Israel Strikes Yemeni Port City in Reply to Houthi Drone Hit

Retaliation follows deadly Tel Aviv attack blamed on Houthis
Netanyahu says ‘no place’ where Israel can’t strike enemies

A handout picture obtained from Yemen’s Huthi Ansarullah Media Center show a column of fire erupting following reported strikes in the Yemeni rebel-held port city of Hodeida on July 20.Source: Ansarullah Media Centre/AFP/Getty Images

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By Galit Altstein and Mohammed Hatem

July 20, 2024 at 4:48 PM UTC

Updated on

July 21, 2024 at 8:02 AM UTC

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Israel struck targets around the Houthi-held Red Sea port of Hodeidah in Yemen, retaliating for a drone attack on Tel Aviv by the Iran-backed militants that killed a man and exposed a vulnerability in Israeli air defenses.

Saturday’s airstrikes targeted a power station and fuel storage sites, killing three people and wounding 87 others, the Yemen-based group said. A Houthi-run television channel showed flames and smoke raging in the installations it said were hit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the port was used as a gateway for Iranian weapons supplies to the Houthis.