Sri Lanka, Sept. 10 -- At least nine people were killed and more than 100 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen on Wednesday, the Houthi movement said.

The Houthi-run health authority described the toll as preliminary, saying strikes hit both the capital, Sana'a, and Al-Jawf province.

Residents said casualties in the capital resulted from bombing that targeted the Ministry of Defence's Moral Guidance headquarters in the capital's Al-Tahrir neighbourhood, a densely populated area where old houses were damaged by the blasts.

- Agencies

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