Israel Says Houthis Dealt ‘Severe Blow’ With Military Chief Dead
Security forces loyal to Yemen's Huthi movement march in Sanaa, Yemen.
Photographer: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Israeli army said a strike on Yemen on Aug. 28, which killed the premier of the Houthi government and other ministers, also eliminated the militant group’s chief of general staff — in what the Israel Defense Forces labeled a “severe blow.”
Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari, who was appointed as the Houthis’ military chief in 2016, “played a key role in building the military capabilities of the Houthi terror regime, particularly in establishing its missile systems and weapons-production infrastructure,” the IDF said in a statement Thursday.