3 killed, 87 injured as Israeli fighter planes strike Houthi military targets in Yemen
This came a day after the Iran-backed rebel group’s drone attack on an apartment block in Tel Aviv, which left one dead and four wounded.
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Israeli fighter planes on Saturday struck Houthi military targets, including a power station and oil facilities, near Yemen’s Hodeidah port, killing at least three people and injuring 87 others, reported Reuters.
This came a day after the Iran-backed rebel group’s drone attack on an apartment block in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, which killed four persons and injured eight others.
A spokesperson for the Israeli military said that the Houthis had received weapons shipments from Iran via the Hodeidah port.
The Houthis’ Supreme Political Council warned of an “effective response” to the attack. The group would “not hesitate to strike vital targets of the Israeli enemy”, said Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree, according to Reuters.
Saturday’s attack mark Israel’s first military response to over 200 alleged Houthi attacks on its territory in recent months.
The Yemeni group began attacking Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea in November, in retaliation for the country’s war on Gaza.
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said: “After nine months of continuous aerial attacks by the Houthis in Yemen toward Israel, IAF [Israeli Air Force] fighter jets conducted an extensive operational strike over 1,800km away against Houthi terrorist military targets.”
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