Smoke rises from the sites of Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

The Israeli military said it struck targets linked to Yemen’s Houthis in Sanaa on Thursday, a day after the internationally designated terrorist group claimed a drone attack on a hotel in Israel‘s Red Sea resort of Eilat.

The Houthi-run health ministry said two people were killed and 48 wounded in the attack, which it said hit civilian and service facilities. Civil defense teams were still working at the scene.

The Israeli military said in a statement that the Houthi general staff’s control headquarters, security and intelligence compounds, and military camps were among the targets attacked by its air force.

“We have now delivered a powerful strike on numerous terror targets of the Houthi terror organization in Sanaa,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a post on X.

The strikes are the latest in more than a year of attacks and counterstrikes between Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen and Israel, part of a spillover from the war in Gaza.

The strikes targeted the Dhahban power station and several residential neighborhoods, the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported.

The strikes came as a pre-recorded speech by Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi was being aired.

On Wednesday, at least 20 people were injured after a drone launched from Yemen hit a hotel in Israel‘s Red Sea resort city of Eilat, the Israeli ambulance service said.

Israel in August carried out a strike that killed the prime minister of the Houthis’ administration and several other ministers, the first such attack to kill senior officials of the Islamist group.