Israel launched major airstrikes in Yemen on Monday that targeted the Red Sea port of Hodeidah and a concrete factory near a city in the same province, strikes that came a day after a Houthi missile struck Israel’s Ben Gurion airport.
The Israeli military said that about 20 of its warplanes took part in the attack and dropped about 50 munitions on the port and the concrete factory. The strikes were launched in coordination with the US.
It’s unclear if US warplanes directly took part in the Israeli attack, but the US did launch other airstrikes in Yemen on Monday. According to Yemen’s SABA news agency, a total of 18 US airstrikes targeted the Yemeni capital of Sanaa and the Al Jawf province.
SABA also reported that at least 21 people were injured by the attack on the Bajil cement factory, which it described as a preliminary toll. The Israeli military took credit for bombing the factory, claiming it “serves as an important economic resource for the Houthi terror regime and is used for building tunnels and military infrastructure.”
Israel launched several rounds of airstrikes against Yemen last year, but this attack marks the first time the Israeli military bombed the country under the new Trump administration. Before the missile strike on Ben Gurion Airport, the Trump administration had asked Israel not to respond to the Houthis’ attacks and said that US forces would handle the retaliation.
The Trump administration launched its bombing campaign in Yemen on March 15 after the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, announced they would re-impose a blockade on Israeli shipping in response to Israel violating the Gaza ceasefire deal by imposing a total blockade on the Palestinian territory.
After Israel completely broke the ceasefire deal and resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, Yemeni forces began launching missiles and drones at Israel again despite the US bombing campaign. The US has launched over 1,000 airstrikes on Yemen since March 15, killing over 200 civilians, but the Houthis remain undeterred.
After the missile strike hit the Ben Gurion airport, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced Yemen would impose an air blockade on Israel by “repeatedly” attacking its airports.
The Houthis, who are known for their resilience, have vowed they will not stop their attacks on Israel or end the blockade on Israeli shipping unless there’s a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli siege. They have offered to stop attacking US warships if the US stops bombing Yemen, but the Trump administration has shown no interest in the offer.
Netanyahu said Israel would respond to the Houthis and Iran, which he claimed was involved in the attack, an accusation Iran has denied.
The Houthis' Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center issued a warning to the International Air Transport Association about targeting Israeli airports, saying Ben Gurion Airport would be the top target. Houthi forces called upon all international airlines to "take this announcement into serious consideration … and to cancel all their flights to the airports of the criminal Israeli enemy, in order to safeguard the safety of their aircraft and passengers."
The Houthis have vowed to continue attacking Israel since it ended the ceasefire agreement, and accuse it of using starvation as a weapon of war. Israeli troops have been carving out wide buffer zones in Gaza, squeezing the 2.3 million population into an ever narrower zone and shutting off the entry of aid trucks.
The Israeli military has laid waste to much of the enclave and so far killed more than 52,500 people, according to the Gaza health ministry.
Imagine a world in which the honor and courage of the Houthis prevailed.
Go Houthis ! Starve the Zionists. Nothing goes in or out Tel Aviv, air nor sea.
Think before you post— The Houthis have done a pretty good job of killing and starving their own people, as the Yemen civil war has resulted in widespread displacement, with an estimated 4.5 million people internally displaced and over 18 million in need of humanitarian assistance. The conflict has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation, leading to food insecurity, malnutrition, and a high risk of famine. –UNHCR, and UNICEF
Now that’s funny
If the sun fails to rise in the morning, he would blame it on Iran. He already has a cartoon prop ready for it too.
It’s a war on Hamas
Hamas = gazans
Fiction writing and theater is Istarl’s real strength. A cement factoty is supposed to be the source of all problems -/ and in a country where you do not need concrete to house safely any mlitary infrastructure. The wallnof mountains rising above Red Sea and sbove the city of Hodeidah. Those rick formations are for the most part granite. Tiny valleys and step agricukture is the picture you walk away with when driving through Yemen. The only road scaling these mountains frim Hodeidah up to the plateau of Sana’a has been built by Chunese in early seventies. By now must be quite damaged. But notorioys donkeys and camels make it everywhere.
There is nothing bimbing can do unless some intellugence is available to identigfy sites actoss these mountain massifs . Satelite and aerial observation will not likely identify them. There is no need for ban nkers there.
It is not out of question that they have allies in unlikely places. They may not be all natural allies but many of them are united in opposition to Israel. This complicates immensely the search for mikitary solution to Yemeni problem.
Bianca, in case you care, your spelling is not getting any better. But it's okay and keep posting. Because I don't care about typos either. I just wanted to say, hi.
Makes it a hard read sometimes.
That’s why the IDF destroyed:
1. Sanaa Airport destroyed
2. 2 Cement Factories destroyed
3. Power Plant destroyed
The Houthis can run but they can’t hide forever … eh?
https://x.com/jason_paladino/status/1919155354144752052
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
Signal should sue TeleMessage…!
I’m pretty sure that is antisemitic, net.
It’ll be copyright law infringement…! If it doesn’t happen it means Signal is Zionist…!
Traveling ban…! TB now has to take a ferry to Tel Aviv…!
Every Israeli attack is on civilian infrastructure. Their motto, 'when you cannot beat an army, attack their civilians'
What army? lol
These are terrorists hiding among civilians and underground and in caves … lol
Flatten what’s available is the motto …
The Israelis are the real terrorists.
Now that’s funny