New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen 's capital on Sunday, days after the Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military described as the first cluster bomb the rebels had launched at it since 2023.

The Iranian-backed Houthis said multiple areas across Sanaa were hit, while the Houthi-run health ministry said at least six people were killed and 86 others were wounded, seven of them in critical condition.

The rebels' Al-Masirah satellite television reported that a strike hit an oil facility owned by the country's main oil company, which is controlled by the rebels, and video on social media showed a fireball erupting at the plant.

Israel's military said it struck the Asar oil facility and the Hizaz power pla...