CAIRO – The Israeli army mentioned on Saturday that its fighter jets struck Houthi army targets within the space of Hodeidah port in Yemen in response to a whole lot of assaults carried out in opposition to Israel in current months.
Al-Masirah TV, the primary tv information outlet run by Yemen’s Houthi motion, reported that the strikes had been directed in opposition to oil services within the port and brought about fatalities.
Hodeidah residents advised Reuters by cellphone that explosions had been heard all through the town throughout an intensive bombardment.
On Friday, a long-range Iranian-made drone hit the centre of Tel Aviv in an attack claimed by the Houthi militia and which killed one man and wounded others, the Israeli army and emergency providers mentioned.
“IDF fighter jets struck army targets of the Houthi terrorist regime within the space of the (Hodeidah) port in Yemen in response to the a whole lot of assaults carried out in opposition to the state of Israel in current months,” Israel’s army mentioned.
The Iranian-backed Houthis have stepped up assaults in opposition to Israel and Western targets, saying they’re appearing in solidarity with the Palestinians.
They started attacking Western ships within the Purple Sea and the Gulf of Aden after Israel invaded the Gaza Strip following final 12 months’s assault by Hamas militants on southern Israel.
“A brutal Israeli aggression focused civilian buildings, oil services and energy station in Hodeidah aiming at pressuring Yemen to cease supporting Gaza… however the assault will solely improve our dedication, steadfastness, continuity,” Mohammed Abdulsalam, the chief negotiator for Houthi motion, mentioned in a press release on X.
Hamas stormed Israeli cities on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 individuals and taking greater than 250 hostages again to Gaza, in line with Israeli tallies. Since then, almost 39,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, in line with well being authorities within the enclave.
(Reporting by Enas Alashray, Mohammed Ghobari, Hatem Maher and Ari Rabinovitch, Enhancing by Timothy Heritage and Giles Elgood)
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