Israeli Airstrikes Hit Houthi Port Linked to Iranian Weapons Shipment
IDF launches major ground operation in Deir al-Balah, northern Gaza.
Following unabated missile and drone strikes by the Iranian-backed Houthis, the Israeli Air Force struck terrorist targets in and around the Red Sea port of Hudaydah in Yemen on Monday.
“Among the military infrastructure struck were engineering vehicles used to reestablish the port’s infrastructure, fuel containers, naval vessels used for military activities and force against the State of Israel and vessels in the maritime zone adjacent to the port, and additional terror infrastructure used by the Houthi terrorist regime,” the IDF said in a statement.
#Israel's Air Force carried out a strike on Monday targeting #Yemen's #Hodeida port, a key facility under the control of the #Iran-backed #Houthis. In a first, this morning's strikes were carried out by drone, not fighter jets.https://t.co/KkD33FjMao
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) July 21, 2025
The Houthi-controlled port of Hudaydah is thought to be the main entry point for Iranian missiles and weapons shipments to the Islamic terrorist group in Yemen. “The port has been used, among other things, to transfer weapons from the Iranian regime, which are then used by the Houthi terrorist regime to execute terrorist attacks against the State of Israel and its allies,” the IDF added.
🎯STRUCK: Military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime at the Hudaydah port
🔺Engineering vehicles
🔺Fuel containers
🔺Naval vessels
🔺Iranian smuggled weaponsThe IDF will continue to act decisively against threats—anytime, anywhere.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 21, 2025
The Israeli TV channel i24News reported the details of the strike:
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed an earlier i24NEWS report that the IDF attacked Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday.
The IDF said they struck and dismantled military infrastructure belonging to the Houthi regime at the Hodeidah port, including engineering vehicles used to reestablish the port’s infrastructure, fuel containers, naval vessels used for military activities against Israel. Additionally, vessels in the maritime zone adjacent to the port, and additional terror infrastructure used by the Houthis were also struck.
Earlier, Defense Minister Katz said in a statement: “The IDF is now attacking terrorist targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the port of Hodeidah and is vigorously enforcing any attempt to restore the terrorist infrastructures that were attacked in the past. As I have made clear – Yemen’s law is Tehran’s law. The Houthis will pay a heavy price for firing missiles at the State of Israel. We will continue to act at all times and in all places to defend the State of Israel.”
Despite a ceasefire agreed to between Israel and Iran following the recently concluded 12-day war, Tehran-backed Houthis have continued firing ballistic missiles and drones at Israeli towns and cities.
The IDF’s response on Monday “marked the first Israeli strikes on Yemen since July 7. In the interim, the Houthis have launched six ballistic missiles and at least two drones at Israel, attacks that caused no damage or injuries,” The Times of Israel noted. On July 7, Israeli fighter jets struck the radar systems being installed near Hudaydah port.
Just days after the October 7, 2023 massacre, the Houthis joined Hamas’s war on Israel. Since that day, they have fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel from their bases in Yemen.
Using Yemen’s ports in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, the terrorist group has been trying to impose a blockade on Israel — sinking and hijacking Western-owned cargo ships, and disrupting global maritime trade.
IDF launches major ground operation in Deir al-Balah, northern Gaza
After reports of a widening military operation, the IDF on Monday launched a major ground offensive in the area of Deir al-Balah, northern Gaza. “The ground operation began in the afternoon, after preparatory air and artillery strikes overnight and throughout the morning,” the Israel National News reported.
🚨BREAKING🚨 IDF is operating on the ground in Deir al-Balah, Gaza – following yesterday's evacuation announcement pic.twitter.com/ayHXE3zDBP
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) July 21, 2025
The ground operation, led by the IDF’s famed Golani Brigade, seeks to free the remaining hostages languishing in Gaza captivity for over 21 months as Hamas refuses to accept the ceasefire proposal made by the Trump administration. “Israeli tanks pushed into the southern and eastern districts of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah on Monday, an area where Israeli sources said the IDF believes some of the remaining hostages may be held,” the Jerusalem Post reported.
