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Sinar Daily
2 days ago
- Politics
- Sinar Daily
Israeli strikes destroy last plane at Yemen's Sanaa airport
The plane was about to be boarded by Muslim pilgrims bound for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. 30 May 2025 10:45am A destroyed airplane lies on the tarmac at Sanaa International Airport on May 29, 2025, in the aftermath of an Israeli military strike. Israeli air strikes blew up the last remaining plane at Yemen's international airport, Israel and a Yemeni official said on May 28, 2025. - (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) SANAA - Israeli air strikes blew up the last remaining plane at rebel-held Yemen's international airport, Israel and a Yemeni official said on Wednesday, weeks after an earlier attack inflicted major damage. An air raid involving multiple strikes hit the Yemenia Airways plane and the runway at Sanaa airport, the Huthi rebels' Al-Masirah TV channel posted on X, decrying "Israeli aggression". Thick black smoke was seen billowing from a stricken plane on the tarmac, in a video posted on X by Sanaa airport director Khaled al-Shaief who said it was Yemenia's last operational aircraft. The airport had only resumed limited commercial services on May 17, according to Huthi authorities, after it was closed by a heavy Israeli attack that destroyed six planes 11 days earlier. The Huthis, claiming solidarity with the Palestinians, have been firing on Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war, prompting reprisal strikes from Israel as well as the United States and Britain. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said fighter jets targeted Huthi "terror targets" at the airport, a day after the group fired two projectiles at Israel. "Air Force jets have just struck terror targets of the Huthi terrorist organisation at the airport in Sanaa and destroyed the last aircraft remaining," he said in a statement. An Israeli military statement said aircraft there "were used by the Huthi terrorist organisation for the transfer of terrorists who advanced terrorist attacks against the state of Israel". According to a statement from Yemenia, the plane was about to be boarded by Muslim pilgrims bound for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Destroyed airplanes lie on the tarmac at Sanaa International Airport on May 29, 2025, in the aftermath of an Israeli military strike. Israeli air strikes blew up the last remaining plane at Yemen's international airport, Israel and a Yemeni official said on May 28, 2025. - (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) - 'Fragile situation' - The Huthis began their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023, weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, prompting British and US military strikes beginning in January 2024. Earlier this month, the United States agreed a ceasefire with the Huthis, ending weeks of intense American strikes on rebel-held areas. However, the Huthis have continued to fire frequent projectiles at Israel, including strikes targeting Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. Earlier this month, Israel threatened to target the Huthi leadership. United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg warned in a statement that clashes between the Huthis and Israel are "exacerbating an already very fragile situation for Yemen and the region". The Huthis had earlier paused their attacks during a two-month ceasefire in Gaza that collapsed in March. The rebels have been at war with a Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a conflict that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and triggered a major humanitarian crisis in Yemen, although fighting has decreased significantly since a UN-negotiated six-month truce in 2022. That year the airport, closed for six years during the war, reopened to commercial flights and has offered services to and from Amman in Jordan. - AFP
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Israeli strikes destroy last plane at Yemen rebels' airport
Israeli air strikes blew up the last remaining plane at rebel-held Yemen's international airport, Israel and a Yemeni official said on Wednesday, weeks after an earlier attack inflicted major damage. An air raid involving multiple strikes hit the Yemenia Airways plane and the runway at Sanaa airport, the Huthi rebels' Al-Masirah TV channel posted on X, decrying "Israeli aggression". Thick black smoke was seen billowing from a stricken plane on the tarmac, in a video posted on X by Sanaa airport director Khaled al-Shaief who said it was Yemenia's last operational aircraft. The airport had only resumed limited commercial services on May 17, according to Huthi authorities, after it was closed by a heavy Israeli attack that destroyed six planes 11 days earlier. The Huthis, claiming solidarity with the Palestinians, have been firing on Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war, prompting reprisal strikes from Israel as well as the United States and Britain. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said fighter jets targeted Huthi "terror targets" at the airport, a day after the group fired two projectiles at Israel. "Air Force jets have just struck terror targets of the Huthi terrorist organisation at the airport in Sanaa and destroyed the last aircraft remaining," he said in a statement. An Israeli military statement said aircraft there "were used by the Huthi terrorist organisation for the transfer of terrorists who advanced terrorist attacks against the state of Israel". According to a statement from Yemenia, the plane was about to be boarded by Muslim pilgrims bound for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. - 'Fragile situation' - The Huthis began their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023, weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, prompting British and US military strikes beginning in January 2024. Earlier this month, the United States agreed a ceasefire with the Huthis, ending weeks of intense American strikes on rebel-held areas. However, the Huthis have continued to fire frequent projectiles at Israel, including strikes targeting Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. Earlier this month, Israel threatened to target the Huthi leadership. United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg warned in a statement that clashes between the Huthis and Israel are "exacerbating an already very fragile situation for Yemen and the region". The Huthis had earlier paused their attacks during a two-month ceasefire in Gaza that collapsed in March. The rebels have been at war with a Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a conflict that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and triggered a major humanitarian crisis in Yemen, although fighting has decreased significantly since a UN-negotiated six-month truce in 2022. That year the airport, closed for six years during the war, reopened to commercial flights and has offered services to and from Amman in Jordan. bur-saa-ds/th/srm
France 24
