The Israeli Air Force on Sunday carried out strikes in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital of Sanaa, reportedly killing at least four people and injuring scores, in response to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on Israel.

The strike came shortly after the military said that an IAF investigation into a Friday night ballistic missile attack from Yemen found that, for the first time, the Houthis used a projectile with a cluster bomb warhead. Part of the missile hit a home in central Israel, causing damage. The woman living there had taken refuge in her reinforced shelter and was unharmed.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said the strikes on Sunday in Sanaa targeted a military compound where Yemen’s presidential palace is located, a fuel depot, and two power stations.

The IDF said the strikes came as a response to the Houthis’ ballistic missile and explosive drone attacks on Israel, the latest on Friday.

According to the military, the Yemeni presidential palace in Sanaa is “located within a military site from which the military operations of the Houthi terrorist regime forces are conducted.” Some local media reported that the palace had been abandoned for years.

The two power plants that were targeted “served as a significant electricity supply facility for military activities,” the IDF said.

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The IDF said that the Houthis’ use of the plants “constitutes further proof of how the Houthi regime uses civilian infrastructure for military purposes.”

The strikes killed four people and injured 67 in a “near-final toll,” a Houthi health ministry spokesperson said on X.

The strikes involved around a dozen IAF aircraft, including........

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