CAIRO (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on Thursday rocked the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, which is under the control of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, the Houthis and the Israeli military said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The strikes hit densely populated areas of Sanaa, including a neighborhood on the western side of the city where resident Hussein Salem said he saw plumes of smoke rising.

“It’s like an earthquake,” Salem said.

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 earlier in the day that it had intercepted a drone launched toward Israel by the rebels, the third such strike in the past week.

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