3 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
Israeli strikes destroy last plane at Yemen rebels' airport
An air raid involving multiple strikes hit the Yemenia Airways plane and the runway at Sanaa airport, the Huthi rebels' Al-Masirah TV channel posted on X, decrying "Israeli aggression". Thick black smoke was seen billowing from a stricken plane on the tarmac, in a video posted on X by Sanaa airport director Khaled al-Shaief who said it was Yemenia's last operational aircraft. The airport had only resumed limited commercial services on May 17, according to Huthi authorities, after it was closed by a heavy Israeli attack that destroyed six planes 11 days earlier. The Huthis, claiming solidarity with the Palestinians, have been firing on Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war, prompting reprisal strikes from Israel as well as the United States and Britain. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said fighter jets targeted Huthi "terror targets" at the airport, a day after the group fired two projectiles at Israel. "Air Force jets have just struck terror targets of the Huthi terrorist organisation at the airport in Sanaa and destroyed the last aircraft remaining," he said in a statement. An Israeli military statement said aircraft there "were used by the Huthi terrorist organisation for the transfer of terrorists who advanced terrorist attacks against the state of Israel". According to a statement from Yemenia, the plane was about to be boarded by Muslim pilgrims bound for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. 'Fragile situation' The Huthis began their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023, weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, prompting British and US military strikes beginning in January 2024. Earlier this month, the United States agreed a ceasefire with the Huthis, ending weeks of intense American strikes on rebel-held areas. However, the Huthis have continued to fire frequent projectiles at Israel, including strikes targeting Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. Earlier this month, Israel threatened to target the Huthi leadership. United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg warned in a statement that clashes between the Huthis and Israel are "exacerbating an already very fragile situation for Yemen and the region". The Huthis had earlier paused their attacks during a two-month ceasefire in Gaza that collapsed in March. The rebels have been at war with a Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a conflict that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and triggered a major humanitarian crisis in Yemen, although fighting has decreased significantly since a UN-negotiated six-month truce in 2022. That year the airport, closed for six years during the war, reopened to commercial flights and has offered services to and from Amman in Jordan.
Business Recorder
3 days ago
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Israeli air strikes target Sanaa airport in Yemen
SANAA: Israel struck the international airport in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Wednesday, the Iran-backed Houthis and the Israeli military said. 'Israeli aggression on Sanaa International Airport,' the Houthis' Al-Masirah television channel posted on X, later reporting that multiple strikes had hit an aircraft and the runway at the facility. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said fighter jets had carried out the strikes on Houthi 'terror targets' at the airport in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, a day after the group fired two projectiles at Israel. The Israeli military said in a statement the strikes had destroyed aircraft belonging to the group. Gaza rescuers say 16 killed in Israeli strikes Wednesday 'The aircraft struck were used by the Houthi terrorist organisation for the transfer of terrorists who advanced terrorist attacks against the state of Israel,' the military said. 'Similarly to the Hodeida and Salif ports that were struck last week, the main airport of Sanaa is continuously operated by the Houthi regime and is used by them for terror purposes,' it added. The airport – which since 2022 has handled UN humanitarian flights and a limited commercial service by Yemenia to and from Amman – was heavily bombed by Israel on May 6 in response to a Houthi missile strike on Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv. On May 17, Houthi authorities said Sanaa airport had resumed limited commercial flights. The Huthis began firing at shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023, weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, prompting military strikes by the US and Britain beginning in January 2024. Earlier this month, the United States agreed a ceasefire with the Huthis, who have controlled large swathes of Yemen for more than a decade, ending weeks of intense American strikes on rebel-held areas of the country. The Huthis however have continued to target Israel with frequent salvos, including strikes targeting Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. The Huthis also recently warned they would impose a 'naval blockade' on the Israeli port of Haifa after the country's military intensified its offensive in Gaza. Earlier this month, Israel threatened to target the Houthi leadership. The Huthis had earlier paused their attacks during a two-month ceasefire in Gaza that collapsed in March. The conflict in Yemen has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and triggered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, although fighting decreased significantly after a UN-negotiated six-month truce in 2022.
Al-Ahram Weekly
5 days ago
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Israel military says intercepted two projectiles fired from Yemen - Region
The Israeli military said Tuesday it intercepted a missile and another projectile fired from Yemen, where Huthi rebels have regularly launched attacks they say are in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted," the Israeli military wrote on Telegram. It said in a separate statement that a projectile was intercepted by the air force, without sirens being activated. The Huthis have repeatedly fired missiles and drones at Israel since the Israeli war on Gaza broke out in October 2023. The Huthis, who say they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians, paused their attacks during a two-month Gaza ceasefire that ended in March, but resumed them after Israel restarted its campaign in the territory. While most of the projectiles have been intercepted, a missile fired by the group in early May hit the perimeter of Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv for the first time. Israel has carried out several strikes in Yemen in recent months in retaliation for the attacks, including on ports and the airport in Sanaa. Israel said it downed a missile fired from Yemen on Sunday and two others on Thursday. The Huthis claimed attacks on both days targeting Ben Gurion airport. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
