Israeli warplanes have carried out a new round of airstrikes against Yemen’s strategic western province of Hudaydah, following the regime’s threats to bomb three ports in the Arab nation to retaliate drone and missile strikes by Yemeni Armed Forces against the occupying entity.
The pan-Arab al-Mayadeen television news channel reported that Israeli fighter jets attacked a number of sites in the port of Hudaydah on Tuesday morning, without providing further details about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.
The aerial raids came hours after the Israeli military had issued an “urgent” evacuation warning for three ports on Yemen’s western coast.
The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, colonel Avichay Adraee said in a post on his social media page X that aerial raids would target the ports of Ras Isa, Hudaydah, and Salif.
Air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport was temporarily halted on Monday evening after the Israeli army announced the interception of a missile launched from Yemen.
The Israeli Channel 12 reported that operations at the airport, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) to the southeast of Tel Aviv, were suspended due to the missile launch from Yemen.
The Yemeni military claimed responsibility on Thursday night for a “hypersonic ballistic missile attack” against Ben Gurion Airport.
“The operation came in response to the (Israeli) crime of starvation and thirst in Gaza and the enemy’s aggression against the southern suburbs of Beirut,” the Yemeni military spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a statement aired by al-Masirah television channel.
“We will stand with Gaza until the aggression and blockade against Gaza stop,” he added.
The Israeli military earlier said in a statement that air raid warning sirens were heard across dozens of cities and communities, including al-Quds, several settlements in the occupied West Bank, and the area near Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv, sending settlers to shelters and safe rooms.
The army also claimed that its anti-air missile systems intercepted a missile fired from Yemen.
The Yemeni Armed Forces have made it clear that they will not halt their retaliatory operations until Israel ceases its ground and aerial offensives in Gaza.
The devastating Israeli war has resulted in the deaths of at least 54,927 Palestinians so far, the majority of whom are women and children.
