The Israeli military says its air force has carried out its most powerful strike in Yemen in response to the Houthi movement's repeated drone and missile attacks on Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said dozens of its aircraft bombed targets belonging to the Houthis' security and intelligence services, and military in the capital Sanaa.
The Houthi-run government's health ministry denounced what it called Israel's brutal crime, saying civilian facilities and residential buildings were hit and that eight people were killed.
It comes a day after 22 people were injured, two of them seriously, in a Houthi drone attack in the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat.
The Houthis have controlled much of north-western Yemen since they ousted the country's internationally recognised government from there 10 years ago, sparking a civil war.
They began attacking Israel and international shipping in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden shortly after the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in October 2023, saying they were acting in support of the Palestinians.
Videos from Sanaa showed large plumes of black smoke rising from at least three locations in the city following the Israeli strikes on Thursday afternoon.
The attack took place moments before Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV began broadcasting a speech by the movement's leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi.
Health ministry spokesman Dr Anees al-Asbahi accused the IDF of the deliberate and systematic targeting of civilian, service, and residential facilities, which he said was a war crime in every sense of the word.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz wrote on X that his country had delivered a powerful strike on numerous terror targets of the Houthi terror organisation in Sanaa.
The IDF noted that their operations would continue in response to ongoing Houthi attacks, indicating a sustained military presence in the region.
