Israel targets Hodeidah port with 12 air strikes: Report
Al Masirah TV reports that Israel launched a dozen strikes against the Yemeni port.
“The port of Hodeidah is used by the terrorist regime to transfer weapons of the Iranian regime, which are used to carry out terrorist plots against the State of Israel and its allies,” the Israeli military said in a statement, confirming military action.
The Houthis have previously accused Israel of bombing civilian infrastructure to inflict suffering on all Yemenis in order to get the group to stop its attacks on Israel.
Israel confirms bombing Yemen’s Hodeidah
The Israeli army says it bombed Hodeidah port in response to recent drone and missile attacks by the Houthis. It also vowed to “continue to act forcefully” against the group.
The Houthis have previously accused Israel of bombing civilian infrastructure to inflict suffering on all Yemenis.
The Yemeni group has been launching missiles and drones against Israel and targeting shipping lanes in the Red Sea in a campaign that it says aims to pressure Israel to end its war on Gaza.
Houthis will ‘pay heavy price’ for attempts to attack Israel: Defence minister
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says Israel carried out its attack on Yemen’s Hodeidah port to continue the naval and air blockade on the Houthis, adding that the Yemeni group will “pay a heavy price for any attempt to attack the State of Israel”.
Israel says Yemeni missile intercepted
The Israeli military says its air force intercepted a missile launched from Yemen. The projectile had activated sirens in large parts of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, including around Jerusalem.
The attack – likely by the Houthis – came less than two hours after Israel launched air raids targeting the port in the coastal Yemeni city of Hodeidah.
Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack against Israel
The Yemeni group says it fired two hypersonic missiles against Israel, hours after the Israeli military said it intercepted one missile fired from Yemen.
“Silence over this horrific and heinous crime will only encourage the enemy to continue its attacks against all Arab and Islamic countries and as we have previously warned, this brutal, criminal aggression will spread to various countries unless peoples and states mobilize to stand firm and confront it,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement.
“We will continue to fulfill our duties until the aggression against Gaza stops and the blockade is lifted.”
