Israeli aggression targets Sanaa, Yemeni defenses repel air assault
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Israeli forces launched strikes on Sanaa, but Yemeni air defenses repelled most of the large-scale attack, forcing the hostile fighter jets to retreat.
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Illustrative photo depicting Flames and smoke rising following earlier Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, September 10, 2025 (AP)
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Yemen reported Thursday that Israeli forces carried out an aggression against the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, with strikes concentrated on the city’s southern sector.
According to the Yemeni Civil Defense, the attack targeted civilian facilities and infrastructure, with rescue teams immediately dispatched to the scene of the strikes.
Yemeni defenses confront Israeli warplanes
A military source told Al Mayadeen that Yemeni air defenses confronted several Israeli formations participating in the assault, forcing a number of aircraft to withdraw before they could launch strikes. The source said dozens of Israeli fighter jets had been deployed in a large-scale operation, but Yemeni forces set up multiple ambushes, successfully repelling much of the attack.
The military source confirmed that while most of the aerial aggression was foiled, the Israeli occupation resorted to using naval forces to strike the capital.
The source explained that the Israeli occupation forces sought to mount an extensive campaign using dozens of aircraft, yet the preparedness of Yemeni defenses disrupted the assault. “Our defenses succeeded in confronting the Israeli aggression and thwarting most of its objectives,” the source said.
31 journalists killed
Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week killed 31 journalists and media workers, a report released Friday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) revealed.
The attack represents the deadliest single strike on journalists since the Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines 16 years ago and the second-deadliest incident ever recorded by the New York-based press freedom group.
The strikes hit a government press complex at 4:45 pm local time on September 10, as staff of a Yemeni newspaper were finalizing a weekly edition, editor-in-chief Nasser al-Khadri told CPJ.
The timing contributed to the high death toll, which included journalists and media workers at three Yemeni outlets in the capital, Sanaa. A child who had accompanied one journalist to work was also killed in the strike, al-Khadri said.