“The IDF issued evacuation orders for the citizens of Deir al-Balah, saying it sought to destroy Hamas’s capabilities and infrastructure,” the newspaper added. “The message included the phrase that the IDF was going to “operate in areas where it has not operated in the past.”
The IDF attacked a site in northern Gaza causing a significant explosion. Footage was taken from Israeli territory. pic.twitter.com/4laHbH3i7B
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) July 20, 2025
While the IDF has been refraining from attacking the Deir al-Balah terror stronghold to protect the hostages, Hamas still has a significant terror infrastructure and jihadist fighting force in the area. “Deir al-Balah is believed to house a highly capable Hamas battalion, possibly the most combat-ready in the Strip,” the Israeli news website Ynetnews reported. “According to military assessments, fully targeting Deir al-Balah and the neighboring Nuseirat camp would require deploying at least two full IDF divisions for several months of fighting.”
#BREAKING: The IDF is expanding into a new area of southwest Deir al-Balah to dismantle Palestinian terror infrastructure.
Terrorists continue embedding themselves among civilians and using them as human shields.
An IDF message in Arabic urged civilians to evacuate immediately. pic.twitter.com/4oOiALW4m8
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) July 20, 2025
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misa
make israel safe again
was it ever??
Is any place safe from Muslim terrorism? This isn’t a problem that is exclusive to Israel, or, the middle east.
No. If Muslims don’t have infidels to war against they will war against other Muslims.
Not in the last 2000 years or so.
Just a reminder
The best thing Britain ever did was making the Royal Navy the guarantee of safety on the high sees.
The benefits of protecting shipping from pirates even when it had nothing to do with a British owner, crew or flag created a golden age of trade Britain benefitted from.
Consider that history when deciding the U.S. Navy should no longer be an enemy of piracy everywhere because right now we are going through another golden age of trade, America is by far the biggest beneficiary of that golden age (we benefit from it more than any 10 other nations combined) and withdrawing the U.S. Navy to make the seas more dangerous would make that come crashing down.
Not directly linked but the isolationist rhetoric does logically end at piracy outside of America’s national waters is just fine and Houthis are a bunch of pirates. Do you actually want to pull the trigger that ends a golden age for the American economy?
And of course the royal navy turned right around, stopped American merchant ships and impressed its sailors. This resulted in the war of 1812,
You are correct, when at a desperate point in the Napoleonic Wars the British resorted to drafting sailors on American ships claiming them as runaway British subjects.
For the vast majority of the 19th century however Americans benefitted tremendously from the Royal Navy being on an anti-piracy crusade.
American interests today are the same as what the British interest was which is suppress piracy.
you can be an isolationist and at times strike out at enemies in order to keep your isolationist agenda ,,lest you become a hostage to the more aggressive people
The navy is a fundamentally defensive arm of the military.
The U.S. imports hundreds of billions more of products and services from other nations than it sells to them. Given this trade imbalance, where our wealth is transferred to other countries, some might conclude that we are not the greatest beneficiaries of the recent globalized economy.
Same as Britain during her golden age, 18th century economics of “imports good exports bad” are about as correct as the 4 humors.
If you want to go into food insecurity, all consumer goods are expensive, workers are paid subsistence level wages that has them in REAL poverty (as in third world levels) and other inevitable elements of autarky be honest about what you want.
The Israel/Iran ceasefire is SINGLE SIDED.
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The very LAWS of islam is to DECEIVE the infidels so how can you have an “agreement” for anything?? No, the only thing they understand is POWER! The only way to control the terrorists is to – kill them! That’s it! So Israel should continue to push the hamass terrorists into smaller areas and then “neutralize” the threat ! The World will be safer and those hamass “heroes” will have their 72 vegans!!
Israel should ignor the Houthis and retaliate against Iran, every time.
Sooner or later, Iran would figure it out.