Death toll rises to 46 in Israeli raids on Yemen

Yemen's Health Ministry said on Thursday the number of casualties in Israel's Wednesday attacks rose to 46 people killed and 165 wounded.

Israel struck the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the northern province of al-Jawf, the latest in a series of attacks and counterstrikes between Israel and Houthis in Yemen, part of a spillover from the war in Gaza.

The attack followed a strike on 30 August on Sanaa that killed the prime minister of the government and several ministers, in the first such assault to target senior officials.

"The strikes were carried out in response to attacks led by the Houthi terror regime against the State of Israel, during which unmanned aerial vehicles and surface-to-surface missiles were launched toward Israeli territory," the Israeli military said.