The Prime Minister of Yemen's Houthi rebel-controlled government has been killed in an Israeli airstrike.

The deadly missile strike occurred in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Thursday and the Houthis confirmed the death on Saturday in a national broadcast.

Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed along with a number of ministers in a villa in Beit Baws, an ancient village in southern Sanaa.

Other ministers and officials were wounded, but no further details were provided by the Houthi rebels.

Al-Rahawi was the most senior Houthi official killed in the Israeli-US campaign against the Iranian-backed rebels.