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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Michael Howie

Israel hits Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city with deadly airstrikes

A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital and a port city early on Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel.

Thursday's strikes risk further escalating conflict with the Iranian-backed Houthis, whose attacks on the Red Sea corridor have drastically impacted global shipping.

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