A day after Yemen-based Houthis fired ballistic missiles aimed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan, Israeli airstrikes hit several targets in the terrorist stronghold of Hodeidah, the Israeli and Arab news outlets reported Sunday afternoon.
“The Saudi Al-Arabiya outlet reports that the alleged Israeli airstrike on the port of Hodeidah in Yemen a short while ago targeted a power plant,” The Times of Israel reported. “The Iran-backed Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at Israel this month,” the news website noted.
This is the second Israeli strike of this kind on the Houthis bastion. Israeli fighter jets in July struck a terrorist-controlled fuel depot in the port of Hodeidah.
The target of the strike appears to be the Houthis’ oil reserve — the primary source of revenue for the terrorist group, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing Israeli officials:
Israeli officials told Walla, “In response to recent Houthi missile attacks on central Israel, the IAF targeted infrastructure at the port, including sensitive oil facilities belonging to the Yemeni rebels. The strike in Yemen was coordinated with the US.”Additionally, Israeli officials emphasized to Walla that the strike in Yemen was coordinated with the US. (…)Additionally, Al Mayadeen reported that Hodeidah’s electricity station and airport have both been targeted by IDF strikes.
On Sunday, “during an extensive, intelligence-based aerial operation, dozens of IAF aircraft—including fighter jets, mid-air refueling aircraft, and intelligence aircraft struck military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime in the Ras Isa and Hudaydah areas of Yemen,” the Israeli military said in a press release shortly after the strike.
“The targets included power plants and a seaport used to import oil, which were used by the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer Iranian weapons to the region, in addition to military supplies and oil,” the IDF disclosed.
The Iran-backed jihadist group has fired several missiles and drones at Israel since October 7. The terrorist group has repeatedly attacked Western-owned cargo ships in the Red Sea in a bid to disrupt the maritime trade going through the southern Israeli port of Eilat. “The strikes were carried out in response to the recent attacks by the Houthis against the State of Israel,” the IDF said.
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