The Houthi’a intelligence chief may have been killed in a series of U.S. airstrikes overnight, according to a report from the Saudi-based news outlet al-Hadath.

The report claims Abdul Nasser Al-Kamali, the Iran-backed rebel group’s intelligence chief, was killed in the capital city of Sa’ana, which remains under Houthi control. The alleged strike was part of a wider wave of American air assaults targeting Houthi positions in and around the capital and the neighboring Mar’ib province.

A Houthi spokesperson, posting on Telegram, said U.S. warplanes carried out eleven strikes in Sa’ana and surrounding areas, along with nine more in Mar’ib, an inland region where the group maintains a strong presence.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has not issued a statement regarding the operation or the reported death of Al-Kamali. The Pentagon has remained tight-lipped since launching its renewed campaign against the Houthis on March 15.

However, speaking at the White House Monday during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made clear that Washington’s military pressure on the Houthis is only intensifying.

“We are not going to relent, and it’s only going to be more unrelenting until the Houthis declare they will stop shooting at our ships,” Hegseth said, in reference to the rebel group’s repeated attacks on commercial and naval vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

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