August 30, 2025

The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen said Saturday that an Israeli airstrike earlier this week killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa along with other Houthi officials, according to media reports.

Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was the most senior Houthi official killed in the Israeli-U.S. campaign against the Iran-backed rebels.

Al-Rahawi was killed along with a number of ministers in an airstrike on Sanaa on Thursday, the rebels said in a statement. Other ministers and officials were wounded, the statement said without providing further details.

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