CAIRO (AP) — Israeli airstrikes rocked the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Thursday, hitting the seat of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels’ rule in Yemen, the Houthis and the Israeli military said.

The strikes hit the densely-populated southern and western areas of Sanaa. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

“It’s like an earthquake,” said Hussein Salem, a Sanaa resident. He saw plums of smoke over his neighborhood in the western side of Sanaa.

The strikes occurred as the Iranian-backed Houthis’ satellite news channel was broadcasting a pre-recorded speech for the rebels’ top leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.

The Israeli military said it hit a Houthi “military target” in Sanaa without offering further details.

Thursday’s attack came after the Israeli military said early in the day that

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