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Houthis [DID NOT] strike Tel Aviv airport — two tries Thursday, no hits per the IDF
2025-07-11
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Fighters from the Yemeni Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) launched a missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. This was reported on July 10 by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria on the Al Masirah TV channel.

“Yemen’s missile forces carried out a high-quality military operation by attacking Ben Gurion Airport in the occupied Jaffa region (Tel Aviv – Ed.) using a Zulfikar ballistic missile,” he said.

According to a Houthi spokesman, the operation's goal has been achieved.
Correction from the Times of Israel dateline just after midnight Israel Time Friday morning:
The Houthis on Thursday also continued their ballistic missile attacks on Israel, which they did not pause as part of their ceasefire with the US, shooting two missiles at the Jewish state.

The first missile, fired in the morning, was intercepted outside Israel’s borders. The second, shortly before 10 p.m., fell short before reaching Israel; accordingly, it triggered no sirens, though its launch was identified by the military.

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Yemen's Houthis Claim Responsibility for Eternity C Attack
2025-07-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Yemeni Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack on the Greek cargo ship Eternity C, which sank in the Red Sea. This was stated by the rebels' military spokesman Yahya Saria on the Al Masirah TV channel.

The attack on the cargo ship was carried out using an unmanned boat, as well as six cruise and ballistic missiles.

"The Yemeni navy has attacked the Eternity C vessel, which was heading to the port of Umm al-Rashrash (the Arabic name for Eilat. - Ed.) in occupied Palestine. The attack was carried out using an unmanned boat, as well as six cruise and ballistic missiles," a Houthi spokesman said.

Earlier, as reported by the Regnum news agency, the dry cargo ship Eternity C, which was attacked by the Houthis, sank in the Red Sea. At least five people were rescued, another 15 are missing and are being sought.

At least two people on board were injured, including a Russian citizen whose limb was amputated.

Courtesy of Fred:
Greek ship attacked in Red Sea sinks: 4 dead, 7 rescued, 14 missing

[GEO.TV] Rescuers pulled seven crew members alive from the Red Sea on Wednesday and were searching for 14 still missing from the second of two freighters sunk within two days by suspected Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They 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...
attackers.

Four of the 25 people aboard the Eternity C fat merchantman were killed before the rest of the crew abandoned the vessel, which sank on Wednesday morning after being attacked on Monday and Tuesday, sources at security companies mounting the rescue said.

The seven seafarers who were rescued had spent more than 24 hours in the water, they said.
Related:
Eternity C 07/08/2025 Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim cargo ship they attacked Sunday has sunk; anti-Houthi Yemeni govt official says Houthis attacked 2nd ship in Red Sea Monday night, leaving 4 casualties

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Houthis claim hypersonic missile strike on Ben Gurion airport; early Monday a.m. 20 IDF fighter jets bounce Houthi rubble at 3 ports, power station in response
2025-07-07
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Houthis from the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement attacked Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv using a hypersonic ballistic missile. This statement was made on July 6 by Houthi spokesman Yahya Saria.

"The Rocket Forces (...) carried out a military operation in which they struck the airport (...) using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile, " Saria said in an interview with Al Masirah TV.
According to the IDF, the thing was headed for the Judean desert at 3:00 Sunday morning when the IDF shot it down. But at least this time the Houthis had it aimed at the right country. They don’t always…
He said the operation was successful
…it was successful for the IDF, yes. Not for the Houthis. Sorry.
and the airport's operations were temporarily suspended.
Also a no. Maybe next time…
The Israeli army, in turn, earlier reported the interception of a missile launched from Yemeni territory. Air raid sirens were sounded in several areas of the country.

Israel carries out strikes on Houthi-controlled power station, ports across Yemen
[IsraelTimes] IDF confirms that targets include ‘Galaxy Leader’ ship which was hijacked by Houthis in November 2023; Katz threatens that Iran-backed group will ‘continue to pay a heavy price’

Israel carried out extensive strikes on Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They 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...
targets 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...
overnight between Sunday and Monday, shortly after it issued evacuation orders for several areas of the country.

