Overview

• Yemen’s Houthi movement confirmed that Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al‑Rahawi and multiple ministers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a government gathering in Sanaa on Thursday.
• Israel said it precisely hit a “military target of the Houthi terror regime” near Sanaa; Houthi statements and local reporting indicate more than a dozen ministers were killed, with some accounts describing most of the cabinet as wiped out.
• The Houthis named deputy Mohammed Ahmed Miftah as interim leader, while analysts and reports note al‑Rahawi was largely a symbolic political figure rather than an operational decision-maker.
• Houthi political chief Mahdi al‑Maschat vowed revenge and warned of “dark days,” urging foreign companies to leave Israel, following the announcement of the leadership losses.
• Separately, the Israeli military reported strikes on Hezbollah facilities in southern Lebanon near the Beaufort area, saying it targeted military sites including underground infrastructure after detecting activity there.