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Agence France-Presse

Israel’s army said it had intercepted a missile on Thursday fired from Yemen, a day after Israeli forces carried out air strikes there that killed 35 people and wounded more than 130.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the missile attack on Israel.
But the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel since their Palestinian ally Hamas’ October 2023 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza war.
“Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted,” Israel’s army said on Telegram.

The Houthi armed forces’ media operation in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, was hit by Israel on Wednesday, along with a Houthi complex in Jawf province, the group said.
Thirty-five people died and 131 were wounded, Houthi health ministry spokesman Anees Alasbahi posted on X, adding it was not a final toll.
The toll included 28 dead and 113 wounded in Sanaa, and seven dead and 18 wounded in Jawf, which borders Saudi Arabia, Alasbahi said.
It came after the Houthis’ prime minister Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, nine ministers and two cabinet officials were killed as they attended a government meeting in the Sanaa area last month.
The killings were the most high-profile assassinations of Houthi officials during nearly two years of hostilities with Israel over the Gaza war.
In war-torn Gaza, Israel has stepped up its operation against Hamas by targeting Gaza City. It insists on demilitarising the group whose attack in October 2023 on Israel killed 1,200 and saw 250 taken hostages, marking the beginning of the war.


Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 64,600 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army conducted an unprecedented strike against senior Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital of Doha, escalating an already tense standoff between the country and Arab nations over the conflict.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said journalists working for the September 26 and al-Yaman newspapers were among those killed on Wednesday at the “Moral Guidance Headquarters” in Sanaa.
The Israeli military also said it struck the armed forces’ media operations, among other facilities.
The targets included “military camps in which operatives of the terrorist regime were identified, the Houthis’ military public relations headquarters and a fuel storage facility that was used by the terrorist regime”, an Israeli military statement said.
The Houthis’ Al-Masirah television said the strikes in Jawf hit a Central Bank branch building in the city of Al-Hazm, wounding employees.

The Houthis said they fought back with air defences, without giving details.
On Sunday, a drone launched from Yemen struck Ramon airport in southern Israel, wounding one person.
Since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023, the Houthis have launched repeated drone and missile attacks against Israel.
In response, Israel has carried out rounds of retaliatory strikes in Yemen, mainly targeting infrastructure such as ports, power stations and the international airport in Sanaa.
Israel has also been conducting military attacks against Lebanon-based Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group, and in Syria. In June, Israeli forces initiated direct military confrontation with Iran, which lasted for over 12 days.
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