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HOUTHI TERRORISTS RAID UN PREMISES IN YEMEN, AFTER ISRAELI STRIKE ON LEADERS, DETAIN AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE UN STAFFS


Iran-backed Houthi rebels stormed the offices of two United Nations agencies in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday, a day after Israel said it killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government.

The offices the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) were “entered by local security forces” on Sunday morning, spokespersons for the agencies told CNN in separate statements.

A WFP staff member was detained, as were a number of UNICEF staff members, according to the statements.

Hans Grundberg, the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, later confirmed that at least 11 UN personnel were detained, adding that he “strongly” condemns the detentions, as well as the forced entry into UN premises.

António Guterres, the UN’s secretary-general, also strongly condemned the Houthis’ actions, calling for “the immediate and unconditional release” of those detained by the rebel group.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the strikes that killed Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, are “only the beginning” of his country’s campaign against the group.

Al-Rahawi was killed alongside other Houthi officials in a strike on Sanaa on Thursday, the head of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council confirmed, vowing revenge for the attack.

The rebel group regularly launches missiles at Israel, as well as attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, in what it says is revenge for Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Netanyahu has pledged that the Houthis will “pay a very heavy price for their aggression against the State of Israel.”

“We are doing what no one has done before us, and this is only the beginning of the strikes on senior officials in Sanaa - we will get to all of them,” the Israeli leader told a government meeting on Sunday.

“We are doing what no one has done before us, and this is only the beginning of the strikes on senior officials in Sanaa - we will get to all of them,” the Israeli leader told a government meeting on Sunday.

Afonja007:
See how hate destroyed Muslim countries,Hassan nasrallah gone ,hamas leader gone,bashiar Assad gone,Saddam Hussain gone,mumman ghadaffi gone now many house member in yemen are now with 72 virgins?fine am doing morning work today

chiiraq802:
That is all they're good at.....taking people hostage...... why not retaliate back to Israel....

Those 11 UN workers do they look like Netanyanhu or IDF.....

Mk Houthis mann up declare an all out war on the Israelis, i wan check sumtin.

Holiness2100:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/31/middleeast/houthis-un-building-yemen-israel-intl