Israel’s military says it has carried out new airstrikes in Yemen against what it said were Houthi rebel targets. Its statement Friday said fighter jets struck “on the western coast and inland Yemen,” a day after the Houthis launched three drones at Israel.
Israeli warplanes bombed a power station and two ports in Houthi-controlled Yemen on Friday in further retaliation for Houthi drone and missile strikes against Israel, and pro-Houthi media said at least three people were injured.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Airstrikes targeted the Hezyaz power station in Sanaa, Al Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by the Houthis who control northern Yemen including the capital reported on Friday.
Airstrikes were carried out a short while ago in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, according to the Al-Masirah TV station, which is owned by the Houthi regime. No further details are immediately available. Earlier,
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Houthi-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh airstrikes. Sirens sounded in areas of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea on Saturday as "a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted ... prior to crossing into Israeli territory," the Israeli military said.
Yemeni Armed Forces targeted Israeli sites, including the Ben Gurion airport, and a US carrier as Sanaa endured US-British airstrikes.
The latest round of strikes occurred as the United States and its ally Israel struggle to halt a campaign of regional assaults by Yemen’s Houthi militants.
Analysis: Yemen is an escalating frontline in Israel's proxy war with Iran, but Tel Aviv may struggle to achieve a military triumph against the Houthis.
Airstrikes targeted the Hezyaz power station in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, on Friday, according to Al Masirah TV, the main news outlet operated by the Houthi authorities controlling northern Yemen. The report states that 12 strikes were carried out by the US and British forces in the Harf Sufyan District.
The day before, a fresh air strike hit Sanaa, which Huthi rebels blamed on "US-British aggression" though it remains unclear who was behind it. There was no comment from Israel, the United ...
The IDF confirms it launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen a short while ago, in response to the Iran-backed group’s repeated ballistic missile and drone attacks on Israel. The Israeli Air Force strikes targeted the Hezyaz power plant near the capital Sanaa and infrastructure at the Hodeidah and Ras Isa ports on the western coast of Yemen,
An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea and threatened a massive oil spill has been “successfully” salvaged, a security firm said Friday.