DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel.
Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the US strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on Jan. 22, 2024.
Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, an Israeli military spokesman, said the strikes hit energy and port infrastructure, which he alleged the rebels “have been using in ways that effectively contributed to their military action.” The strikes happened just after Israel’s military said that its air force intercepted a missile launched from Yemen before it entered the country’s territory.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman, claimed the attack hours later in a prerecorded video statement, saying the rebels fired two of its “Palestine” ballistic missiles at Israel. But Israel appears to have carried out Thursday’s strikes alone. A US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the attacks, said that Washington had no part in them. While the US has carried out strikes on the Houthis in the past, it’s also balancing the desires of Saudi Arabia to reach a permanent ceasefire in its stalemated war with the rebels.
The Houthis have seized one vessel and sunk two in a campaign that has also killed four sailors. Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by separate US- and European-led coalitions in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets, which have also included Western military vessels.
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