The strikes followed a drone launched by the Houthi rebels that breached Israel`s multilayered air defences and slammed into a southern Israeli airport, blowing out glass windows and injuring one person.

The National Museum of Yemen was also damaged, according to the rebels` culture ministry, with footage from the site showings damage to the building`s façade. 

 The Houthis have launched repeated drone and missile attacks against Israel since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023, saying the launches are in support of the Palestinians. Israel has carried out several rounds of retaliatory strikes in Yemen, targeting ports, power stations and the international airport in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital

Israel`s deadly airstrikes this week targeting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have damaged residential areas in the country`s capital of Sanaa, leaving many houses in ruins and residents without help from authorities and unable to afford repairs on their own.

Yemenis inspect the damage, days after an Israeli strike hit the centre of the Huthi-held capital Sanaa, on September 13. The Israeli military said it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on September 11, a day after Israeli forces carried out air strikes that Huthi rebels said killed 46 people and wounded more than 160

Yemeni protesters deploy a giant Palestinian flag during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians and in condemnation of Israel and the US, in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa on September 12