Israel strikes Yemen's Sanaa and al-Jawf as Gaza war spills over

Israeli warplanes struck Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa and the northern province of al-Jawf on Wednesday, killing scores of people and damaging civilian infrastructure, Yemeni authorities and Houthi media said, in the latest escalation of the conflict spilling over from the Gaza war. The Houthi-run health ministry released a toll late Thursday saying 46 people were killed and 165 wounded, while earlier counts and other outlets put the dead at between nine and 35 and the wounded at more than 120, reflecting differing tallies from hospitals, rescue teams and media organizations.

The Israeli military said the raids, conducted as "Operation Ring the Bells," struck Houthi military camps, the headquarters of the group's military public relations department and a fuel storage site in response to recent drone and missile launches toward Israeli territory. Houthi spokesmen and Yemeni officials, however, said strikes hit civilian targets including a medical station on al-Sitteen Street in Sanaa, newspaper offices, residential neighborhoods, a government complex in al-Jawf and parts of the National Museum of Yemen.

Reports varied on casualties among journalists. The Yemeni...