, Aug. 31 -- A senior Houthi official has pledged "vengeance" against Israel after the group confirmed that its prime minister in Sanaa was killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this week.

The Houthis announced on Saturday that Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed on Thursday in the Yemeni capital, along with "several" other ministers. According to the statement, al-Rahawi and other members of the Houthi-led administration were hit during a workshop. The group did not specify how many other officials died in the strike.

"We shall take vengeance, and we shall forge from the depths of wounds a victory," said Mahdi al-Mashat, chairman of the Houthis' Supreme Political Council, in a video message later that day.

The Israeli military described the ...