Footage shows aftermath of Israeli strike on Yemen power plantpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time
Sebastian Vandermeersch
BBC Verify journalist
We’ve verified footage showing the aftermath of an Israeli strike yesterday on the Haziz power plant in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on X it had targeted “energy infrastructure used by the Houthi terrorist regime” in response to the group continuing to fire missiles towards Israel.
The Houthis have previously said they will not halt such attacks until the war in Gaza ends.
The video shows the remains of a large structure destroyed at the site and firefighters spraying water over the debris.
According to local reports, the strike hit the plant’s central generators with the resulting fire spreading across the site.
We verified the footage by matching the distinctive electricity pylons on the site to those seen on Google Earth.
Damage from earlier strikes is also visible on Google’s satellite imagery from June.
New low-resolution satellite pictures also appear to show the results of yesterday’s strike.
Three previous strikes have been reported at this facility in December and January.