Israeli strikes hit Yemen's Sanaa for second time in a week

Israel struck at Houthi militants in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in the second such assault on the city in less than a week, Report informs via Reuters.

Residents told that the attacks struck an area near the presidential complex and a building in southern Sanaa.

Yemeni military sources said the presidential complex housed an operations room and a missile storage facility used by the Iran-aligned militants.

An Israeli military statement referred to a single attack.

Israeli security sources said it had targeted various locations where a large number of senior Houthi officials had gathered to watch a televised speech recorded by leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi.

But a source from the Houthi Ministry of Defense denied reports of leaders being targeted in Sanaa, the Houthi-run news agency reported.

"Whoever raises a hand against Israel - his hand will be cut off," Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on Thursday.