The Israeli military said Saturday that it struck Houthi military targets in Yemen as an act of “self-defense.”
“Some time ago, [Israel Defense Forces (IDF)] fighter jets struck military targets of the terrorist Houthi regime in the Al Hudaydah port area of Yemen in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the State of Israel in recent months,” the IDF said in its statement. afternoon post.
A later IDF post presented a video from Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari, in which he said that in recent “months, the Houthi terrorist group, Iran’s terrorist proxy in Yemen, has launched more than 200 airstrikes against Israeli civilians and infrastructure.”
“On Friday morning, in one of these [unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ] attacks, the Houthis fired an Iranian explosive UAV from Yemen into Israeli territory,” Hagari said in the video.
Hagari added that the UAV struck an apartment building in Tel Aviv, near the US Embassy branch, resulting in the death of an Israeli.
“The Houthis’ attacks are acts of aggression, a violation of international law and a threat to international peace and security,” Hagari continued. “Today, Israel intensified its actions in self-defense against these attacks. The Israeli Air Force conducted precision strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen.”
The Associated Press reported that the Ministry of Health in the Yemeni city of Sanaa said that due to the attacks, an initial number of 80 people were injured. A spokesman for the Houthis, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said in a post on X that the “blatant Israeli aggression” targeted facilities storing fuel and a power plant.
Some Yemen-based health officials also said the attacks had caused the deaths of several people.
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