Israel attacks Houthi targets in Yemen in response to attacks
Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for Israel attack
The Yemeni Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack near the US embassy in Tel Aviv.
CAIRO – The Israeli military said on Saturday that its fighter jets had struck Houthi military targets in the area of the port of Hodeidah in Yemen in response to hundreds of attacks on Israel in recent months.
Al-Masirah TV, the main news channel of the Yemeni Houthi movement, reported that the attacks were directed against oil facilities in the port and resulted in fatalities.
Residents of Hodeidah told Reuters by telephone that explosions were heard throughout the city during an intense bombardment.
On Friday, an Iranian-made long-range drone hit the center of Tel Aviv. The Houthi militia claimed responsibility for the attack. One man was killed and others injured, the Israeli military and emergency services said.
“IDF fighter jets attacked military targets of the terrorist Houthi regime in the Port (Hodeidah) area of Yemen in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the State of Israel in recent months,” the Israeli military said.
The Iran-backed Houthis have stepped up attacks on Israel and Western targets, saying they are acting in solidarity with the Palestinians.
They began attacking Western ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden after Israel invaded the Gaza Strip following Hamas militias’ attack on southern Israel last year.
“A brutal Israeli aggression targeted civilian buildings, oil facilities and a power plant in Hodeidah with the aim of pressuring Yemen to end its support for Gaza… but the attack will only strengthen our resolve, steadfastness and continuity,” Mohammed Abdulsalam, the Houthi movement’s chief negotiator, said in a statement on X.
On October 7, Hamas stormed Israeli cities, killing about 1,200 people, according to Israeli sources, and taking more than 250 hostages to Gaza. Since then, nearly 39,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, according to health authorities in the enclave.
(Reporting by Enas Alashray, Mohammed Ghobari, Hatem Maher and Ari Rabinovitch, editing by Timothy Heritage and Giles Elgood)
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