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Yemen's Houthi Prime Minister and officials killed in Israeli airstrike

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People inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an oil company facility the previous day in Yemen's Huthi-held capital Sanaa.

Image: Mohammed Huwais / AFP

The prime minister of Yemen's Houthi group was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with other officials earlier this week, the Iran-backed group announced on Saturday.

"We announce the martyrdom of the fighter Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser Al-Rahawi... along with several of his ministerial colleagues, as they were targeted by the treacherous Israeli criminal enemy," a Huthi statement said.

*This is a developing story. 

AFP