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The Israeli military has launched air strikes on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, Al Masirah TV reported, adding that plumes of smoke were seen rising over the city following the attacks.

Thursday’s strikes were confirmed by an Israeli army spokesperson, who said forces used dozens of warplanes and air support units to target the alleged “command headquarters of the Houthi General Staff” and “compounds” of the group’s security and intelligence apparatus.

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed the “powerful” strikes killed “dozens of Houthi terror operatives”, in a statement posted on X. But, according to the Houthi-affiliated media, two were killed and 48 were wounded in the attack.

The strikes notably come as Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi was giving a televised speech.

The headquarters of the “military propaganda department” and manned military camps storing weapons were among the Sanaa-based targets cited by the Israeli army, which said the strikes were in response to Houthi drone and missile attacks on Israel.

On Wednesday, the Houthis claimed a drone attack on a hotel in Israel’s Red Sea port city of Eilat, which followed a series of 12 strikes carried out by Israel against Yemen’s key port of Hodeidah.

In his speech on Thursday, al-Houthi accused Israel of “brutal aggression and genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza as the war there nears its second anniversary. “This week the US used its veto at the Security Council to block a resolution calling for a ceasefire and the lifting of Israeli restrictions”, he said, adding that the US position “only emboldens Israel to continue its crimes”.

Al-Houthi also praised Palestinian factions for what he described as “heroic operations” against Israeli forces, “despite their very limited means”.

Citing residents in Sanaa, the Reuters news agency reported that Israel’s latest strikes were directed at areas in the south and west of the capital.

Israeli strikes on the war-torn country happen regularly and are usually devastating, targeting civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings and the main international airport, while killing dozens at a time.

Earlier this month, Israeli strikes on Sanaa and the northern province of al-Jawf killed more than 40 people, including journalists and children.

Since Israel launched its genocidal war on&nbsp, Gaza in October 2023, the Houthis have carried out drone and missile attacks against Israel, saying that they have been conducted in solidarity with Palestinians under fire and that their attacks will stop only when there is a permanent ceasefire in the enclave. They have also targeted vessels in the Red Sea.

Andrzej Bargiel, a climber from Poland, has become the first person to ski down the world’s tallest mountain without using additional oxygen, according to his team and the expedition organizer.

After climbing to the top of the 8, 849-meter (29, 032ft) mountain on Monday, Bargiel sped down Mount Everest’s snowy slopes.

In a video that was posted on Instagram early on Thursday, Bargiel stated, “I am going to descend it on skis,” and that is the highest mountain in the world.

Everest has experienced a few ski descents, but there has never been a continuous downhill without additional oxygen.

Pierwszy w historii zjazd na nartach ze szczytu Mount Everestu bez uycia dodatkowego tlenu – Pierwszy w historii zjazd na nartach ze szczytu.

Wszystkim za trzymanie kciuków dzikuj! 🙌

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Slovenian Davorin Karnicar used bottled oxygen to make the first full ski descent from Everest’s summit in 2000.

Bargiel skied down to Camp 2, spent a night there, and then arrived at the base camp on skis the following day, according to Chhang Dawa Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, which organized the most recent expedition.

No one had ever done it before, Sherpa told the AFP news agency.

Due to the “death zone” and the high altitude sickness risk, heavy snowfall forced Bargiel to spend 16 hours above 8, 000 meters (26, 250 feet) due to thin air and low oxygen levels.

When he arrived at the base camp, he was given a traditional Buddhist scarf, the khada.

The sky is the limit, right? Not for Poles, please! According to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Andrew Bargiel has just skied down Mount Everest.

In a statement, Bargiel’s team claimed that he had “made history” and that it had marked a “groundbreaking milestone in the world of ski mountaineering.”

A year after skipping Pakistan’s K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, in 2018, Bargiel became the first skier to do so. He immediately began to look for Everest.

However, he had to give up on his 2019 attempt due to a dangerous overhanging serac. He made a 2022 return, but bad weather prevented his plans.

The daredevil adventurer’s goal is to ski descend the world’s highest mountains using the Latin phrase “here are lions” (here are lions), which is used to refer to uncharted territory.

He skied off Nepal’s Manaslu and Shishapangma in Tibet and skied down all four of Karakoram’s mountains, which are higher than 8, 000 meters.