The IDF confirmed early Monday morning that its Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s had targeted multiple Houthi terror targets in Yemen, including the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif, and the Ras Khatib power station.

The airstrikes also hit the "Galaxy Leader" vessel, which was hijacked by the Houthis in November 2023 and used for maritime surveillance and operational planning, the IDF said. The Houthis took the ship and its crew of 25 people — who hailed from from the Philippines, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Mexico — captive in November 2023, only freeing them in January 2025 after more than a year of holding them hostage. The IDF said that the Houthis "installed a radar system on the ship, and are using it to track vessels in international maritime space, in order to promote the Houthi terrorist regime’s activities."

According to the military, all the targets hit in the overnight strikes were used by the Iran-backed Houthi regime to transfer weapons and conduct terror activity against Israel and global shipping.

The IDF said the strikes come in response to repeated Houthi missile and drone attacks on Israeli territory and highlight the group’s ongoing use of civilian infrastructure for military purposes.

In a statement early Monday morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz repeated the threat he made following that missile attack, that "Yemen will be treated like Tehran," referencing the intensive Israeli strikes across Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
during the recent 12-day conflict.

"Anyone who tries to harm Israel will be harmed, anyone who raises a hands against Israel will have it cut off," Katz added, saying that the IDF was "forcefully" striking a number of terror targets in Yemen. "The Houthis will continue to pay a heavy price for their actions."

The strikes came about half an hour after the IDF’s Arabic-language front man issued an "urgent" evacuation warning for the three Houthi-controlled ports and the power plant in Yemen.

The Houthi military spokesperson claimed following the attacks that Houthis’ air defenses confronted the Israeli attack "by using a large number of domestically produced surface-to-air missiles."
I believe them. But shooting off and hitting are two very different skills, and Allah clearly doesn’t want the Houthis to hit anything Israeli.
Residents told Rooters that the Israeli strikes on the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah put the main power station out of service, leaving the city in darkness. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that Israel launched a series of strikes on Hodeidah. The campaign came hours after a ship was attacked off the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah and the ship’s crew abandoned it as it took on water. No one immediately grabbed credit for the attack, but security firm Ambrey said the vessel fits the typical profile of a Houthi target.
More from the Times of Israel:
The IDF says its strikes overnight on Houthi targets in Yemen were carried out by around 20 fighter jets, who dropped more than 50 munitions in the attack.
Practicing for the next thunder run over Iran?
Courtesy of Fred, a useful map:
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Israel strikes Hodeidah port, threatens naval, air blockade
2025-06-12
More on this story from yesterday.
[GEO.TV] Israel stepped up pressure on 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...
's Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They 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...
s on Tuesday, deploying its navy to hit targets in the Red Sea port of Hodeidah and threatening the Iran-aligned movement with a naval and air blockade if attacks on Israel persist.

Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said Israel carried out two strikes on the docks of Al Hodeidah port. The Israeli army said in a statement that the navy struck Houthi targets, adding that the port is used by the group to transfer weapons.

There were no immediate reports of casualties. Israel has been hitting Houthi targets with air strikes in a military campaign launched after the country severely weakened Iran's other Middle East partners.

The Israeli military on Monday urged the evacuation of the Houthi-controlled ports of Ras Isa, Hodeidah and Salif.

"We warned the Houthi terror organization that if they continue to fire toward Israel, they will face a powerful response and will be subjected to a naval and aerial blockade", Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on X.
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USS Harry Truman Leaves Red Sea After Houthi Attacks
2025-05-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The American nuclear aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman has left the Red Sea, where it was stationed to carry out airstrikes on military facilities of the Yemeni Houthis. This was reported by the Indian publication Oneindia.

According to the online ship tracking service Marine Traffic, the aircraft carrier, which had been in the region since last fall, had passed through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea the day before.

