The Israeli Defense Army has spoken.
On September 25, dozens of Israeli fighter jets flew 1,800 kilometers, blowing up the Yemeni capital Sanaa with thick smoke.Hussein said two people were missing and 48 wounded, Israel directly said: it was a drone attack the day before the retaliation.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that dozens of F-35I stealth fighters took off from the mainland and launched a "precision strike" on the city 1,800 kilometers away after nearly three hours of long-distance attacks.
The trigger for the air strike was a drone attack by Houthi militants on the southern Israeli coastal city of Eilat the day before. Two suicide drones flying close to the sea broke through the "Iron Dome" defense line and triggered an explosion at the seaside hotel, injuring 22 tourists.
The Israeli military claimed that the operation destroyed the Houthi general staff headquarters, intelligence center and weapons arsenal and "eliminated dozens of militants." However, Houthi-controlled Mashira TV gave a completely different account: the air strikes caused serious damage to residential areas, hospitals and markets. Two people were confirmed dead and 48 injured. Rescue workers were still searching for survivors in the rubble.
It is worth noting that third-party media, such as NetNews, citing witnesses at the scene, said that the actual casualties could be higher, with at least eight people killed and 142 injured, some of whom were unable to cure in time because of hospital power outages.
Israel's air strike demonstrated staggering long-range strike capabilities. The GBU-31 precision-guided bomb carried by the F-35I fighter jet costs more than US $200,000 per piece and can penetrate several meters thick concrete fortifications.
But the Houthi counterattack also caused headaches in Israel: hours after the attack, a “Palestine-2” high-speed hypersonic missile flew toward Tel Aviv at 10 times the speed of sound, and despite being intercepted by the “Shield-3” missile defense system, its impact wave still shattered the glass of several buildings in the city.
This consuming war of “$200,000 missiles intercepting thousands of dollars of drones” has made Israel even more aggressive — the Israeli military has spent more than $1.5 billion intercepting Houthi weapons since 2025 alone, while the Houthis are still able to maintain a multi-month frequency of attacks with Iranian technical support.
The chain reaction triggered by the air strikes quickly spread all over the world. UN Secretary-General Guterres made an urgent voice condemning the attack, which caused the partial paralysis of Sana'a International Airport and the interruption of humanitarian relief channels.
More dramatically, World Health Organization Director-General Tandesse was coordinating medical supplies at the Sanaa airport, only a few meters from the control tower when the explosion occurred, and the crew was injured.
Although the Pentagon did not publicly support it, sources revealed that the Israeli operations had been “tactical synchronized” with the U.S. military Central Command before, while Saudi Arabia rarely kept silence and was interpreted by the outside world as implicit consent to Israeli operations.
Local residents described the city's water power disruption after the airstrikes, hospital corridors lay full of wounded, and many died in pain due to the lack of medicines.
A witness who refused to disclose his name told reporters that he saw three residential buildings being ruined, with children’s toys and clothes filled with blood in the ruins.
The scene is similar to the U.S. airstrike in Sanaa in March 2025 — when a wedding hall was blown up, survivors searched for the remains of loved ones in the rubble, and angry geologists asked “Where are the human rights America boasts?”
Despite the war, the efforts for reconciliation have never stopped.Houthi armed forces on 26 again called for negotiations, saying they are willing to resume shipping in the Red Sea as long as Israel lifts the blockade on Gaza.
Hans Grundberg, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, is mediating, and Oman and other countries have also taken the initiative to act as mediators. However, analysts pointed out that Israel's air strike was essentially a blow to Iran's "proxy network"-the drone technology and missile components of the Houthi armed forces were confirmed to come from Iran, and Israel tried to weaken Iran by attacking the Houthi. influence in the Middle East.
This conflict across the Red Sea ultimately tested the political wisdom of the parties, as Guterres said: “Millions of people are waiting for their lives to be rescued, and at this moment, weapons are a breach of conscience.”
When Israeli warplanes returned to their bases and Houthi missiles took off again, children in Sana'a were curled up in bomb shelters. They may not understand geopolitics and only long for no more explosions to break the tranquility of the night.
On the crossroads of hatred and reconciliation, whether this ancient land can wait for true peace depends on the decision-makers to lay down their weapons and listen to the simplest desires of ordinary people.
