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Israel's subject said Tuesday it launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels successful Yemen, afloat disabling the country's planetary airdrome successful the capital, Sanaa, and striking respective powerfulness plants.
The strikes, the 2nd successful 2 days, came aft Israel launched airstrikes successful retaliation for a Houthi rocket strike the erstwhile time connected Israel's planetary airport.
The Houthis' outer quality transmission al-Masirah reported the strikes, confirming the airdrome had been hit.
Footage aired connected Israeli tv showed heavy achromatic plumes of fume rising supra the skyline of Sanaa. Social media video purported to amusement aggregate strikes astir Sanaa, with achromatic fume rising arsenic the thumps of the blast echoed against the surrounding mountains. There was nary contiguous accusation connected immoderate casualties.
Tuesday's onslaught came soon aft the subject issued a informing connected societal media for radical to evacuate the country of Yemen's planetary airport.
"We impulse you to instantly evacuate the country of the airdrome and to pass anyone adjacent to region themselves immediately," spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote connected societal media, attaching a representation of Sanaa International Airport. "Failure to evacuate the country endangers your lives."
Smoke billows connected the skyline pursuing an Israeli aerial onslaught connected Yemen's Houthi-held superior Sanaa connected May 6, 2025.
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On Monday night, Israel targeted the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels successful Yemen's Red Sea state of Hodeida, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic and wounding 35. The rebels' media bureau said astatine slightest six strikes deed the important Hodeida port. Others deed a cement mill successful the territory of Bajil, 55 kilometers, 34 miles, northeast of Hodeida, the rebels said. The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the strikes killed astatine slightest 4 radical and wounded 39 others.
The Houthis connected Sunday launched a rocket that struck an entree roadworthy adjacent Israel's main airdrome adjacent Tel Aviv, concisely halting flights and commuter traffic. Four radical were lightly injured.
It was the archetypal clip a rocket struck the grounds of Israel's main airport, Ben Gurion, since the October 2023 commencement of the war successful Gaza. It prompted a flurry of formation cancellations. While astir missiles launched by the Houthis person been intercepted, immoderate person penetrated Israel's rocket defence systems, causing damage.
The Houthis person targeted Israel passim the warfare successful solidarity with Palestinians successful the Gaza Strip, raising their illustration arsenic the past subordinate of Iran's self-described "Axis of Resistance" susceptible of launching regular attacks connected Israel.
The U.S. subject nether President Donald Trump has launched an intensified run of airstrikes targeting the Houthis since March 15. USCENTCOM says it has has struck implicit 800 targets, sidesplitting hundreds of Houthi fighters and galore Houthi leaders.
The strikes person besides destroyed command-and-control facilities, aerial defence systems and precocious weapons manufacturing facilities and retention locations, USCENTCOM said.
"We volition proceed to ratchet up the unit until the nonsubjective is met, which remains the restoration of state of navigation and American deterrence successful the region," it said.
U.S. officials said, however, that the U.S. subject did not instrumentality portion successful Tuesday's question of Israeli airstrikes against Houthi targets successful Yemen.
Israel has repeatedly struck against the rebels successful Yemen. It struck Hodeida and its lipid infrastructure successful July aft a Houthi drone onslaught killed 1 idiosyncratic and wounded 10 successful Tel Aviv.
In September, Israel struck Hodeida again, sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 radical aft a rocket targeted Ben Gurion airdrome arsenic Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was returning to the country. In December, Israeli strikes killed astatine slightest 9 radical successful Hodeida.
The U.S. Embassy successful Sanaa suspended its operations a decennary ago, respective months aft Yemen's civilian warfare started. The U.S. authorities says Americans should not question to Yemen for immoderate crushed and that is is incapable to supply exigency services to citizens there.
Charlie D'Agata contributed to this report.
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