The Israeli military said on Saturday it had attacked Houthi military facilities in Yemen in an act of “self-defence”.
“A while ago, [Israel Defense Forces (IDF)] “Jet planes struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime near Yemen’s port of Hodeidah in retaliation for hundreds of attacks carried out against the State of Israel in recent months,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Afternoon Post.
Subsequent postings by IDF Featured Video “In recent months, the Houthi terrorist organization, Iran’s terrorist proxy in Yemen, has carried out more than 200 airstrikes against Israeli civilians and infrastructure,” Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement.
“Friday morning, like this [unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ] “During the attack, the Houthis launched an Iranian explosive drone from Yemen into Israeli territory,” Haghari said in the video.
Hagari added that the drone struck an apartment building in Tel Aviv near the US embassy branch, killing one Israeli.
“Houthi attacks are acts of aggression, violations of international law and a threat to international peace and security,” Hagari continued. “Today, Israel stepped up its actions in self-defense against these attacks. The Israeli Air Force conducted precision airstrikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen.”
The Associated Press reported that the Yemeni city of Sanaa’s health ministry said the attack initially wounded 80 people. Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said in a post on X that the “blatant Israeli attack” targeted a fuel storage facility and a power plant.
Yemen-based health officials also said several people were killed in the attack.
