Israel carried out another round of heavy airstrikes on Wednesday against Yemen's Houthi rebels, hitting a fuel station in the capital, Sanaa, and a government facility, according to officials in Yemen.

The European Commission president, meanwhile, said she would seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip.

The move adds to Israel's already unprecedented global isolation as it grapples with the fallout from its strike targeting Hamas leaders in US-allied Qatar .

It was not immediately clear if there were casualties in the Yemen strikes.

Residents reported hearing violent explosions in multiple areas of Sanaa, with fire and smoke in the skies.

Israel has previously launched waves of airstrikes in response to the Houthis' firing m

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