The Israeli army said that several dozen of its planes, including fighter jets, attacked power plants and a seaport in Ras Isa and Al Hodeidah controlled by the Shiite Houthi movement on Sunday in retaliation for attacks on Israel.
“Over the past year, the Houthis have operated under Iran's direction and financial support, and in cooperation with Iraqi militias, to attack the state of Israel, undermine regional stability and disrupt global freedom of navigation,” the army said.
Israeli attacks caused power outages in most of the port city of Hodeidah, residents said, quoted by Reuters.
The Houthis repeatedly fired rockets and drones in the direction Israelwhich they claim is an expression of solidarity with the Palestinians fighting against Israel in the Gaza Strip in the war that began with the Hamas attack on October 7 last year.
On Saturday, Yemeni militants said they fired a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv while Israel's prime minister was there. Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel intercepted the rocket.
Over the last several dozen years, it has been established in the region – with the support Iran – an alliance called the axis of resistance, which includes: the Houthis, the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon and various Shiite armed groups in Iraq and Syria.
Long-time Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on Friday.
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