Jerusalem:
The Israeli army said on Sunday it attacked several Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, including power stations and a seaport, using dozens of aircraft.
The attacks came a day after the Iran-backed rebel group said it had attacked Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport with a missile.
“During a large-scale air operation today, dozens of air force aircraft, including fighter jets, tankers and reconnaissance aircraft, attacked targets for military use of the Houthi terrorist regime in the Ras Issa and Hodeida areas of Yemen,” a military spokesman said. Captain David Avraham said in a statement to AFP.
“The IDF (military) targeted power plants and a seaport used for oil imports,” a military statement said.
In July, Israel also hit the port of Hodeida, causing at least $20 million in damage, according to a port official, after a Houthi drone strike penetrated Israeli air defenses and killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.
The sites targeted Sunday were used by the Houthis, who seized the Yemeni capital Sanaa in 2014, to “transfer Iranian weaponry to the region and supplies for military needs,” the statement said.
“The attack was carried out in response to recent attacks by the Huthi regime on the State of Israel,” it added, after the rebels said they tried to hit Ben Gurion as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from New York.
The Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah station reported on Sunday that Israeli attacks targeted “the ports of Hodeidah and Ras Issa,” as well as two power stations, after earlier announcing “Israeli aggression on Hodeida.”
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