Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched a violent wave of strikes against Yemen on September 29, mainly hitting targets in the Red Sea port city of al-Hodeida which is held by the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansar Allah)
According to the military, dozens of Israeli Air Force aircraft, including fighter jets, refuelers and spy planes, participated in the strikes some 1,800 kilometers from Israel.
The strikes targeted sites used by the Houthi regime for military purposes al-Hodeida and the nearby Ras Isa port in western Yemen, the IDF said in a statement.
“The IDF attacked power plants and a port, which are used to import oil. Through the targeted infrastructure and ports, the Houthi regime transfers Iranian weapons to the region, and supplies for military purposes, including oil,” it added.
The IDF noted that the strikes were carried out in response to the Houthis recent ballistic missile attacks on Israel, including three this month.
Yemen’s Al-Masirah TV confirmed that the ports of al-Hodeida and Ras Isa were both hit along with the al-Hali and al-Kathib power plants. The violent Israeli strikes sparked large fires, according to the Houthi-run news channel, which didn’t clarify if there were any casualties.
Citing unnamed Israeli officials, the Axios news site reported that the IDF launched the strikes against Yemen in coordination with the United States Central Command.
Following the attack, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, said on the X social network: “The message is clear, for us, no place is too far.”
Mohamad Abdulsalam, a spokesman for the Houthis, said that the strikes were an attempt to “break” the Yemeni decision to support the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip.
“The U.S.-backed Zionist aggression is condemned, denounced and rejected and cannot affect the will of the Yemeni people,” the spokesman said on X. “The Israeli aggression on Yemen reinforces the principled Yemeni role towards Palestine and Gaza.”
Since November, the Houthis have attacked dozens of vessels affiliated with Israel or owned by the U.S. and the United Kingdom in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea in response to the Israeli war on Gaza.
The group also launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel and shot down at least nine American-made combat drones over Yemen and nearby waters.
The U.S. and the UK have carried out hundreds of strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen since January. Israel also launched an attack against the Red Sea port of al-Hodeidah last July after a deadly Houthi drone strike on the city of Tel Aviv.
The strikes on Yemen have so far claimed the lives of more than 50 people, including civilians, and left over 200 others wounded. Nevertheless, they failed to deter the Houthis or degrade their military capabilities.
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i doubt it was israel’s jets. they were us jets.
it was. and they kylled a lot of them hootie dogs.
i call it the open season. shooting of pigeons. 1. gaza, 2. lebanon, now iran. i’m curious to see how the putin-lavrov pair of clowns will deal with it. i am expecting a fiery speech in the un security council and that is all. after 14 days, the war against iran will end. israel will expand, as in all wars where the russians “helped” the arabs. oh, don’t forget syria, another crown jewel in putin’s collection of disasters. greetings to the omar fields occupied by putin’s “partners”.
i can imagine that president putin & co not being completely unhappy, about the fact, that the extremist branch of the most peaceful religion on earth is getting wiped out clean.
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wait for the longrange anti ship missiles. it’ll be a good laugh watching a carrier sink
i forget…
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doesn’t matter they will burn all the same 🕌☄=💥⚰⚰👍. harden your heart israel smite the cave dwelling pedophiles pygmies.
why are americans who identify as jews so consistently at the centre of pedophile scandals?
and why do they constantly accuse others of their own crimes? as casually as one who farts and accuses others.
read my post for g@y clyde…
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you mushloms marry 9 year old boys and girls, but the americans are child f0ckers?
accusing the other side of your own crimes again, right?
you learned from hitler, can’t really blame you for awating your demise in the sewer…
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well with muslims its no scandal its normal but besides that it seems that muslims and jews are two sides of the same coin.
same as the royals. all that inbreeding i guess
a lot of bloated blah blah from a fat sewer rat.
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the smartest group of muslims at the moment: houthis emptied fuel storage facilities in hodeidah, ras issa before attack
there is plenty on fire in the hootie rear.
believe that…
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yes, very smart inviting rockets into your country and getting your own people decimated.
keep it up hooties!
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70 pct or more are wasted efforts by the thieving jews. no one needs the jews. and whatever fortunes they have stolen during hundred of years should be used to de-debt the world. the jews won’t need it since will be 6 feet below!
you have forgotten to curse the jews.
you must curse the jews.
otherwise you will not explode like a diseased rat in a sewer …
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they don’t need fuel, they are so poor they can’t even afford a bike let alone a car/tank.
the kyllings of the radical hootie babies has jut begun.
this will be a great new accomplishment for israel. and the whole region.
keep up the good work idf. you are doing a marvellous job.
god speed your rockets!
excellent hurray for israel ! 🎉🎆 , and horror for terrormuzlies 🧨💣. peace will be achieved by 🇮🇱
these zionists fuckers are going all out… iran is still yet to retaliate, be patient u.s lgbt zio military bois, concussions are coming soon.
i see lots of dead arab babies in your future.
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screw you and the stars and stripes!
i see dead hooties!
and who refueled the scums planes. disunited states of a most likely which proves that the yanks are as bad as the jews! give hezbollah and the iraqi resistence and syria some worthwhile anti-aircraft missiles so the thieving jews can’tmaintain its air-dominance. russia is the answer, with the best missile tevhnology in the world! the jews iron dome is outmoded and can’t handle hypersonic missiles. thus aim for the fat little nazi runt.
dream on, russia and israel are allies 🇷🇺🤝🇮🇱
iran should just block the hormuz zone and sink the jew dominated world economy. they or the houthis might take out saudis loading port in the red sea. will be fun to sea crude exceed say 250 bucks per barrel. good for russia. and as an aside devastate the jews till they are all gone – no one will miss them.
you seem to have some kind of anger issues
g@y boi…
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nobody is giving you anything any more.
stop your selensky talk and your begging.
it is not becoming you.
instead i suggest you take your place in the sewer with your loved ones.
you’re next, g@y boi!
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lol us and israel bvtthvrt
your butt hurt’s coming from the ayatallah dyck in your @nus.
s0ck it up! (no pun!)
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so the huthis entered a war they had nothing to do with cause of iran and iran now watches all his allies beeing destroyed by isreal not even the usa. isreal on its own is killing all iranian allies with ease. whatever the iranian plan was it backfired spectacular and might bring many more arabs under jewish rule.
oh please, the yanks are in it to the eyeballs.. like the snea,y little cowards they are