The Israeli occupation army announced that it bombed several targets around the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. In a statement on Sunday, it said, " We targeted energy infrastructure used by the Houthis."
Hebrew media reported that "the Israeli Navy launched an attack on a power station south of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa."
Eyewitnesses told the German Press Agency (dpa) that the two explosions occurred near the Haziz power station, located south of the capital, and confirmed seeing flames rising from the targeted site. No official information has yet been released on the extent of the damage or any human casualties.
For its part, local media outlets, including those affiliated with the Ansar Allah group (Houthis), reported that an electricity station in southern Sana'a was hit by Israeli airstrikes, causing temporary power outages in some areas.
A Civil Defense source confirmed that the airstrike targeted the electricity generators at the Haziz station, completely putting them out of service. The source added that Civil Defense teams began extinguishing the fire that broke out at the station as a result of the bombing.
In his first official comment, a member of the Houthi political bureau, Hazam al-Assad, described the bombing via the X platform as "aggression targeting service facilities and civilian objects such as electricity and water."
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These developments come after a period of relative calm in the capital for more than a month, coinciding with the ongoing Israeli war of extermination against the Gaza Strip.
Sana'a has been subjected to airstrikes launched by the United States and Israel in recent months, targeting sites allegedly belonging to the Houthi group. These strikes were in response to attacks carried out by the group on Israeli targets and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
Israeli raids on Yemeni territory began in July 2024, targeting vital facilities, including the port of Hodeidah and Sana'a International Airport, as part of a military escalation linked to the ongoing war between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip.
The Houthi group continues to carry out drone and missile attacks on Israel and on ships it claims are linked to or bound for Israel, as part of what it describes as "support for the resistance in Gaza."
It's worth noting that the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the deaths of 61,897 Palestinians and the injury of more than 155,000, most of whom are women and children. Thousands are missing and hundreds of thousands are displaced, amid a severe humanitarian crisis that includes famine and the collapse of infrastructure.
