The Houthi prime minister in Yemen, Ahmed al-Rahawi, and a number of his ministers were slain in an Israeli airstrike on the capital city of Sanaa on Aug. 28, the Iranian-backed group confirmed on Saturday.

“The Israeli enemy targeted the prime minister and several ministers during a routine workshop held by the government to evaluate its activity and performance over the past year,” CNN cited a formal statement carried on Houthi-run television.

A Houthi spokesman said on Saturday that al-Rahawi and several of his colleagues were killed, and some were wounded, without specifying their names, The New York Times reported.

Although authority in the Shi’ite Houthi group is concentrated in the hands of religious leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the Israeli Air Force attack marked an escalat

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