“The point is clear” – Israel attacks Houthi militias in Yemen
Israel has now launched a massive counter-offensive against Houthi rebels after a drone strike in Tel Aviv. The Yemeni port city of Hodeidah has come under airstrikes. There are reportedly several deaths and dozens of injuries.
EA day after a brutal drone attack by Houthi fighters on Tel Aviv, Israel’s military said it had retaliated with a direct counterattack in Yemen. “Israeli warplanes have struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the port of Hodeidah,” the army said on its Telegram channel.
It was in response to “hundreds of attacks on Israel in recent months.” The Army does not provide information on deaths or injuries in such cases. Meanwhile, Yemeni news agency Sabah, citing the Ministry of Health, said three people had been killed. The number of injured is reported to be 87.
“The port is an entry point for Iranian weapons for the Houthi regime of terror,” the IDF writes in X of the “Outstretched Arm” operation. “The IDF is capable of acting wherever necessary and will attack any force that poses a danger to Israelis.”
Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack in Yemen shows our enemies that Israel is not out of reach. Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdel Salam spoke of an Israeli attack against “civilian facilities” in Yemen. Target oil and power plants.
Nasrudin Amir, spokesman for the Houthi Media Authority, said the fire broke out at the main port. Houthi military spokesman Jahja Saari also said the militants were preparing for a “long war” with Israel.
Israel vowed to retaliate
Images on social media showed a huge fire at the port, with high flames and dark smoke in the sky. According to the Saudi-funded Al-Arabiya news channel, 12 Israeli aircraft were involved in the attack, including F-35 fighter jets.
According to experts, it was Israel’s first attack on Yemen, 2,000 kilometers away. “The fire currently burning in Hodeidah is seen throughout the Middle East and the significance is clear,” said Israeli Defense Minister Jove Gallant. “The blood of Israeli citizens has a price,” he insisted. “We have made it clear in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen and elsewhere – if they dare to attack us, the result will be the same.”
The port on the Red Sea is of strategic importance. A civil war and a severe humanitarian crisis have raged in Yemen for years, with about 80 percent of the population dependent on aid.
On Friday, one person was killed and at least eight others were injured when a fighter drone crashed into the center of Tel Aviv. Rescue service Megan David Adom reported on the online platform X that a drone loaded with explosives crashed into a residential building. A long-range drone arrived from Yemen, the military said. Houthi fighters spoke of attacking a “key target” in Tel Aviv. Israeli Defense Minister Jove Gallant has announced that he will retaliate.
Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel
Meanwhile, the northern part of Israel was engulfed in flames. Lebanese Hezbollah fighters fired dozens of rockets at Israel on Saturday. Hezbollah said it was the first time a kibbutz had been targeted in nine months. The shelling was carried out in response to an Israeli drone strike that injured many, including children.
On Saturday, the militant Islamist Palestinian group Hamas said it fired rockets from Lebanon at an Israeli military position in the village of Shomera in retaliation for “Zionist massacres” in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, is at war with Israel. However, the group’s attacks from Lebanon are rare.
Fire spread in Golan Heights due to rocket fire
The Israeli military said it found about 45 projectiles fired from Lebanon into northern Israel in three separate volleys. Some were intercepted and others fell in open areas. The bullets didn’t hurt anyone, but they started a fire in the Golan Heights.
Iran-backed Hezbollah began shelling Israel shortly after the current Gaza war began. However, both sides have limited their attacks to a few kilometers north and south of the border. Since October, Israeli air strikes on Lebanon have killed more than 450 people, most of them Hezbollah fighters but more than 90 civilians.
On the Israeli side, 21 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip. Tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border have been displaced by the fighting.
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