Israel bombs ports, power plant in Yemen as Houthis fire more missiles

Israeli subject attacks ports of Hodeidah, Ras-Isa and as-Salif arsenic Houthis proceed to motorboat missiles towards Israel.

Israel’s subject has bombed 3 ports and a powerfulness works successful Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, prompting the rebel radical to occurrence much missiles towards Israeli territory.

The Israeli subject said connected Sunday that it struck the ports of Hodeidah, Ras-Isa and as-Salif connected the Red Sea seashore arsenic good arsenic the Ras Kathib powerfulness plant.

It said it besides struck a radar strategy connected the Galaxy Leader, which was seized by the Houthis and remains docked successful the larboard of Hodeidah.

(Al Jazeera)

There were nary contiguous reports of casualties.

The Israeli attacks precocious connected Sunday were the archetypal connected Yemen successful astir a period and came aft the subject claimed that it intercepted a rocket fired by the Houthis successful the aboriginal hours of the day.

Hours aft the Israeli strikes, 2 missiles were launched from Yemen towards Israel, the Israeli service said, with Yemen subject spokesperson Yehyaa Saree claiming work for the attacks.

Attempts were made to intercept them by the Israeli military, though the results were inactive nether review.

Israel’s exigency work said determination person been nary reports of injuries oregon interaction from the projectiles.

The Houthis accidental their attacks connected Israel are successful solidarity with Palestinians successful Gaza who are nether Israeli attack. The radical has fired hundreds of missiles astatine Israel and launched much than 100 attacks connected commercialized vessels successful the captious Red Sea corridor, since Israel’s war connected Gaza began successful 2023.

The Houthis paused their attacks aft a ceasefire betwixt Hamas and Israel successful January, but resumed them aft the United States launched attacks connected Yemen connected March 15, killing nearly 300 radical successful the weeks that followed.

Houthis downplay attacks

The latest escalation comes astatine a delicate infinitesimal successful the Middle East arsenic a possible ceasefire successful Israel’s warfare connected Gaza hangs successful the balance, and arsenic Tehran weighs whether to restart negotiations implicit its atomic programme pursuing United States aerial strikes that damaged Iran’s astir delicate atomic sites.

In Yemen connected Sunday night, the Houthi-affiliated quality outlet Al Masirah TV reported that strikes deed the larboard metropolis of Hodeidah, portion the Saba quality bureau confirmed the attacks connected the 3 ports arsenic good arsenic the powerfulness station.

A spokesperson for the Houthis, Ameen Hayyan Yemeni, meanwhile, said the group’s aerial defences forced “a ample portion” of Israel’s warplanes to retreat.

Locally manufactured surface-to-air missiles were utilized to respond, “causing large disorder among force pilots and operations rooms”, helium wrote successful a connection connected X.

Al Jazeera’s Nabil Alyousefi, reporting from the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, said the Houthis were downplaying the interaction of the strikes connected Hodeidah.

“The Houthis accidental their aerial defences – utilizing locally made surface-to-air missiles – were effectual successful responding to the Israeli assault, with sources indicating astir 30 minutes of clashes betwixt Houthi aerial defenses and Israeli forces,” Alyousefi said.

“The Houthis person not reported immoderate worldly oregon quality losses truthful far, reassuring that their equipped forces repelled each Israeli aggression. They emphasized their readiness to face immoderate aboriginal Israeli attacks and stated they are prepared to people Israeli territory successful response,” helium added.

The hostilities besides took spot aft a grenade and drone attack connected a Red Sea cargo vessel acceptable the vas connected occurrence and forced its unit to wantonness it.

No radical has claimed the attack, but the United Kingdom maritime bureau said it matched the “established Houthi people profile“.

Separately, Israeli forces besides bombed Lebanon, claiming attacks connected respective Hezbollah targets successful the country’s southbound arsenic good arsenic the eastbound Bekaa region.

In a statement, the subject said the strikes were directed astatine infrastructure utilized for “storing and producing strategical weapons” and a “rocket motorboat site”.

Since a November 27 ceasefire formally ended much than a twelvemonth of hostilities with Hezbollah, Israel has continued sporadic strikes connected Lebanon. It says the group’s activities tally antagonistic to the agreement, but does not supply grounds to backmost its claims.

In summation to its ongoing warfare connected the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces person launched attacks connected the occupied West Bank, Syria and Iran implicit the past year.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies