Israel on Monday night said that it retaliated for repeated attacks from Yemen’s Houthis by striking several targets belonging to the “Houthi terrorist regime.”;
The West Asia country said it struck infrastructure sites in the Hudaydah port that serves as a “central supply source”; for the Iran-backed Houthis and also hit the Bajil Concrete Plant east of the city.
The port is used to transfer Iranian weapons and other military equipment for “terrorist purposes,”; the Israeli military said on Telegram.
Israeli news website, ynet reported that that the large-scale attack was carried out in coordination with the United States.
The Houthi-affiliated al-Masirah TV reported attacks by the United States and Israel on Hudaydah port and the concrete plant, which is located about 50 kilometres east of Hudaydah.
Two persons were killed and 42 others were injured in US-Israeli strikes targeting the Bajil cement plant, the Houthis’ Health Ministry said.
The strikes come a day after eight people were injured when the Houthis fired a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv.
Since the start of the Gaza conflict in October 2023, the Houthi militia has repeatedly attacked Israel and international merchant ships in support of its ally, Palestinian militant organisation Hamas.
Since Israel’s military resumed attacks in the Gaza Strip on March 18 after a ceasefire broke down, the Houthis have resumed regularly firing projectiles towards Israel.