The publication also clarified that a destroyer from an aircraft carrier strike group and a missile cruiser followed along with it.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, the US Navy aircraft carrier Harry Truman has set off for the Middle East. It is specified that the ship is heading to the Red Sea against the backdrop of the return from the region of the Dwight Eisenhower, which has been in the Middle East since 2023.

Harry Truman will be accompanied by two destroyers and a guided missile cruiser. An Italian Navy frigate is also expected to join the strike group.

Earlier it became known that the United States and Britain attacked the port of Ras Isa, which is under the control of the Houthis. At least two strikes were reported on the territory of the port of Ras Isa in the As-Salif district of the Houthi-controlled Yemeni province of Hodeidah by the forces of the United States and Great Britain.

Al Masirah TV reported that the US and British air forces carried out four airstrikes each on October 4 on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the city of Hodeida, which are controlled by the Houthis. There were no reports of casualties or deaths.
Related:
USS Harry Truman: 2025-04-29 Yemen says US strike on migrant centre kills 30 68
USS Harry Truman: 2025-04-07 At least two civilians murdered in US airstrikes on shop and house in Saada Sunday morning, Kamaran Island airstruck repeatedly throughout the day
USS Harry Truman: 2025-03-31 Houthi missile triggers sirens in central Israel, is downed en route
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Houthis Claim Rocket Strikes Ben Gurion Airport, but actually the IDF shot it down
2025-05-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement launched two ballistic missiles at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. This was stated on May 18 by Yahya Saria, a spokesman for the armed forces formed by the Houthis.

"Yemen's rocket forces carried out a military operation, attacking Ben Gurion Airport in the occupied Jaffa region with two ballistic missiles. The operation achieved its goal and forced millions of occupiers to take refuge in bomb shelters," a spokesman for the movement said on Al Masirah TV.
A much more realistic aim than actually hitting Israel, since yesterday we were informed that the IDF shot down one, while the other was never even on Israel’s radar — presumably falling very short.
A Houthi spokesman also said Yemeni rebel forces launched an attack drone towards the Israeli airport on the morning of May 17.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 18, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recorded a new rocket attack from Yemen. It is noted that air raid sirens were activated in several areas of Israel after the rocket was launched from Yemen. Later, the IDF reported intercepting the rocket.

Earlier it was reported that the IDF intercepted a rocket launched from Yemen on May 9, and on May 4 Israel reported that debris from a rocket launched from Yemen fell in the Ben Gurion area. After the rocket attack, the use of airspace was suspended for an hour, then the airport resumed receiving and releasing aircraft.

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'Israel' bombs Yemen's Hodeidah - both al Saif and al Hodeidah ports - at least 1 toes up; 15 IDF jets drop 35 bombs Friday a.m.
2025-05-17
Perhaps air power yet has a purpose in the war machine, Vox Day to the contrary.
[HodhodYemenNews] The Israeli occupation launched fresh aggression on Yemen early Friday, targeting critical infrastructure in Yemen’s western province of Hodeidah.

According to local sources in the province, Israeli strikes hit both the al-Salif Port and the al-Hodeidah Port, both in the province.

One killed, nine injured in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah
[HodhodYemenNews] At least one person was killed and nine others were injured when Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on Yemen’s western province of Hodeidah on Friday, the Health Ministry in Sana’a reported.

in a statement, the Ministry explained that one citizen was killed and three others were injured in the Zionist aggression on the Port of Salif. Additionally, six citizens were injured in the Zionist attack on the Port of Hodeidah. This is a preliminary toll.

The Ministry condemned in the strongest terms the blatant Israeli aggression on Yemen, which targeted vital civilian facilities and infrastructure, considering it a full-fledged war crime that violates all international and humanitarian laws, norms, and conventions.

IDF pounds Houthi ports in Yemen, threatens to kill leader, after missile, drone attacks
[IsraelTimes] Military estimates it will take a month for Iran-backed terror group to repair Hodeidah and Salif ports following airstrikes; 15 jets dropped 35 bombs

Israeli fighter jets carried out a wave of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s 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 Friday afternoon, targeting two Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They 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 ports in the west of the country, and threatened to kill the terror group’s leader, in response to the Iran-backed group’s ongoing missile and drone attacks on Israel.

