Israel struck the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s capital and ports – Milli
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Thursday that Israeli airstrikes targeted the rebel-held capital Sana’a and the port city of Hodeida after the Houthis set off sirens in Israel for several days.
He said that he attacked the infrastructure used by the Israeli army The Houthis Along with power plants at Sana’a International Airport and the ports of Hodeidah, Al Salif and Ras Qantib. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his speech on Wednesday that “the Houthis will learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime and others have learned.”
The Iran-backed Houthi media outlet reported the strikes in a Telegram post, but did not immediately provide details. The US military has also targeted the Houthis in Yemen in recent days. The United Nations has noted that ports are important access routes for humanitarian aid.
Over the weekend, 16 people were injured as a result of a rocket fired by the Houthis at a children’s playground in Tel Aviv. Last week, Israeli jets struck the towns of Sana’a and Hodeidah, killing nine people in what it called retaliation for earlier attacks by the Houthis. The Houthis are also targeting shipping in the Red Sea corridor, calling it solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
Meanwhile, five Palestinian journalists were killed as a result of an Israeli air strike in front of a hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health of the territory said. The Israeli military said that all of them were militants posing as reporters.
The strike hit a car in front of al-Awda hospital in the Nuseyrat refugee camp in central Gaza. The journalists worked for the local TV channel “Al-Quds Today” affiliated with the “Islamic Jihad” armed group.
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Islamic Jihad is a smaller and more extreme ally of Hamas and was involved in an attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023 that ignited the conflict. The Israeli military identified four of the men as militant propagandists and said intelligence, including a list of Islamic Jihad operatives found by soldiers in Gaza, confirmed that all five were affiliated with the group.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian armed groups conduct political, media, and charitable operations in addition to their armed wings.
Associated Press footage shows the burned shell of the van with press marks visible on the rear doors. Sobbing young people attended the funeral in front of the hospital. The bodies were wrapped in shrouds and covered with blue printed vests.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that more than 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the conflict began. Israel has not allowed foreign journalists to enter Gaza except for military deployments.
Israel has banned the pan-Arab Al Jazeera network and accused six of its Gaza correspondents of being militants. The Qatar-based broadcaster denies the allegations and accuses Israel of trying to cover the conflict, which focuses mainly on civilian casualties from Israeli military operations.
Separately, the Israeli military said a 35-year-old reservist was killed during fighting in central Gaza on Thursday morning. A total of 389 soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ground operation began more than a year ago.
The conflict began when Hamas-led militants crossed the border, attacking nearby army bases and farming communities. They killed about 1200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped about 250 people. About 100 hostages are still in Gaza, at least a third are believed to be dead.
According to the Ministry of Health, more than 45,000 Palestinians were killed as a result of the Israeli air and ground attack. More than half of the dead are said to be women and children, but it is not known how many of the dead were combatants. Israel claims to have killed more than 17,000 militants without providing evidence.
The attack caused widespread destruction and displaced nearly 90% of the population of 2.3 million. Hundreds of thousands of people huddled in squalid tent camps along the coast with little protection from the cold, wet winter.
Also on Thursday, people held a mourning ceremony for 8 Palestinians who were killed by Israeli military operations in and around the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Israeli military said they opened fire after militants attacked soldiers and were aware of civilians injured in the raid.
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