Photo: Ibrahim Badruddin Al Houthi, the brother of the Houthi top leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi, was killed along with eight aides.

The brother of the Houthi leader was killed in an attack in North Yemen while a rebel field commander was killed in a national resistance raid in another area.

The Saudi state TV 'Al Ikhbariya' said Ibrahim Badruddin Al Houthi, the brother of the Houthi top leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi, was killed along with eight aides in the Northern Yemeni town of Saada, the rebel chief’s birthplace.

“Ibrahim Badruddin and eight other Houthis who were with him were killed in an attack in Saada on Sunday,” the channel said without giving details of the attack.

The Saudi satellite TV news channel Al Arabiya also reported Al Houthi’s death but did not give any details.

In another development a Houthi field commander and four aides were killed in a resistance attack in the South-central town of Al Bayda on Sunday.