YAF Chief of Staff: Israeli strikes on Sanaa not to go unpunished
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The Yemeni Armed Forces Chief of Staff vowed escalation as Yemen reaffirms support for Gaza.
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Footage shows fire and smoke at a location in Sanaa from an Israeli strike on August 24, 2025. (X screengrab)
The Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Abdul Karim Al-Ghamari, confirmed that the "Israeli" occupation’s targeting of civilian neighborhoods in the capital Sanaa will not go unpunished.
In remarks to Yemen’s Saba news agency, Al-Ghamari stressed that Yemen will not retreat from supporting Gaza, regardless of the sacrifices.
Escalation met with escalation
The senior military commander described the Israeli escalation in Gaza and Yemen as “a sign of inability and failure to achieve its goals over nearly two years.” He vowed that such aggression would be answered in kind.
Al-Ghamari praised the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and the resistance fighters in Gaza, “who are preparing to inflict heavy losses on the enemy in its escalation towards Gaza City.”
He also saluted the “loyal and steadfast Yemeni people,” who have mobilized in the millions over the past two years in support of Palestine.
Targeting allegations denied
The statements came after the "Israeli" occupation claimed it had targeted Al-Ghamari, Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser Al-Atefi, and several Ansar Allah leaders during recent strikes on Yemen.
On Thursday, the Yemeni Ministry of Defense rejected these claims, with an official source describing the allegations as “a failure like the previous rounds of Zionist aggression.”
Sayyed al-Houthi: Yemeni missile breakthrough alarms 'Israel'
The Yemeni armed forces had achieved “a qualitative breakthrough that alarmed the Israeli enemy, through the development of cluster warheads for the Palestine-2 missiles,” the leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul Malik al-Houthi, affirmed on Thursday during his weekly speech.
In a televised address on the latest developments in the Israeli war on Gaza and regional dynamics, Sayyed al-Houthi explained that these newly developed warheads “split into several warheads,” describing the achievement as “a very important qualitative success that has worried the occupation.”
He further revealed that “operations from Yemen’s front against the Israeli occupation continued this week, using hypersonic missiles and drones, targeting Yafa and Askalan.” Sayyed al-Houthi said the strikes triggered “sirens in more than 200 locations inside the occupied territories, sending millions of settlers into shelters and suspending air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport.”
Commenting on the Israeli occupation’s recent strikes on Yemen, Sayyed al-Houthi stressed that “targeting the oil company’s station and the electricity stations is a failed aggression.” He added that the occupation “attacks facilities that serve the entire people to say, 'I am targeting you all without distinction'.”
Despite the aggression, he insisted that Yemen’s stance remains firm, “Our position continues officially and popularly, along its path of doing what is stronger and greater, of further developing our military capabilities, and of supporting the Palestinian people with full determination.”
