By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
JERUSALEM (Worthy News) – Israel confirmed Sunday it had struck the Houthis-run Hodeidah Port in Yemen after the Iran-backed group claimed responsibility for a deadly drone strike on Tel Aviv, Israel’s second-largest city.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it took “two hours and 50 minutes” for IDF F-15s, F-35s, and other fighter jets to reach their targets in Yemen’s Hodeidah Port.
They carried out ten airstrikes against the Houthis that the Houthi-run government in the capital, Sanaa, said killed and injured scores of people.
Houthi-Spokesman Yahya Saree claimed the Israeli raids struck the port, a power station, and a fuel tank.
Soon after, Saree added that the Houthis launched “several missiles” against targets in the southern Israeli port city of Eilat.
The IDF stressed that “air defense sirens were sounding in the area of Eilat.”
MISSILE FIRE
Another missile did not cross into Israeli territory, but “warnings of rocket and missile fire” were issued out of concern over shrapnel that could fall on residents, the IDF said Sunday.
The missile approached Israel from the Red Sea in an apparent Houthi retaliation for Israel’s military actions.
Although it was not immediately clear who launched the missile, a Houthi military spokesman had promised retaliation for Israel’s airstrikes Saturday on Hodeida,
This weekend’s standoff added to concerns by Sea and other diplomats that Israel may face massive warfare.
The Israeli strikes marked the first on Yemeni soil since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, Worthy News learned.
Observers raid the clashes threatened to open a new front in the region as Israel battles Iranian nuclear and general military ambitions and groups liked to Iran.
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