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| Yemen’s Houthis hold funeral for PM, 11 other officials killed in Israeli strike; ‘thousands’ of mourners |
| 2025-09-02 |
| [IsraelTimes] Yemen’s Houthi rebels hold a funeral for their prime minister and 11 other senior officials killed in an Israeli air strike that decimated its political cabinet. Twelve coffins draped in flags are displayed at Sanaa’s Al-Shaab mosque, as masked gunmen patrol the area and thousands of mourners flooded in. Tiny turnout for them — the Houthis usually manage huge, photogenic crowds. They must be afraid of an IDF follow up. Houthi prime minister Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, nine ministers, and two cabinet officials were killed as they attended a government meeting in the Sanaa area on Thursday.Good time for a low-level overflight The Houthis, part of Iran’s “axis of resistance” of anti-Israeli groups, vowed to step up their attacks on Israel following Thursday’s killings. Mourners chanted the Houthi slogan “God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam”, as Mohammed Miftah, now de facto head of the Iran-aligned government in Sanaa, vowed revenge as well as an internal security crackdown against spies. “We are facing the strongest intelligence empire in the world, the one that targeted the government – the whole Zionist entity (comprising) the US administration, the Zionist entity, the Zionist Arabs and the spies inside Yemen,” Miftah told the crowd of mourners at the Al Saleh mosque. Miftah became the acting head of the Houthis’ government on Saturday following the death of al-Rahwi. Al-Rahwi was largely a figurehead and not part of the inner circle of power. Miftah had previously been his deputy. The fate of the Houthis’ powerful defense minister, Mohamed al-Atifi, who runs the Missiles Brigades Group, remains unclear as he has not made an appearance since the attack. The Iran-backed terror group on Sunday vowed to intensify its attacks on Israel after the killing of Rahawi, the most senior Houthi official known to have died since the group began attacking Israel and maritime traffic in November 2023. Related: Al-Rahawi 08/31/2025 Houthis threaten Israel after Yemeni PM's death Al-Rahawi 08/30/2025 Israel's First Successful Strike Leaves Houthis with Difficult Choice Al-Rahawi 08/29/2025 Strikes reported in Sanaa, top Houthi officials likely killed |
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