The Israeli army on Thursday unleashed a big air assault on components of Yemen managed by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in retaliation for the group’s frequent assaults on Israel, in what analysts say could also be turning right into a long-distance battle of attrition.
At least two individuals had been killed and 11 others injured in an Israeli assault on the worldwide airport in Sana, the capital, the Houthi-affiliated tv channel reported. The report couldn’t be independently verified. The assault additionally broken the airport within the metropolis, a Houthi stronghold, based on preliminary reviews.
The director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, mentioned in a social media publish that “the airport got here below aerial bombardment” as he and others had been about to board a airplane from Sana, and {that a} crew member was injured.
“The air site visitors management tower, the departure lounge — only a few meters from the place we had been — and the runway had been broken,” he wrote.
The Israeli army mentioned in an announcement that along with the airport, the targets struck included the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib energy stations, describing them as “army infrastructure utilized by the Houthi terrorist regime for its army actions.” The jets additionally struck army infrastructure within the Al-Hudaydah, Salif and Ras Kanatib ports on Yemen’s western coast, the army mentioned.
In a video assertion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel mentioned on Thursday: “An hour in the past, the Air Force struck targets of the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen, each on the coast and in Sanaa. We are decided to chop this arm of Iran’s Axis of Evil off. We will pursue this till we full the duty.”
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