Houthis Announce Death of Senior Military Chief in Israeli Airstrike
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# Houthis Announce Death of Senior Military Chief in Israeli Airstrike
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Published: October 16, 2025 Location: Jerusalem Source: Jerusalem Post, Wall Street Journal, Wire Services
* Houthis confirm death of military chief Muhammad al-Ghamari, killed in Israeli airstrike
* Al-Ghamari oversaw Houthi attacks on Israel and coalition targets
* UN and U.S. sanctioned the slain commander for destabilizing Yemen
* Successor Yousef al-Madani also sanctioned, vows to continue resistance
by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Worthy News Jerusalem Bureau Staff
_**Major General Muhammad al-Ghamari’s Killing Marks Biggest Blow Yet to Iran-Backed Militia**_
JERUSALEM (Worthy News) – Yemen’s Houthi movement announced Thursday that its military chief of staff, Major General Muhammad Abdulkarim al-Ghamari, was killed in an Israeli airstrike — the highest-ranking official of the Iran-backed terrorist organization to die at Israel’s hands.
The Houthis said al-Ghamari was killed “while fulfilling his duties,” alongside his 13-year-old son Hussein. Though the group did not directly blame Israel, it vowed revenge, saying the “Zionist enemy will receive due retributive punishment” until the “liberation of Jerusalem.”
Israeli officials later confirmed that al-Ghamari was among the intended targets of an August strike in the rebel-controlled capital, San’a, which hit a high-level Houthi government meeting. The Houthis initially denied that key military leaders were harmed, but intelligence assessments now indicate that al-Ghamari succumbed to wounds sustained in that strike.
“Another chief of staff has been eliminated among the terrorist commanders who so