What happened
Israel said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli fighter jets struck Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Red Sea port of Hodeidah. Israel said Saturday’s attack on Hodeidah, which reportedly killed at least six people and wounded dozens more, was in retaliation for a Houthi drone strike that killed one man in Tel Aviv on Friday.
who says what
Houthi official Mohammed Abdulsalam called Saturday’s attack “brutal Israeli aggression against Yemen.” The attack on the vital port “harms the average Yemeni more than the Houthis’ ability to launch attacks on the Red Sea or Israel,” Adam Clements, a retired U.S. Army attaché for Yemen, told the New York Times.
“The Houthis have attacked us over 200 times,” said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. “The first time they harmed an Israeli citizen, we struck. And we will do so wherever it may be necessary.”
What next?
“The outbreak of violence between the far-flung enemies threatens to open a new front as Israel battles a series of Iranian proxies,” including Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to the Associated Press.
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