Dramatic video shows devastating Israeli air strikes on ‘military targets’ in Houthi-controlled Yemen in retaliation to constant rebel attacks in the Red Sea
Dramatic video has emerged tonight showing a fearsome blaze trailing the landscape of western Yemen in the wake of devastating Israeli airstrikes on ‘military targets’, including fuel and power stations.
The strikes are understood to be in retaliation for continued Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and comes just 24 hours after one person was killed by a drone exploding close to the US embassy in Tel Aviv.
On a social media post appearing on X, formerly known as Twitter at 5.21pm on Saturday, The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it had carried out the strike in the western port city of Al Hudaydah, a Houthi stronghold.
The post said: ‘A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the area of the Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the State of Israel in recent months.’
Dramatic video has emerged tonight showing a fearsome blaze trailing the landscape of western Yemen in the wake of devastating Israeli airstrikes on ‘military targets’
The strikes are understood to be in retaliation for continued Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea
The strike s took place in the western port city of Al Hudaydah, a Houthi stronghold, while the targets are understood to be fuel and power stations
Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam reacted to the strikes and said on X that Yemen had been subjected to a ‘blatant Israeli aggression’
Abdulsalam said the attacks aim ‘to increase the suffering of the people and to pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza’
Houthi spokesperson Abdulsalam said Saturday night’s attacks will only make the people of Yemen and its armed forces more determined to support Gaza
Israel’s foreign affairs minister said Iran was behind the Houthi actions and called it the ‘head of the snake’ which had to be ‘stopped’
The minister then called on the international community to take punitive action against Iran, which it has accused of financially supporting the Houthis in their ‘severely damaging’ attacks of Red Sea shipping.
He said: ‘We will strike anyone who strikes us. Iran supports, trains, and finances the Houthi terror organization as part of its regional network of terror organizations aimed at attacking Israel.
‘This is the time for the international community to maximize sanctions on Iran – under its direction, the Houthis are severely damaging Freedom of the seas and trade routes.
‘Iran is the head of the snake – it must be stopped now.’
Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam reacted to the strikes and said on X that Yemen had been subjected to a ‘blatant Israeli aggression’ that targeted fuel storage facilities and the province’s power station.
He said the attacks aim ‘to increase the suffering of the people and to pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza
Abdulsalam said the attacks will only make the people of Yemen and its armed forces more determined to support Gaza.
