Israel Strikes Houthis in Yemen

IDF strikes Yemen presidential palace, missile sites and Haziz power plant in Yemen in response to Houthis ballistic missile attack on Friday pic.twitter.com/qAikg7f1VZ

— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) August 24, 2025

Shortly after the Post received confirmation as an on background statement, the Defense Ministry put out a photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, and Air Force Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Omer Tishler is managing the attack from Air Force Headquarters.

צופה בתקיפת מטוסי חיל האוויר בתימן מהבור בקריה, ביחד עם ראש הממשלה והרמטכ"ל pic.twitter.com/aF0RwUv0zH

— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) August 24, 2025

Israeli counterattacks sought to halt Houthi economy, ability to resupply weapons

In the past, most Israeli counterattacks have been against the Yemeni Houthi port city of Hodeidah in order to grind their economy and ability to resupply weapons to a halt.

However, the IDF has also struck before in Sanaa, especially multiple times at the country's international airport there.

Israel is striking targets in Yemen pic.twitter.com/fMX3rgFHqo

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 24, 2025

If the sites being hit are new sites that will more significantly harm the Houthis' ballistic missile capabilities, this would be one of the first achievements of a new emphasis on wider intelligence collection within Yemen.

The Post has learned that there is a strong push by Israeli intelligence to better understand ways to reduce the Houthi threat, but also that Israeli intelligence is playing catch-up after mostly ignoring Yemen until this war, or even deep into the war when it became apparent that US pressure would not stop Houthi attacks on Israel.