Israel had waited until the end of US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
’s visit to the region before launching its reprisal strikes on the Houthis.
Decidedly thoughtful and respectful, and then they smacked down the hammer hard.
Since the Israel Defense Force’s last strike on Yemen, on May 6, the Houthis launched at least seven missiles and two drones at Israel, the latest of them on Thursday night.

Fifteen fighter jets were involved in the strike on Friday, dropping some 35 munitions on the Hodeidah and Salif ports, destroying infrastructure, the military said. IAF refuelers and spy planes also participated in the operation.
Fifteen fighter jets were involved in the strike on Friday, dropping some 35 munitions on the Hodeidah and Salif ports, destroying infrastructure, the military said. IAF refuelers and spy planes also participated in the operation.

Earlier this week, the IDF issued two evacuation warnings for the two ports in western Yemen, along with a third port, Ras Isa, the latter of which was not targeted on Friday.

"These ports are used for the transfer of weapons and are another example of the cynical exploitation of civilian infrastructure by the Houthi terror regime to advance terror," the military said in a statement.

The two ports have been targeted by the Israeli Air Force before, as was Yemen’s Sanaa International Airport on May 6.



The IDF said the strikes are intended to “deepen the damage to the Houthis’ terror capabilities,” and “neutralize” the ports, to prevent the group from bringing in more Iranian weapons and to harm the group economically.

The military estimated it would take the Houthis about a month to restore the ports. Until then, it would be unable to dock ships longer than 80 meters there.

“In light of the Houthi terror regime’s use of these ports for terror purposes, the IDF reiterates its warning to those present at the ports to distance themselves and evacuate the area,” the military said.

Defense Minister Israel Katz, in a statement, threatened to eliminate Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi if the Iran-backed group continues to fire on Israel.

“The IDF now struck and severely damaged the ports in Yemen that are under the control of the Houthi terror group. The airport in Sanaa also remains destroyed,” Katz said.

“As we said, if the Houthis continue to fire missiles on Israel, they will suffer painful blows, and we will also strike the terror chief, just as we did to Deif and the Sinwars in Gaza, to Nasrallah in Beirut and to Haniyeh in Tehran,” he said, referring to the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah that Israel has assassinated (it is not yet confirmed that Hamas Gaza leader Muhammad Sinwar, brother of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, was killed in this week’s strike that targeted him).
Death confirmed. See today’s report of the festivities in Gaza.
“We will hunt down and eliminate Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in Yemen as well. We will defend ourselves by our own strength against any enemy,” Katz added.

Since March 18, when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis have launched 34 ballistic missiles and at least 10 drones at Israel. Several of the missiles have fallen short.
Related:
Salif Port: 2025-04-22 UN team visits site of criminal US strike on Ras Issa port — Hodhod Yemen News Agency
Salif Port: 2022-03-28 At least six civilians injured in Saudi shelling of Hodeidah
Salif Port: 2022-03-27 Arab Coalition says it has destroyed a weapons warehouse in vicinity of Salif Port in Yemen, pounding Hodeidah
Related:
Hodeidah Port: 2025-05-07 Israel hits Yemen’s capital in second day of strikes after airport threat, hit power plants and cement factories, 3 toes up
Hodeidah Port: 2025-04-13 RUMINT: Yemeni gov't reportedly preparing 80,000 man assault on Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port
Hodeidah Port: 2024-12-29 US, UK warplanes conduct airstrikes on Yemen
Related:
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi 03/09/2025 Yemen’s Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi threatens to resume attacks on Israeli ships if aid isn’t delivered to Gaza within four days
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi 01/01/2025 US launches multiple strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi 01/01/2025 Houthis claim overnight missile attacks on Israel, US aircraft carrier

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Israel hits Yemen’s capital in second day of strikes after airport threat, hit power plants and cement factories, 3 toes up
2025-05-07
[GEO.TV] The Israeli military said it struck 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...
's main airport on Tuesday, while witnesses reported four Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in the capital Sanaa — the latest flare-up as tensions escalate with Iran-aligned Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They 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...
rebels.

