Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen
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00:00The Israeli military said dozens of its aircraft struck Houthi targets in Yemen, including
00:08hitting power plants and seaport facilities in the city of Hodeidah.
00:13Emergency workers tackled a huge blaze there.
00:17Several people were reported killed and dozens injured.
00:21The Israeli military said it acted in response to a recent attack on Israel.
00:27Anyone who harms or tries to harm the citizens of the state of Israel, we will reach them
00:33in the simplest way, and we will put every measure we need with every ability we have,
00:39and we have many more capabilities to deepen and expand the strike.
00:43The Houthis have launched repeated rocket and drone attacks on Israel since the start
00:47of the war on Gaza on the 7th of October 2023.
00:51They fired a ballistic missile on Saturday towards Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport around
00:56the time the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed while returning from New York.
01:02The Houthis say they took precautionary measures ahead of these strikes, emptying oil tanks
01:07in port areas.
01:09Nasruddin Amer, deputy director of the Houthi media office, said in a post on X that the
01:14strikes won't stop Houthi attacks on shipping routes and on Israel.