Israeli attack on Sanaa kill 8, wound over 140, ministries report
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Yemen’s ministries said Israeli strikes on Sanaa killed 8 and wounded 142, hitting power facilities and civilian sites in renewed war crimes.
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A Yemeni officer mourns over a coffin of one of 31 local journalists reportedly killed in Israeli airstrikes last week, during their funeral inside the Shaab Mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, September 16, 2025 (AP)
The Yemeni Ministry of Health announced Thursday that the number of victims from the latest Israeli aggression on the capital Sanaa has risen to eight martyrs and 142 wounded, in a toll it described as “not final.”
Civil defense and ambulance teams continue rescue operations, searching for casualties under the rubble of destroyed civilian sites and facilities targeted in the raids.
Strikes on energy infrastructure
According to the Yemeni Ministry of Electricity, Energy, and Water, the Israeli occupation carried out a series of strikes on the Dhahban power station and the General Authority for Renewable Energy. The attacks killed Mansour Abdu Abdullah Hazam, a ministry employee, and injured four others.
In a statement carried by Saba News Agency, the ministry condemned the “continuing Israeli targeting of civilian facilities” belonging to the electricity sector. It stressed that repeated assaults on energy infrastructure represent a flagrant violation of international law, including the UN Charter and principles of international humanitarian and human rights law.
The ministry held the Israeli enemy “fully responsible for the deliberate targeting of infrastructure and civilian sites,” underscoring that such actions constitute war crimes.
Resilience amid aggression
The statement affirmed that Israeli aggression “will only increase the Yemeni people’s resilience, steadfastness, and determination to support the Palestinian people, stand by their just cause, and back their heroic resistance in confronting the usurping Zionist entity.”
The strikes mark a dangerous escalation in the Israeli war, widening its scope to Sanaa and directly targeting Yemen’s civilian infrastructure, even as humanitarian teams race to recover victims trapped beneath the rubble.
Israeli aggression targets Sanaa
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.
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.
