[GEO.TV] Israel struck Yemen's Houthi-held Hodeida port on Tuesday, saying it targeted infrastructure used by the Iran-backed rebels, who reported a dozen strikes on the area.Israel has stepped up attacks on the Houthis, killing their prime minister and nearly half of his cabinet last month and leaving dozens dead in strikes last week mainly targeting the rebels' military media operation.
The rebels' Al-Masirah television said "12 Israeli enemy air strikes targeted the port of Hodeida".
Military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group's air defences were "currently confronting Israeli enemy aircraft launching an aggression against our country".
The Israeli military said it struck "a military infrastructure site belonging to the Huthi terrorist regime at the Hodeida port in Yemen".
It also accused the group of using the port "for the transfer of weapons supplied by the Iranian regime, in order to execute attacks against the State of Israel and its allies".
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...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
-controlled Hodeidah Port in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
on Tuesday, which is the main supply port of the Houthi terror regime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
"The strike was carried out in response to the repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist regime against the State of Israel, including the launch of UAVs and surface-to-surface missiles towards the State of Israel," read a statement shared by the IDF.
Al Masirah TV, a station affiliated with the Houthis, said that 12 Israeli strikes targeted the port's docks.
Two sources at the port told Rooters the strikes targeted three docks restored after previous Israeli hits. Residents in the area told Rooters the attack lasted about 10 minutes.
The strike comes after the Arabic Spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee warned civilians to evacuate the area. Adraee urged ships anchored at the port to evacuate, and warned that anyone who remains "puts their life in danger."
Defense Minister Israel Katz commented on the attack, explaining that they aim to "ensure the continuation of the maritime and air blockade on the Houthis terrorist organization."
ISRAEL RESPONDS TO ATTACKS ON EILAT AIRPORT
The strikes come after a series of IDF attacks on Sanaa at the beginning of September, which targeted Houthi army camps, the headquarters of the Houthis’ propaganda department, and a fuel storage site that was used for the regime’s military activity.
This new campaign is a part of an operation that's centered around stopping the recent Houthi attacks on the Ramon Airport in Eilat, which caused the temporary closing of the city's airspace after a drone hit the airport.
The strike represented the longest flight made by an Israeli pilot since the beginning of the war, covering a total of 2,350 km. to complete the mission.
Sanaa residents told Rooters that the attack was on a hideout between two mountains that is used as a Houthi command and control center. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear.