A Saudi-led air strike targeting a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed at least 70 detainees and wounded dozens on Friday, a rebel minister said, according to The Associated Press.

The strike was part of a pounding aerial offensive that hours earlier saw another hit take the Arab world's poorest country off the internet, the report said.

(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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