At least 31 Yemeni journalists were reported killed and 22 others injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted the headquarters of two prominent newspapers in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, according to officials on Monday.
The Yemeni Ministry of Health confirmed that the attacks, which occurred on September 10 in Sana’a and Al-Jawf governorate, resulted in a total of 46 fatalities—including five children and 11 women—and injured 165 individuals. Civil defense teams continue to work on recovery efforts amid the rubble, the ministry stated.
The state-run Saba News Agency reported the destruction of the headquarters of the newspapers September 26 and Yemen, resulting in the deaths of numerous media workers. Both newspapers issued a joint statement expressing condolences for the lost journalists and denouncing what they characterized as a targeted assault on press freedom.
“This heinous crime is part of a series of attacks aimed at silencing the voice of truth,” the statement read, urging the United Nations, the Security Council, and global press unions to denounce the airstrike.
The statement further connected the deaths of Yemeni journalists to what it described as a broader pattern of attacks on media personnel in Gaza, where journalists have been killed amid ongoing Israeli military operations that have persisted for nearly two years.
The Israeli airstrikes occurred just days after Houthi forces launched attacks targeting Lydd Airport in Yafa, Ramon Airport in Um al-Rashrash, and a sensitive site in Dimona, with the military reporting that their operation achieved all intended objectives.
List of Journalists Killed:
- Abdulaziz Yahya Yahya Sheikh
- Yousef Ali Yahya Shamsuddin
- Ali Naji Saeed Al-Shara’i
- Sami Mohammed Hussein Al-Zaidi
- Mohammed Ismail Hazam Al-Omeisi
- Murad Mohammed Ali Al-Faqih
- Ali Mohammed Ahmed Al-Faqih
- Abdulqawi Mohammed Saleh Al-Asfour
- Bashir Hussein Ahsan Dablan
- Arif Ali Abdo Al-Samhi
- Mohammed Hamoud Ahmed Al-Matari
- Abdul Wali Abdo Hussein Al-Najjar
- Abdo Taher Musleh Al-Saadi
- Abdul Aziz Saleh Ahmed Shas
- Abdullah Mohammed Abdo Al-Harazi
- Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Al-Zakri
- Zuhair Ahmed Mohammed Al-Zakri
- Mohammed Abdo Yahya Al-Sanfi
- Mohammed Al-Azzi Ghaleb Al-Harazi
- Jamal Firas Ali Al-Adhi
- Essam Ahmed Murshid Al-Hashidi and his son, Abdul Wali Essam
- Salim Abdullah Abdo Ahmed Al-Watiri
- Abbas Abdul Malik Mohammed Al-Dailami
- Lutf Ahmed Nasser Hadiyan
- Qais Abdo Ahmed Al-Naqeeb
- Mohammed Ali Hamoud Al-Dawi
- Faris Abdo Ali Al-Rumaisa
- Abdulrahman Mohammed Mohammed Jaman
- Ali Mohammed Ali Al-Aqel
- Amal Mohammed Ghaleb Al-Manakhi
- Abdullah Mahdi Abdullah Al-Bahri
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