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Houthis, IDF confirm group’s prime minister, other top officials killed in Israeli strike
Times of Israel ^ | 8/30/25 | Reuters and ToI Staff

Posted on 08/31/2025 7:11:02 AM PDT by jonatron

The prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi government and several other ministers were killed in an Israeli strike on the capital Sanaa, the news agency run by the group said on Saturday, citing a statement by the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat.

A number of others were wounded in Thursday’s strike, it said, without providing details.

Later on Saturday, the IDF also confirmed that Prime Minister Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahwi was killed alongside several Houthi military officials and other senior members of the group’s political leadership, though it did not name them.

The exact outcome of the strike and the fate of some of those targeted had yet to be determined, it said.

Israel said on Friday that the airstrike had targeted the Iran-aligned group’s chief of staff, defense minister and other senior officials and that it was verifying the outcome.

Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Saturday evening that the attack was “just the beginning.”

“Two days ago, we dealt an unprecedented crushing blow to the senior officials in the military-political leadership of the Houthi terrorist organization in Yemen, in a bold and brilliant action by the IDF,” Katz said.

“The destiny of Yemen is the destiny of Tehran — and this is just the beginning,” Katz continued. “The Houthis will learn the hard way that whoever threatens and harms Israel will be harmed sevenfold — and they will not determine when this ends.”

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror; Yemen
KEYWORDS: houthi; idf
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1 posted on 08/31/2025 7:11:02 AM PDT by jonatron
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The exact outcome of the strike and the fate of some of those targeted had yet to be determined, it said.

I doubt if they have DNA testing so they will just have to wait until people stop showing up for work before they decide what happened to them
2 posted on 08/31/2025 7:13:35 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: jonatron

Well done IDF. The Houthis have been asking for it. They got it.


3 posted on 08/31/2025 7:14:20 AM PDT by Blennos (This is the official Blennos tagline. Thanks to Big Red Badger. )
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Finish It BiBi!
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Tag Lines make My Day !
Bueno Amigo!


4 posted on 08/31/2025 7:19:51 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Blennos
"The Houthis —
whose slogan calls for “Death to America, Death to Israel, [and] a Curse on the Jews” — began attacking Israel and maritime traffic in November 2023, a month after the October 7 Hamas massacre in southern Israel."

"And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." Genesis 12.3, KJV

5 posted on 08/31/2025 7:19:53 AM PDT by jonatron
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Yumpin Yemeni.


6 posted on 08/31/2025 7:22:23 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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Nobody beats the Israelis in assassinations! The beepers, this strike, the hit on the Hezbollah leader in Lebanon with a dozen 2000 pounders, then hitting his funeral too to get his minions. Numerous hits in Syrians (but never an isis leader).
That Sicarii assassin thing from Jesus era still lurks in their DNA


7 posted on 08/31/2025 7:24:17 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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FAFO


8 posted on 08/31/2025 7:37:22 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: jonatron

Gee, that’s a shame.


9 posted on 08/31/2025 7:45:31 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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So, evidently you would rather have Israel engage in mass casualty attacks on foreign armies and civilian infrastructure, rather than targeting those particular people that are responsible for attacking Israel. Of course, you would condemn them for that, too. After all, you get offended if Jews defend themselves, let alone actually defeat an enemy…I wonder why that might be? /sarc


10 posted on 08/31/2025 7:49:12 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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Good job!


11 posted on 08/31/2025 7:55:18 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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“The Houthis will learn the hard way that whoever threatens and harms Israel will be harmed sevenfold — and they will not determine when this ends.”

When the Houthis started firing missiles into Israel I said it wasn't a good idea.

12 posted on 08/31/2025 7:57:01 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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“Houthis ... prime minister”

i had no idea Hooties were a country!


13 posted on 08/31/2025 8:02:31 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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i had no idea Hooties were a country!


They sleep with the Blowfishes.


14 posted on 08/31/2025 8:04:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DesertRhino

This is an even more effective approach than Biden’s warning them “Don’t”


15 posted on 08/31/2025 8:04:53 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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Maadi Al Asshat needs to declare Defeat and Surrender to Israel and start paying reparations to all harmed by Hootie morons.


16 posted on 08/31/2025 8:20:51 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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Just look at that ragtag of miscreants. They could be the cast from Mad Max Thunderdome or the democrat party leadership.

Send them to hell, Israel. You’re work is not done.


17 posted on 08/31/2025 8:24:26 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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Chimpanzees are more civilized than these inbred animals.


18 posted on 08/31/2025 8:40:21 AM PDT by montag813
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To: The Louiswu

What good is DNA testing when they are all 1st cousins?


19 posted on 08/31/2025 8:41:46 AM PDT by montag813
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If you saw pix of the attack weapon going off, that was one hella blast.


20 posted on 08/31/2025 8:46:14 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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