A photojournalist takes a picture of smoke after an Israeli air strike on Yemen's capital Sanaa on August 24, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed Huwais / AFP)
Sanaa: Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday killed at least four people, according to the country's Iran-backed Houthi group.
AFP images showed a large fireball lighting up the skies over the capital, leaving behind a column of thick, black smoke.
A spokesperson for the Houthis' health ministry reported four people dead and 67 wounded in the Israeli raid, raising an earlier toll.
A Houthi security source told AFP the strikes had targeted a building in central Sanaa. The group's Al-Masirah TV reported they had also hit an oil company facility and a power station in Sanaa's south already struck last Sunday.
Smoke billows after an Israeli air strike on Yemen's capital Sanaa on August 24, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed Huwais / AFP)
The Israeli army said it had hit a military compound where the presidential palace is located, along with two power stations and a fuel depot. Late Friday, the Houthis fired a missile that Israeli authorities said had "most likely fragmented in mid-air".
Media outlets the Times of Israel and Ynet, citing the Israeli military, reported the missile had carried a cluster warhead, the first of its kind known to have been fired from Yemen.
The Israeli defence ministry released a photo on Sunday showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz and army chief Eyal Zamir following the strikes in Yemen from a command bunker.
