2024-07-22 07:03:01
The blasts sparked a fire and plumes of black smoke into the sky at a key port in Yemen. Analysts say that Israel has confirmed for the first time that it carried out an airstrike against the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula, located 2,000 km away. km
“There will be a price to be paid for the blood shed by the people of Israel,” said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
He threatened that the attacks would continue if the Houthis dared to attack Israel again.
The minister added that the strikes in the port of Hodeida also serve as a warning to other Iranian-backed groups in the Middle East, which are carrying out attacks against Israel during the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
The Houthi-run health ministry announced on Sunday that three people were killed and 87 injured in the Israeli strikes in Hodeidah.
On Friday, the Houthis launched a drone into Tel Aviv, killing one civilian.
Israel says the Houthis use the port of Hodeidah as a main route for transporting weapons from Iran.
This port is important because it imports goods and international aid to Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. Hodeidah has so far been largely unscathed in the decade-long civil war between the Houthis and the internationally recognized government backed by Saudi Arabia. The war has left millions of Yemenis dependent on aid that flows through this port.
Israel shot down a missile launched from Yemen
On Sunday, the Israeli army shot down a missile launched from Yemen, informs the news agency dpa.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on its Telegram channel that the Arrow 3 missile defense system shot down a missile launched from Yemen before it entered Israeli territory.
But in Israel, warning sirens sounded as shrapnel from the downed rocket could fall from the sky. The military added that the incident was over.
As previously reported, Yemeni Houthi rebels launched a drone into Israel on Friday, killing one civilian in Tel Aviv. The Houthis explained that it was revenge for the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
Israel then carried out an airstrike against the port of Hodeidah in Yemen. The Houthis announced that three people were killed and 87 injured in the blast.
Yemen rebels threaten Israel with escalation and ‘massive response to aggression against our country’
The death toll from an Israeli attack on Yemen’s rebel-held port of Hodeida has risen to six, Houthi health services said on Sunday, as the leader of the rebel group threatened to escalate attacks.
Saturday’s attack on the port, a key entry point for fuel and humanitarian aid to war-torn Yemen, is Israel’s first in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, some 2,000 kilometers away.
It killed six people and wounded 83, many with severe burns, the rebel-run health ministry said in a statement carried by Houthi media. Three people are still missing, the report said.
Israel said it launched the attack in response to a Houthi attack in Tel Aviv that killed one person on Friday.
On Sunday, Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said the airstrikes would bring “a wider escalation and more attacks against Israel”.
He added that Friday’s attack by a Houthi drone in Tel Aviv changed the rules of the battle and started a “new phase” in operations against Israel.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the rebels’ “response to Israel’s aggression against our country is inevitable and will be massive.”
2024-07-22 07:03:01