Israel had earlier warned people to leave the area around Sanaa International Airport, one day after Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on Hodeidah port in Yemen in response to a Houthi missile landing near Israel's main air hub on Sunday.

"Not evacuating puts you in danger," the Israeli military said in its warning, and it published a map of the area surrounding the airport.

Three airport sources told Rooters that Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian aeroplanes, the departures hall, the airport runway and a military air base under Houthi control.

Tensions have been rising between Israel and the Houthis as the group presses on with attacks in response to Israel expanding its military operations in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip.

The Houthis said on Sunday they would impose a "comprehensive" aerial blockade on Israel by repeatedly targeting its airports.

Zionist airstrikes on Yemen kill three
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least three people were killed and 38 injured in a preliminary toll of the Israeli aggression on the 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...
i capital, Sana'a, and Amran province on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health.

In a statement, the Ministry confirmed that 16 people were maimed by Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s targeting the Amran Cement Factory.

It reported that two non-combatants were killed and seven others injured in an attack on the central Dhahban power station in Bani al-Harith District. Additionally, two civilians were maimed in American-Israeli airstrikes on the Asr area in Moeen District.

The statement added that one person was killed and three others injured in airstrikes on Sana'a International Airport. It also noted that seven civilians were maimed in the bombing of the Haziz Central Power Station in Sana'a.

The Ministry emphasized that civil defense and ambulance teams are working tirelessly to search for victims and those still trapped under the rubble.

It reiterated its condemnation of the continued American-Israeli attacks on service facilities and civilian infrastructure, describing them as blatant violations of international humanitarian law.

The Ministry further stated that targeting and disabling vital humanitarian entry points, such as ports and airports, constitutes an aggressive act aimed at tightening the blockade, starving the Yemeni population, and worsening the humanitarian crisis for patients, travelers, and those in need of food and medicine.

Latest US-Israeli strikes targeted power plants and cement factories
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Nasr al-Din Amer, one of the leaders of the Ansarallah movement, revealed on Tuesday that the attacks carried out by the American and Israeli enemies on 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...
focused primarily on targeting fuel tanks in power plants and cement factories.

Amer explained, in a post on his Telegram account, that the goal of these attacks was to ignite fires and raise smoke plumes to create a contrasting image from the achievements of the Yemeni operation, which included striking the heart of the Israeli entity, disabling its airports, and imposing a complete blockade on civil aviation within it.

He pointed out that most of the targets that were bombed by the Zionist enemy had previously been targeted repeatedly during the past years.

Amer concluded by saying that ''the response is forthcoming and that the sea and air blockade on the Zionist entity will not be lifted until the aggression against Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
is stopped and the unjust blockade there is lifted.''

Sanaa airport 'completely destroyed' in Israeli strike
[GEO.TV] 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...
's international airport was "completely destroyed" in Israeli air strikes on the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Tuesday, an airport official told AFP.

"Three planes out of seven belonging to Yemenia Airlines were destroyed at Sanaa airport, and Sanaa International Airport was completely destroyed," the official said.
Courtesy of Grom in comments yesterday, the Jerusalem Post names the new piles of rubble
The military confirmed that one of the locations struck was al-Imran cement factory north of Sanaa. It added that al-Imran “serves as a significant resource for the Houthi terrorist regime and is used for the construction of underground tunnels and other terrorist infrastructure.

The attack was not only coordinated with the US, but Washington has been attacking the Houthis on a nearly daily basis at almost the same time.

The IDF also struck Attan in south-west Sanaa, Haiz Central Power Station in the Sanhan district south-east of the capital, and Asr Electricity Station in Sanaa’s Ma’een district to the west of the city, according to Al Masirah.

The Houthis’ official news agency, SABA, also said that the IDF struck at least two electricity transformers.

The international airport is located north of the city.

