Houthi Rebel Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi met his demise in an Israeli air strike carried out in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.
In a tragic turn of events, Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the Houthi-led government in Sanaa, Yemen, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 30 August.
Al-Rahawi, who was attending a regular workshop, was attacked alongside other government officials. The Israeli military stated it precisely struck a Houthi military target in Sanaa, Yemen.
Before becoming Prime Minister, Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi al-Yafei was involved in humanitarian initiatives. He had praised the efforts of the General Authority for Endowments and Guidance and was a member of the General People's Congress party.
Al-Rahawi served in various key positions from 2000 to 2015, including the director general and chairman of the Local Council of Khanfar District, deputy governor of Al Mahwit Governorate, and deputy governor of Abyan Governorate. In 2019, he was appointed to the Houthi-led Supreme Political Council, the governing body for Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, and later became the governor of Abyan Governorate.
The Houthi rebels, an Iranian-backed group based in Yemen, have been launching missiles and drones at Israel and attacking ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with the Palestinians during Israel's conflict with Hamas in Gaza. An agreement between the Trump administration and the Houthis in May had halted airstrikes in exchange for the Houthis halting attacks on shipping. However, this agreement did not cover halting attacks on targets viewed as connected to Israel.
Israeli bombings had already rendered Sanaa's airport nonoperational back in May. In retaliation for the attack on al-Rahawi, Israel, along with a US-led coalition, launched strikes on Houthi-held areas in Yemen, comprising Sanaa and the strategic port city of Hodeida.
The Houthi-run health ministry and local officials reported that at least 10 people were killed and 102 were injured in earlier this week's Israeli airstrikes on multiple locations in Sanaa.
The workshop, aimed at assessing the activities and performance of the Houthi-led government over the previous year, was disrupted by the tragic incident. Al-Rahawi's father, Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, was a prominent political figure who was killed in the 1970s.
Al-Rahawi frequently lauded resistance groups in the Middle East, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, depicting them as emblematic of resistance against what he referred to as the "Zionist enemy". His death is a significant loss for the Houthi-led government and the Yemeni people.
