The Israeli strikes killed at least four people and wounded 29, the Houthi-run Health Ministry said in a statement, and residents said the bombing had caused power outages in most parts of the port city of Hodeidah.
Israel's military said in a statement that dozens of aircraft, including fighter jets, had attacked power plants and a sea port in Hodeidah and the port of Ras Issa.
It was the second such Israeli attack on Yemen this year.
⭕️BREAKING: The IAF struck military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime in Yemen in response to their recent attacks against Israel. — Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) The targets included power plants and a seaport, which were used by the Houthis to transfer Iranian weapons to the region, in… pic.twitter.com/QaWSD3uMEJSeptember 29, 2024
In July, Israeli warplanes struck Houthi military targets near Hodeidah after a Yemeni drone hit Tel Aviv and killed one man.
"Over the past year, the Houthis have been operating under the direction and funding of Iran, and in co-operation with Iraqi militias in order to attack the State of Israel, undermine regional stability, and disrupt global freedom of navigation," the military statement said.
Yemen's Houthi militants have repeatedly fired missiles and drones at Israel in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians, since the Gaza war began with a Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.
In their latest attack, the Houthis said they had launched a ballistic missile on Saturday towards the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, which Israel said it had intercepted.
Israel intercepted another Houthi missile on Friday.
In a post on X, Mohammed Abdulsalam, a spokesman for the Houthis, said Sunday's Israeli strikes would not cause the group to "abandon Gaza and Lebanon".
The Houthis had taken precautionary measures ahead of the strikes, emptying oil storages in the ports, another Houthi spokesman, Nasruddin Ammer, said.
Iran condemned the Israeli strikes, saying they had targeted civilian infrastructure, and President Masoud Pezeshkian said Israel should not be allowed to attack countries in the Iran-aligned "Axis of Resistance" one after the other.
The Houthi movement earlier mourned Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah following his death in an Israeli air strike in Beirut.
with AP
