Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen a day after missile attack near airport

Israel's subject says it has deed Houthi targets successful Yemen successful effect to the group's rocket motorboat astatine Israel's Ben Gurion airdrome the erstwhile day.

The IDF said it attacked sites that it claimed served arsenic a "central proviso root for the Houthis" successful the Hudaydah Port, arsenic good arsenic the Bajil cement mill eastbound of the metropolis of Hudaydah.

Following Sunday's airdrome strike, the Houthis said they would enforce "a broad aerial blockade" connected Israel by targeting airports successful effect to Israel's plans to grow operations successful Gaza.

The Iran-backed radical said 21 radical were injured successful Monday's attack, and described it arsenic a associated raid of "US-Israeli aggression". The US denied involvement.

The IDF said its Monday strikes were "conducted precisely, with measures taken to mitigate harm to vessels docked astatine the port".

It claimed the Bajil mill functioned arsenic a "significant economical resource", and was utilized by the radical to conception tunnels and infrastructure, portion the larboard sites were utilized "for the transportation of Iranian weapons".

The larboard is the second-largest successful the Red Sea aft Aden, and is the introduction constituent for astir 80% of Yemen's nutrient imports.

Multiple residents told Reuters quality bureau that much than 10 strikes targeted Hudaydah Port and the al-Salakhanah and al-Hawak areas successful the city, portion 4 much targeted the cement factory.

A spokesperson for the Houthi-run wellness ministry, Anees al-Asbahi, said astatine slightest 21 radical were injured successful the attack.

The Houthis blamed the US and Israel jointly for the attack. A US defence authoritative told the AFP quality bureau that their forces "did not enactment successful the Israeli strikes connected Yemen today".

The rocket fired towards Ben Gurion airdrome adjacent Tel Aviv connected Sunday greeting landed adjacent to an entree roadworthy adjacent the main terminal. Four radical were injured by the blast, with different 2 injured connected their mode to a shelter, Israeli exigency services said.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's premier minister, threatened retaliation, saying: "We attacked successful the past, we volition onslaught successful the future."

Iran said the airdrome onslaught was an "independent decision" by the Yemeni group.

The US has besides been launching aerial strikes against Houthi targets successful Yemen.

Former US president Joe Biden's medication approved US strikes connected the Houthis, which person continued nether Donald Trump, the existent president.

Last month, the Houthis said at slightest 68 African migrants were killed successful a US aerial onslaught connected a detention centre successful north-western Yemen.