The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Saturday that a precision airstrike last week in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, eliminated several senior members of the Houthi regime, including the group’s so-called Prime Minister, Ahmed al-Rahawi. The Israeli Air Force conducted the strike on Thursday, August 28, with targeting based on real-time intelligence from the IDF Intelligence Directorate.
The United States has condemned a deadly wave of Houthi rebel attacks on civilian cargo vessels in the Red Sea, warning that Iran-backed militants in Yemen continue to pose a serious threat to global maritime security. The attacks resulted in the sinking of a Liberian-flagged vessel and the deaths of at least three mariners.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman into the Red Sea on Monday, resulting in a staggering $56 million loss.
Senior officials from the Trump administration inadvertently included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, in a private group chat discussing classified military operations in Yemen.
President Donald Trump has authorized a series of airstrikes targeting Houthi-controlled regions in Yemen, aiming to counter the Iran-backed group's assaults on international shipping routes.
