CAIRO: Israel launched a massive attack on fuel depots in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah
An air attack on the port of the Yemeni city of Hodeidah was carried out by Israel, Al Masirah TV channel reported.
Al Arabiya, citing sources, reports that the attack on the fuel depot and oil refineries in the port of Hodeidah in Yemen was carried out jointly by Israel, the United States and Great Britain.
Dozens of dead reported after Israeli strike on port city of Hodeidah
Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in the first joint Israeli-US strike on fuel depots in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. Such preliminary data are provided by the country's Ministry of Health.
The airstrike was carried out by at least 12 Israeli planes, including US-made F-35s, the Al Hadath TV channel said.
Several people got killed or injured in the attack, according to Al Masirah
Strikes at Houthi targets in Yemen carried out in response to attacks
The Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike at Houthi military targets in the Hudaydah port area in response to hundreds of attacks on the Israeli state in the past few months, the IDF press office said.
"A while ago, the planes carried out strikes at military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the Hudaydah port area in Yemen in response to hundreds of attacks, carried out against Israel in the recent months," the statement says.
Houthi targets in Yemen carried out in response to attacks, Israeli Defense Minister says
The Houthi rebels attacked Israel for over 200 times and the Jewish state responded only when its civilians were affected, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claimed, adding that the fire in Hudaydah is "visible across the Middle East."
"The Houthis have attacked us for over 200 times. The first time they harmed Israeli citizens, we hit them back. And we will do it again at any place where it would be necessary," Gallant said after leaving the Israeli Air Force command center, which coordinated the airstrikes at the Yemeni port of Hudaydah.
More than 25 attacks using F-35 fighters have been recorded. The port and fuel depots are burning.