The army commander of the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Muhammad al-Ghamari, has died, the Iran-backed group introduced Thursday afternoon.
The group mentioned in a prolonged assertion that the high-ranking Houthi chief died alongside a few of his companions and his 13-year-old son “in the middle of his jihadist work” — with out elaborating on the circumstances.
The Israel Protection Forces later confirmed that al-Ghamari had been killed in an August 28 airstrike in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which additionally killed the Houthi prime minister and round a dozen different high officers within the Iran-backed terror group.
Al-Ghamari was a member of the Houthis’ “Jihad Workplace,” led by Abdul Malik al-Houthi, answerable for overseeing army operations.
Although the Houthis didn’t instantly blame Israel for his killing, the insurgent group burdened that their battle with the Jewish state had not ended.
Israel will “obtain its deterrent punishment for the crimes it has dedicated,” the assertion continued.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted following the announcement that “one other chief of workers was eradicated from the ranks of terror leaders who sought to hurt us.”
“Israel’s decided hand will attain everybody who has tried to hurt us and made it their objective to destroy Israel,” Netanyahu’s workplace promised in a press release.
Additionally responding to the Houthi announcement, Protection Minister Israel Katz mentioned, “He joins his associates, the eradicated members of the axis of evil, within the depths of hell.” He added that Israel will take comparable motion “towards any risk sooner or later as nicely.”
The IDF mentioned that al-Ghamari had served as Houthi chief of workers since 2016, after a number of different senior roles within the Iran-backed group. Through the years, he performed “a key function in constructing the army capabilities” of the Houthis, the army says.
Al-Ghamari had additionally obtained coaching by operatives from Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in Syria, Lebanon, and Iran, in line with the IDF.
Through the warfare, the army mentioned al-Ghamari was concerned in planning and finishing up ballistic missile, drone, and cruise missile assaults towards Israel and industrial ships crusing within the Pink Sea.
Protection Minister Israel Katz and IDF Intelligence Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder are seen at a command middle, in a photograph issued on October 16, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Protection Ministry)
Israel carried out an earlier assassination try towards al-Ghamari and different senior Houthi officers on June 12. On the time, stories indicated that al-Ghamari had survived however was severely wounded.
The IDF confirmed on the time that it had focused him, however mentioned that the outcomes of the assault have been unclear.
Katz mentioned he additionally visited the Navy Intelligence Directorate’s so-called “Houthi command middle” on Thursday with the directorate’s chief, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, the place he thanked the troopers and commanders “for the wonderful work they’ve finished and have but to do towards the Houthis sooner or later.”
The Houthis — whose slogan requires “Dying to America, Dying to Israel, [and] a Curse on the Jews” — started attacking Israel and maritime site visitors in November 2023, a month after the October 7, 2023, Hamas bloodbath.
Yemenis carry placards and Palestinian flags throughout a rally towards Israel and the US, within the Houthi-run capital Sanaa on July 18, 2025. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
The Houthis in Yemen have fired over 130 ballistic missiles and dozens of drones and cruise missiles at Israel, together with one which killed a civilian and wounded a number of others in Tel Aviv in July 2024.
In response, Israel has attacked the Houthis, situated some 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) away, 19 instances.
The Houthis’ chief, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, mentioned following the announcement of a Gaza ceasefire final week that the group would resume its assaults on Israel in the event that they deem Jerusalem has failed to carry up its facet of the deal.
Instances of Israel workers contributed to this report.
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