Maj. Gen. al-Ghamari was sanctioned by the United Nations over his role in the country’s decade-long war. (Photo: Counter Extremism Project) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said that Houthi military chief of staff Muhammad al-Ghamari, who was injured in an airstrike in August, has died.
While the Houthis have acknowledged the killing of Major General al-Ghamari, the rebels did not provide the details, including when he died. But the Israeli Defense Minister said al-Ghamari died of wounds he suffered in the attack that also claimed the lives of Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several other ministers.
What Israeli Defence Minister said
According to Katz, Al-Ghamari was apparently fatally wounded in the attack. He was also wounded in an Israeli strike in June.
“He joins his friends, the eliminated members of the Axis of Evil, in the depths of hell,” Katz said.
Israel carried out an airstrike in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in August, targeting the Houthis over their attacks on the country and ships passing through the Red Sea corridor.
Another chief of staff eliminated: Netanyahu
Reacting to the news, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “Another chief of staff was eliminated from the ranks of terror leaders who sought to harm us.”
“We will reach everyone,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office.
“Israel’s determined hand will reach everyone who has tried to harm us and made it their goal to destroy Israel,” the statement added.
Who was al-Ghamari?
Maj. Gen. al-Ghamari was sanctioned by the United Nations over his role in the country’s decade-long war.
The United Nations described him as playing “the leading role in orchestrating the Houthis’ military efforts that are directly threatening the peace, security and stability of Yemen, as well as cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia.”
The US Treasury also said al-Ghamari was “responsible for orchestrating attacks by Houthi forces impacting Yemeni civilians” in sanctioning him in 2021.
According to the Treasury Department, as the head of the general staff of the Houthi armed forces, the most senior commander within the Houthi military leadership structure, al-Ghamari was directly responsible for overseeing Houthi military operations that have destroyed civilian infrastructure and Yemen’s neighbours, specifically Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
