Air attacks on Yemen’s Hodeidah reported
We’re getting reports of air attacks on Hodeidah, in western Yemen.
The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah outlet said the US-Israeli attacks targeted Bajil district. Several Israeli media reports also said the Israeli Air Force is attacking the port of Hodeidah.
Nine sites reportedly hit in Yemen attacks
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem has reported that Houthi-affiliated media say a total of nine sites have been hit in the port city of Hodeidah.
Israeli media said at least 30 Israeli fighter jets were involved in strikes on Yemen, which come a day after the Houthis attacked Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv with a missile landing near the facility.
A senior US official told Axios news the raids are being carried out in coordination with the US. Al Jazeera could not immediately confirm that information.
Hodeidah strikes target cement factory
Israeli media report the strikes on Hodeidah have targeted a concrete factory used to support Houthi military industries. No casualties have been reported so far. Neither Israel nor the Houthis have released official statements on the attack.
Israel Hayom, quoting an unnamed Israeli security source, said the attack on Yemen was carried out in eight waves. Channel 12, also quoting an unidentified official, said 48 bombs were dropped and the port of Hodeidah suffered “a severe blow”.
US did not participate in Israeli attack on Yemen: Defence official
A defence official has denied the US military took part in Israel’s air strikes on Hodeidah. “US forces did not participate in the Israeli strikes on Yemen today,” the official told Al Jazeera, speaking on condition of anonymity and referring further questions to the Israeli military.
Israeli military confirms strikes targeted Hodeidah port, concrete factory
In a statement posed on X, the Israeli military confirmed the series of air strikes, saying they were “in response to repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist regime against the state of Israel”.
The statement did not specifically cite the targeting of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Sunday. It said it struck “terrorist infrastructure” at the Hodeidah seaport, as well as a concrete factory east of Hodeidah.
The factory served as an important “economic resource” for the Houthis and is “used to build tunnels and military infrastructure”, it said.
The Houthis have been operating “with Iranian guidance and funding to harm Israel and its allies, undermine regional order, and disrupt global freedom of navigation”, it added.
What's next, bombing sawmills because you can build tunnels just as well (faster) with wood?
Houthi-affiliated media reports two dead in Israeli strike
Al Masirah has reported two people were killed and 42 otehrs were wounded in an Israeli strike on a cement factory in the city of Bajil.
Israel has said it targeted the port of Hodeidah and the Bajil factory with 20 fighter jets.
