Intense Israeli airstrikes target Yemen in response to rocket attack
May 6, 2025, 11:48 am

Intense Israeli airstrikes target Yemen in response to rocket attack

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Last evening, Monday, Israeli aircraft launched a series of intense airstrikes on sites in Yemen, targeting the port of Hodeidah and a cement factory in the Bajil district, in an operation dubbed “Port City.”

According to Israeli sources, roughly 30 Israeli aircraft participated in eight attack waves, during which 48 targets were struck using more than 10 bombs. The operation was conducted in coordination with the United States, without direct American involvement in the raids. The sources clarified that the strikes targeted Houthi infrastructure, especially the port, which Israel accuses of being used to transfer Iranian weapons.

These strikes came in response to a ballistic missile attack carried out by the Houthis on Sunday, May 4, 2025, when a hypersonic missile hit the vicinity of Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, surpassing Israeli and American missile defense systems. The attack injured eight people and created a crater 25 meters deep.

The Houthis condemned the airstrikes, describing them as "Zionist-American aggression" against civilian facilities and vowed to continue their military operations in support of the Gaza cause.

Citing a high-ranking American official to Axios, it was confirmed that the Israeli airstrikes on Yemen were carried out after prior coordination with Washington, and that Israel informed the U.S. before executing the attacks. An Israeli official also confirmed that the operations were in response to the Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport.

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