Israeli army says it intercepted rocket fired from Yemen
Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defence system has shot down a rocket fired from Yemen, Israel’s official Army Radio said in a post on X, as warning sirens reportedly sounded in the Israeli port city of Eilat.
The report comes after Israeli attacks on Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah on Saturday following a deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv by Yemen’s Houthis on Friday.
Yemen’s Hodeidah port is still burning, claims Israel
A post on Israel’s official X account claims that the port of Hodeidah is still burning more than 12 hours after being hit by Israeli air strikes.
The attacks targeted about 20 oil storage tanks inside and near the port and “completely shut down” the port’s ability to receive goods by attacking cranes and other equipment, Doron Kadosh, a correspondent for Israeli Army Radio, said in a post on X.
Houthi-affiliated media reported earlier that civil defence forces and firefighters were trying to extinguish the flames, according to Reuters.
lames and smoke seen rising from Hodeidah port after the Israeli attack on Saturday
Death toll in attack on Hodeidah rises to 6: Report
We have been reporting on the Israeli air attacks on an oil storage facility and a power plant in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, which killed three people and injured more than 80 others.
Medical sources in Yemen have told Reuters that at least six people were confirmed killed.
Yemen’s Health Ministry confirms 6 deaths in attack on Hodeidah
Yemen’s health authorities confirm that the death toll from the Israeli air attack on Yemen’s rebel-held port of Hodeidah has climbed to six.
The Health Ministry spokesperson, Anis al-Asbahi, explained to Yemeni news agency Saba that the victims were civilians. He also said three people were missing and 83 others were injured, most of them seriously.
Houthis claim strike on vessel in Red Sea, confirm attack on Israel’s Eilat
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have issued a statement, saying they hit Liberia-flagged cargo vessel Pumba with missiles in the Red Sea.
The armed group also confirmed an attack on the Israeli port city of Eilat.
We reported earlier that Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defence system had shot down a rocket fired from Yemen, according to Israel’s official Army Radio, as warning sirens sounded in Eilat.
The Houthi statement said the attack carried out “with a number of ballistic missiles” came in support of the Palestinian people and in response to the US, UK and Israeli attacks against Yemen.
The US and the UK have been targeting the Houthi positions in Yemen since the group started attacking vessels in the Red Sea in opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza.
Israel attacked Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah yesterday following a deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv by Houthis a day earlier.
