Yemen’s national museum damaged during Israeli airstrikes, death toll rises to 46

Yemen’s national museum damaged during Israeli airstrikes, death toll rises to 46

SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi Health Ministry said on Thursday the number of casualties in Israel’s Wednesday attacks rose to 46 people killed and 165 wounded.

Israel struck the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the northern province of Al-Jawf, the latest in a series of attacks and counterstrikes between Israel and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, part of a spillover from the war in Gaza.

The airstrikes caused damaged to Yemen's national museum and other historical sites in its capital city, the Houthi Ministry of Culture said Thursday.

The status of the artifacts inside the museum is still unclear but thousands of historical artifacts are at risk of damage, according to the ministry. Associated Press photos and video footage from the site of the strike showed damage to the building’s facade.