Houthis confirm death of 11 ministers in Israeli airstrike on Sanaa

The Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, has formally confirmed the deaths of 11 senior members of its de facto government in Yemen, following an Israeli airstrike on the capital city of Sanaa on August 28.

The targeted strike resulted in the deaths of high-ranking officials across key government sectors, dealing a severe blow to the administrative structure governing Houthi-controlled territories in Yemen, Caliber.Az reports, citing foreign media.

The officials confirmed killed in the attack include:

Jamal Amer, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Hashem Sharaf Al-Din, Minister of Information

Mohammed Al-Muwlad, Minister of Youth and Sports

Ali Saif Mohammed Hassan, Minister of Electricity, Energy and Water

Mujahid Ahmed Abdullah Ali, Minister of Justice and Human Rights

Mohammed Al-Madani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration and Rural Development

Radwan Ali Ali Al-Rubaie, Minister of Agriculture

Ali Qasim Al-Yafei, Minister of Culture

Samir Baja’alah, Minister of Social Affairs

Moeen Al-Muhaqri, Minister of Trade and Industry

Ali Hassan, Minister of Energy

There were other casualties who were present at a cabinet meeting in a house that was bombed, among them “Deputy Minister of Interior in the Houthi government Abdul Majeed Al-Murtadha, and Director of the Minister of Defence’s Office, responsible for war operations, Sakhr Al-Sharqabi.”

The Houthis said the meeting was discussing the government’s achievements over the past year.

Sources had said that Minister of Transport Mohammed Quhaim was killed in the attack, but a family source said that he is alive but remains in intensive care at a hospital in Sanaa receiving treatment. Also receiving treatment, according to the sources, is Hassan Al-Sa’adi, Minister of Education.

Medical sources said the Houthis transferred wounded to public and private hospitals in Sanaa. Eyewitnesses said Houthi forces are deployed across most of the southern neighborhoods of the capital, Sanaa.

By Vafa Guliyeva