The attacks followed the military’s 2:36 p.m. warning to all Yemeni citizens at the airport to evacuate. The warning is the first time that Israel has shared an alert before attacking the Houthis, after six prior attacks without warning, including on Monday. Defense sources explained that, in this instance, the nature of an international airport, as opposed to Yemen’s Hodeidah Port and other areas that Israel has attacked, demanded a different level of warning.

Targets included the Hodeidah seaport, which the IDF noted serves as a major source of income for the Houthi regime. “The Hodeidah seaport is used to transfer Iranian weapons, equipment for military needs, and other terrorist needs.”

In addition, the military said, “The Bajil concrete factory east of the city of Hodeidah was attacked, which serves as an important economic resource for the Houthi terrorist regime and is used to build tunnels and military infrastructure.”

Earlier on Monday evening, the US coordinated with Israel its own strike against the Houthis in Sanaa.

Israel’s last counterstrike against the Houthis before this week was on January 11, before US President Donald Trump took office. Since then, Israel has hoped that over 1,000 airstrikes by the US under Trump would be sufficient to stop Houthi attacks on Israel without Jerusalem getting directly involved. However, the successful hit near Ben-Gurion Airport shook up that calculation.
A few more details from the Times of Israel:
Dozens of Israeli Air Force aircraft were involved in the strikes on Yemen on Tuesday, including fighter jets, refuelers, and spy planes.

Sanaa International Airport, which had been hit once by the IAF before, was “completely disabled” following strikes within 15 minutes that targeted its runways, aircraft, and infrastructure, the military said. The IDF said that the airport was used by the Houthis “for transferring weapons and operatives, and is regularly operated by the Houthi regime for terror purposes.”
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Houthis claim strike on IAF Ramat David base
2025-05-03
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Wishful thinking yet again, no doubt.
[Regnum] The Ramat David Israeli Air Force base in the north of the country was hit by a Houthi missile strike, said Yahya Saria, a spokesman for the Yemeni armed movement.

“The missile forces <…> carried out a military operation, striking the Israeli enemy’s Ramat David airbase, located east of occupied Haifa, using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile,” he said on the Al Masirah TV channel.

Saria specified that the target was hit as a result of the successful strike. According to him, the Israeli air defense systems did not work.

Israel has not yet commented on this report.

Since the escalation of the conflict in Gaza in October 2023, the Houthis have continued to threaten Israel with attacks on its territory. At the same time, the movement has blocked passage through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait for ships associated with Israel.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 18, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the destruction of Yemen's largest oil port, controlled by the Houthis. The American side specified that the operation was carried out to deprive the Yemeni movement of "illegal income" and "economic benefits from appropriating profits from imports."

On April 13, the Yemeni province of Sanaa was subjected to a US air raid. The US Air Force struck a ceramics factory. According to the Ministry of Health in the Houthi-controlled territory, at least five people were killed.

Houthis fire two missiles at Israel, triggering sirens in Haifa and across north

[IsraelTimes] Both projectiles from Yemen downed, military says; slight damage caused to kindergarten by falling debris

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...
’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They 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...
rebels on Friday fired two ballistic missiles at Israel, both of which were intercepted by air defenses, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The first missile triggered sirens at around 5:30 a.m. in Haifa and across northern Israel. The IDF said the missile was shot down by air defenses before crossing Israel’s borders.

Debris from the missile interception penetrated the roof of a kindergarten at Kibbutz Mishmar Ha’emek, causing some damage.

The second missile also set off sirens in Haifa and the north, just after 1:30 p.m. Several hours later, following an "in-depth" inquiry, the IDF said it had confirmed that the second missile was also successfully intercepted.

No injuries were caused in either attack, aside from a 40-year-old woman who was slightly hurt when she fell over while running to a bomb shelter, medics said.

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Yemen says US strike on migrant centre kills 30 68
2025-04-29
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] At least 30 people were killed as a result of US military airstrikes on a detention center for migrants from African countries in the city of Saada, located in northwestern Yemen. This was reported by the Yemeni TV channel Al Masirah, controlled by the Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis).

