Israel strikes Houthi leaders’ secret meeting place in Yemeni capital
An Israeli airstrike on Saturday night hit a house in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, where a “secret meeting of senior Houthi leaders” was allegedly taking place, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday.
Multiple media outlets, including India’s Daijiworld Media Network and China’s Xinhua News Agency, reported Sunday that the house, located in southern Sanaa, was cordoned off by heavy Houthi security forces as ambulances rushed to the scene.
According to regional media reports, the meeting was chaired by Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Supreme Political Council, and Abdulkarim al-Gumari, the Houthi military chief of staff.
Other media sources reported that the secret meeting was also attended by top Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi; the head of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi; and the Houthi military intelligence chief, Abu Ali al-Hakim.
Israeli media outlet Ynetnews.com reported Sunday that Israel attempted to assassinate the top military commander of Yemen’s Houthi groups, Mohammed Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari, in Sanaa. The outcome of the strike remains unknown, including whether al-Ghamari was killed or who else may have been present at the time, reported Ynetnews.com.
Residents living near the targeted house told Xinhua they saw at least 10 charred bodies at the scene.
The IDF conducted strikes in Yemen on Saturday night in an attempted targeted attack on senior Houthi military leader, Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari, Jerusalem Post reported, citing IDF sources.
However, a member of the Ansar Allah Political Bureau, Hazam al-Assad, stated Saturday evening that the Israel is fabricating false victories to cover up its mounting failures, Al Mayadeen.net reported Sunday.
Though when some media house sought verification from a senior official of the Houthis information department regarding reports of the assassination of a high-ranking Houthi official. The Houthi side dismissed the claims as “fabricated”, stating that no attack or explosion occurred on Saturday evening.
Houthis said on Sunday that they targeted central Israel’s Jaffa with several ballistic missiles in the last 24 hours in coordination with Iran, as Israel and Iran continued to exchange missile attacks, Arab News reported Sunday.
