Israel moved government and security cabinet meetings to a secret location following the assassination of senior Ansarallah officials in Sana’a.

Both the government meeting and the security cabinet session were moved to a “secret location” following Israel’s assassination of senior Ansarallah officials in Yemen, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

The move came after Ansarallah announced on Saturday that their Prime Minister, Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahwi, along with several ministers, had been killed in an Israeli strike on the capital, Sana’a, last Thursday. The attack reportedly targeted the officials during a routine government workshop.

Ansarallah continues to launch ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, as well as strike commercial ships linked to it. These actions are carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Israel’s Channel 12 said ministers were informed shortly before the meetings that they would be relocated to a secure site. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation and Army Radio confirmed the operation targeted “prominent leaders in Ansarallah,” but did not disclose names.

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According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the weekly cabinet meeting will focus on increasing the security budget. Later, the security cabinet will discuss the situation in Gaza, moves by several countries toward recognizing a Palestinian state, and developments in Lebanon and Syria.

The paper noted that Hamas’ initial response to a partial ceasefire and prisoner exchange proposal will not be discussed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — wanted by the International Criminal Court — and his cabinet insist on pursuing a comprehensive deal for the release of 48 prisoners held by Hamas.

On August 18, Hamas agreed to a partial deal put forward by mediators, which mirrored terms previously accepted by Israel. Tel Aviv has not yet responded. Instead, Netanyahu is pushing to occupy Gaza City under the pretext of “releasing prisoners and defeating Hamas,” despite warnings from the Israeli military of grave risks to the lives of the prisoners and skepticism from opposition figures and former officials about the feasibility of such a move.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with full American support, has continued to wage a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip — killing, starving, destroying, and displacing civilians, while ignoring repeated international calls and binding International Court of Justice orders to halt operations.

The genocide has killed more than 222,000 people, most of them women and children, while more than 9,000 remain missing and hundreds of thousands displaced. Famine has already claimed the lives of 332 people, including 124 children.

(PC, AJA)