New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday that their Chief of Staff Muhammad Abd Al-Karim al-Ghamari, one of the most senior military officials of the Iran-backed group, was killed "while fulfilling his duties".

Without directly blaming Israel for his killing, Houthis were quoted by Reuters as saying that the conflict with Israel had not ended.

Israel will "receive its deterrent punishment for the crimes it has committed," they said.

Al-Ghamari was killed during a targeted Israeli airstrike on the capital, Sanaa, in late August, Jfeed reported.

Meanwhile, sources in the Israel Defence Force (IDF) had confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that they had conducted strikes in Yemen on June 14 in an attempted targeted attack on a se...