On September 25, dozens of Israeli fighter jets flew 1,800 kilometers, blowing up the Yemeni capital Sanaa with thick smoke.Hussein said two people were missing and 48 wounded, Israel directly said: it was a drone attack the day before the retaliation.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that dozens of F-35I stealth fighters took off from the mainland and launched a "precision strike" on the city 1,800 kilometers away after nearly three hours of long-distance attacks.
The trigger for the air strike was a drone attack by Houthi militants on the southern Israeli coastal city of Eilat the day before. Two suicide drones flying close to the sea broke through the "Iron Dome" defense line and triggered an explosion at the seaside hotel, injuring 22 tourists.
The Israeli military claimed that the operation destroyed the Houthi general staff headquarters, intelligence center and weapons arsenal and "eliminated dozens of militants." However, Houthi-controlled Mashira TV gave a completely different account: the air strikes caused serious damage to residential areas, hospitals and markets. Two people were confirmed dead and 48 injured. Rescue workers were still searching for survivors in the rubble.
It is worth noting that third-party media, such as NetNews, citing witnesses at the scene, said that the actual casualties could be higher, with at least eight people killed and 142 injured, some of whom were unable to cure in time because of hospital power outages.
Israel's air strike demonstrated staggering long-range strike capabilities. The GBU-31 precision-guided bomb carried by the F-35I fighter jet costs more than US $200,000 per piece and can penetrate several meters thick concrete fortifications.
But the Houthi counterattack also caused headaches in Israel: hours after the attack, a “Palestine-2” high-speed hypersonic missile flew toward Tel Aviv at 10 times the speed of sound, and despite being intercepted by the “Shield-3” missile defense system, its impact wave still shattered the glass of several buildings in the city.
This consuming war of “$200,000 missiles intercepting thousands of dollars of drones” has made Israel even more aggressive — the Israeli military has spent more than $1.5 billion intercepting Houthi weapons since 2025 alone, while the Houthis are still able to maintain a multi-month frequency of attacks with Iranian technical support.
The chain reaction triggered by the air strikes quickly spread all over the world. UN Secretary-General Guterres made an urgent voice condemning the attack, which caused the partial paralysis of Sana'a International Airport and the interruption of humanitarian relief channels.
More dramatically, World Health Organization Director-General Tandesse was coordinating medical supplies at the Sanaa airport, only a few meters from the control tower when the explosion occurred, and the crew was injured.
Although the Pentagon did not publicly support it, sources revealed that the Israeli operations had been “tactical synchronized” with the U.S. military Central Command before, while Saudi Arabia rarely kept silence and was interpreted by the outside world as implicit consent to Israeli operations.
Local residents described the city's water power disruption after the airstrikes, hospital corridors lay full of wounded, and many died in pain due to the lack of medicines.
A witness who refused to disclose his name told reporters that he saw three residential buildings being ruined, with children’s toys and clothes filled with blood in the ruins.
The scene is similar to the U.S. airstrike in Sanaa in March 2025 — when a wedding hall was blown up, survivors searched for the remains of loved ones in the rubble, and angry geologists asked “Where are the human rights America boasts?”
Despite the war, the efforts for reconciliation have never stopped.Houthi armed forces on 26 again called for negotiations, saying they are willing to resume shipping in the Red Sea as long as Israel lifts the blockade on Gaza.
Hans Grundberg, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, is mediating, and Oman and other countries have also taken the initiative to act as mediators. However, analysts pointed out that Israel's air strike was essentially a blow to Iran's "proxy network"-the drone technology and missile components of the Houthi armed forces were confirmed to come from Iran, and Israel tried to weaken Iran by attacking the Houthi. influence in the Middle East.
This conflict across the Red Sea ultimately tested the political wisdom of the parties, as Guterres said: “Millions of people are waiting for their lives to be rescued, and at this moment, weapons are a breach of conscience.”
When Israeli warplanes returned to their bases and Houthi missiles took off again, children in Sana'a were curled up in bomb shelters. They may not understand geopolitics and only long for no more explosions to break the tranquility of the night.
On the crossroads of hatred and reconciliation, whether this ancient land can wait for true peace depends on the decision-makers to lay down their weapons and listen to the simplest desires of ordinary people.