According to the TV channel, US Army fighter jets struck several times at a detention center for migrants from African countries, which at that time held 115 people, after which “rescuers have so far pulled 30 bodies from the rubble.”

It is noted that at least 50 more victims were hospitalized and most of them are in serious condition.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on April 28, at least eight people, including women and children, were killed in a US airstrike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Several more people were wounded.

Later that day, it was reported that three Russian sailors from the oil tanker Seven Pearls had been wounded in US airstrikes on a port in Yemen. The victims were taken to Sanaa for treatment.

Houthis say death toll reaches at least 68 in US strike on Yemen detention center for African migrants
[IsraelTimes] Houthi rebel-controlled media in Yemen says that US strikes targeted a migrant detention center in the movement’s stronghold of Saada, killing at least 68 people.

The US military has hit the Iran-backed Houthis with near-daily strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed “Rough Rider,” seeking to end the threat they pose to vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

The Houthis have been launching strikes targeting Israel and Western vessels in the Red Sea, in what they describe as solidarity with the Palestinians, since Hamas conducted the worst-ever attack on Israel in October 2023.

Yesterday, the US military said it has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of Houthi rebels including members of the group’s leadership.

“The civil defense has announced that 68 African migrants were killed and 47 others wounded in the US attack targeting a center for illegal migrants in the city of Saada,” the Houthis’ Al-Masirah TV said.

AFP could not independently confirm the veracity of Al-Masirah’s claim that the strikes had hit a migrant detention center, or the toll.

AFP has contacted the US military for comment.

According to a statement cited by Al-Masirah from the Houthi administration’s interior ministry, the center housed “115 migrants, all from Africa.”

The broadcaster showed footage of bodies stuck under the rubble and of rescuers working to help the casualties.

Each year, tens of thousands of migrants brave the Eastern Route from the Horn of Africa, seeking to escape conflict, natural disasters and poor economic prospects by sailing across the Red Sea toward the oil-rich Gulf.

Many hope for employment as laborers or domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, though they face a perilous journey through war-torn Yemen.

US says it won’t reveal specific details on Yemen strikes ‘to preserve operational security’
The US military says it will not reveal specific details about its military strikes in Yemen, citing what it called the need “to preserve operational security” while also saying the strikes had “lethal effects” on Houthi rebels.

US President Donald Trump ordered the intensification of strikes on Yemen last month, with his administration saying it will continue assaulting Iran-backed Houthi rebels until they stop attacking Red Sea shipping.

Recent US strikes have killed dozens, including 74 at an oil terminal in mid-April in what was the deadliest strike in Yemen under Trump so far, according to the Houthi-run health ministry.

“To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited disclosing details of our ongoing or future operations. We are very deliberate in our operational approach, but will not reveal specifics about what we’ve done or what we will do,” the US Central Command says in a statement.

The military says it has struck over 800 targets since mid-March that it says killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders as well as destroyed the militant group’s facilities.

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F-18 fighter jet crashes from USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier in Red Sea
The F-18E Super Hornet fighter-bomber fell from the deck of the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and sank in the Red Sea. This was reported on April 28 by the press service of the US Navy.

"The aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman lost an F-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 and a tow tractor during carrier operations in the Red Sea," the department said in a statement.

It is noted that the fighter was being towed in the hangar deck when control was lost over it. The aircraft and the tractor fell overboard and sank. All crew members managed to leave the aircraft and were found, one sailor was injured, he received a slight wound.

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Another F18 Splashed Fighting Houthis (December Loss Due to Unfriendly Fire by the Gettysburg) $73M per unit...
A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet and a tow tractor fell off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Monday while it was at sea, the service announced. All personnel are accounted for, and one sailor sustained what was described as a “minor injury,” in a Navy news release.

A U.S. official told Task & Purpose that initial reports indicate the mishap occurred as the Truman was making a hard turn amid a Houthi attack. No information about the nature of the threat was immediately available.

