Israel is signaling a wider campaign against Houthi militants in Yemen, a mountainous and impoverished country more than 1,000 miles from Israeli territory.

The United States said it struck targets in Yemen's rebel-held capital in December, hours after a Huthi rebel missile wounded people in Israel. But a nighttime picture of a massive fire repeatedly shared on social media does not show the US strike.

An airstrike, whose origin remains unidentified, struck Sanaa on Friday, following deadly Israeli raids the day before on rebel-controlled sites in Yemen, including the capital’s international airport.

Israel struck multiple targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday (December 26), including Sanaa International Airport, and Houthi media said at least six people were killed.

Israeli air strikes pummelled Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, with Huthi rebel media reporting six deaths.The rebel-held capital's airport was struck by "more than six" attacks,

Israeli forces on Thursday launched a massive barrage of strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen in the latest exchange of attacks between Israel and the Iranian-backed rebel group. The Israeli military said in a statement on the social platform X that fighter jets struck military targets on the western coast of Yemen.