Israel’s military said it has attacked “military targets” belonging to Houthi fighters in Yemen after intercepting a missile fired by the group towards Israel.
“Following the approval of attack plans by Defence Minister Israel Katz, Air Force fighter jets, under the direction of the Intelligence and Navy branches, recently attacked military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the western coastal strip and deep inside Yemen,” the Israeli military said in a statement on Thursday morning.
“The targets attacked are used by the Houthi forces for their military operations,” the military said.
The Houthi-aligned Al Masirah TV channel said that a series of “aggressive raids” were launched on Sanaa and the port city of Hodeidah early on Thursday.
The attacks “targeted two central power plants” in Sanaa, while in Hodeidah, “the enemy launched four aggressive raids targeting the port … and two raids targeting” an oil facility, Al Masirah reported.
Yemen’s SABA news agency also said that four raids targeted Hodeidah, with two targeting the Ras Isa oil facility, killing and injuring some of its employees.
Israel’s military spokesman Daniel Hagari said Israeli forces had carried out strikes on Houthi military sites, including ports and energy infrastructure in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, following the firing of a Houthi missile towards Israel overnight – which was destroyed – and repeated attacks over the past 14 months.
Houthi fighters in Yemen have carried out months of attacks on Israel, and shipping linked to Israel in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, in what it says is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