Both the Truman and a second aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, are deployed to the Red Sea as part of ongoing operations against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Since March 15, U.S. forces have attacked more than 800 Houthi targets.

“The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft,” the news release says. “The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard.”

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US forces continue to bomb Yemen
2025-04-23
[GEO.TV] The Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They 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...
-affiliated Al Masirah TV says there have been several air attacks by US forces across 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...
in recent hours, reported Al Jazeera.

They include the Yemeni capital, Sanaa; the Brash area in the province of Sanaa, the island of Kamaran in the Red Sea; and the Majzar, Sarwah and Al Abdiyah districts of the Marib governorate.
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Massive U.S. airstrikes hit, destroy Ras Issa Port in Yemen, at least 38 toes up
2025-04-18
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Note that Hodhod Yemen News has nothing posted about this as of midnight Eastern Time. Perhaps they are busy fighting the fire.

Houthis report at least 38 killed in US airstrikes on Yemen oil port
[IsraelTimes] US military says aim of strikes, some of the deadliest since start of bombing campaign, was ‘to eliminate this source of fuel… and deprive illegal revenue’ to Iran-backed rebels

US strikes on the Ras Isa fuel port in western 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...
killed at least 38 people on Thursday, Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They 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...
-run media said, one of the deadliest days since the United States began its attacks on the Iran-backed holy warriors.

Al Masirah TV said the strikes, which the US military said aimed to cut off a source of fuel for the Houthi rebel group, also maimed 102 people.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the corpse count given by the Houthis.

In a statement, US Central Command said that "US forces took action to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed Houthi bully boyz and deprive them of illegal revenue that has funded Houthi efforts to terrorize the entire region for over 10 years."

"This strike was not intended to harm the people of Yemen, who rightly want to throw off the yoke of Houthi subjugation and live peacefully," it added. It did not acknowledge any casualties and declined to comment when asked by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named regarding civilians reportedly being killed.

The Ras Isa port, consisting of three oil tanks and refining equipment, sits in Yemen’s Hodeida governorate along the Red Sea. NASA satellites that track forest fires showed an intense blaze early Friday morning at the site just off Kamaran Island, targeted by intense US Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s over the last few days.

The United States began large-scale strikes last month against the Houthis, saying it would not stop unless they ceased their attacks on Red Sea shipping.

Thursday’s strikes were some of the deadliest since the United States began bombing the Houthis in its biggest military operation in the Middle East since US President Donald Trump
...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania...
took office in January.

In March, two days of US attacks killed more than 50 people, Houthi officials said.

An AP review has found the new US operation against the Houthis under Trump appears more extensive than that under former president Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
, as Washington moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel and dropping bombs on cities.

The new campaign of airstrikes started after the rebels threatened to begin targeting "Israeli" ships again, over Israel blocking aid from entering the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip. The rebels have loosely defined what constitutes an Israeli ship, meaning many vessels could be targeted. They have also launched numerous missiles and drones at Israel.

The Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors from November 2023 until January of this year. They also launched attacks targeting American warships without success.

The US campaign shows no signs of stopping, as the Trump administration has also linked its airstrikes on the Houthis to an effort to pressure Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
over its rapidly advancing nuclear program."

Thursday’s strikes were some of the deadliest since the United States began bombing the Houthis in its biggest military operation in the Middle East since US President Donald Trump took office in January.

In March, two days of US attacks killed more than 50 people, Houthi officials said.

An AP review has found the new US operation against the Houthis under Trump appears more extensive than that under former president Joe Biden, as Washington moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel and dropping bombs on cities.

The new campaign of airstrikes started after the rebels threatened to begin targeting "Israeli" ships again, over Israel blocking aid from entering the Gaza Strip. The rebels have loosely defined what constitutes an Israeli ship, meaning many vessels could be targeted. They have also launched numerous missiles and drones at Israel.

The Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors from November 2023 until January of this year. They also launched attacks targeting American warships without success.

The US campaign shows no signs of stopping, as the Trump administration has also linked its airstrikes on the Houthis to an effort to pressure Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
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