Yemen’s Houthi rebels vowed on Saturday to avenge the killing of their prime minister and other political leaders in Israeli strikes this week.
“We promise to God, to the dear Yemeni people and the families of the martyrs and wounded that we will take revenge,” the head of the group’s supreme political council, Mehdi al-Mashat, said in a video message posted on Telegram.
He warned foreign companies to leave Israel “before it’s too late.”
Israel’s military said Saturday it had struck a facility in the area of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing officials from the Arabian peninsula country’s Houthi rebel group including their prime minister.
Israeli forces “struck a facility that hosted dozens of senior officials of the Houthi terrorist regime,” said a statement, adding that the attack had taken place on Thursday.
“Among the senior officials present at the site during the strike was the Houthi Prime Minister, Ahmed Al-Rahawi, who was eliminated in the strike, along with additional senior officials,” it added.
