Israel hits Houthi targets in Yemen's capital

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Newshour

2025-08-25

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Israel says its latest airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen have destroyed the presidential palace in Sanaa along with the city's power station. Benjamin Netanyahu said the Iranian- backed group was paying a heavy price for its attacks on Israel. The Houthis say the Israeli strikes killed four people. Also in the programme: Serbia's president promises to lower the cost of living to quell anti-government demonstrations; what Spotify playlists tell us about the habits of moguls and politicians; and the children learning to make music in the midst of the war in Gaza. (Photo: Photo: Child overlooking smoke rising in Sanaa. Credit: Shutterstock)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

  • We're coming to you live from London.

  • I'm James Menendez.

  • And we're going to begin today in Yemen,

  • where there have been a series of Israeli airstrikes on the capital Sana'a,

  • the stronghold of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

  • Witnesses reported a huge fireball over the city.

  • The raids were in retaliation for a number of attacks by the Houthis on Friday,

  • including one directed at Israel's main international airport.

  • It's because of Israel's offensive in Gaza.

  • There was no significant damage,

  • but the Israeli military said they'd found evidence for the first time that one of the warheads used was carrying a cluster bomb.

  • The Houthis say that Israel's attacks today killed two people and injured 35 others.

  • We have been trying to contact people in Sana'a to tell us what happened,

  • but communications are tricky and people are also fearful of speaking to Western media.

  • However, we did manage to talk to the journalist Nazir Mohammed,

  • who's based in the city of Aden on Yemen's southern coast, an area not under Houthi control.

  • He sent us this voice note, which we've translated and then voiced.

  • There were heavy Israeli air raids that targeted the capital Sana'a this evening.

  • These raids hit the zone of the Republican Palace in the Sab'in district.