Sanna/Jerusalem, Aug. 25 -- At least two people were killed and 35 others wounded on Sunday afternoon after Israeli airstrikes hit several locations in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to Houthi-run health authorities.

The casualties were reported at the Oil Company Station, a gas station run by the Houthi-controlled Yemeni Petroleum Company, one of several sites targeted in the city. Medics warned that the death toll could rise as more victims are being brought to hospitals.

Fire crews were working to extinguish blazes triggered by the strikes in the south and west of Sanaa, said the Yemeni civil defense authority in a statement.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed in a statement that an air attack was carried out in Yemen...