen analyst at Crisis Group International, a Think-Tank based in Brussels, described the death of Prime Minister Hourthi as a “Severe retreat” for the rebels.
According to Nagi, the climb marks a Strategy Change of Israelthat has gone from reaching the Houthis infrastructure to aim their leadersincluding top military figures, which “represents a greater threat to its command structure.”
In response to the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis launched a campaign against ships that cross the Red Seaallegedly in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Their attacks in the last two years have disorganized the region’s maritime traffic, which 1 billion dollars in goods per year.
In May, the Trump administration announced an agreement with the hethis to end the air strikes in exchange for the end of attacks on ships. The Houthis, however, stated that The agreement did not include suspension of attacks to targets they considered aligned with Israel.
