Five days after the IDF issued a warning of imminent strikes in Yemen—a message reiterated by the military's Arabic-language spokesperson—the Israeli Air Force reportedly carried out attacks on Yemeni soil.
According to reports from Yemen, the Israeli Air Force struck the ports of Hodeidah and Al-Salif, targets specifically named in the IDF’s evacuation warning issued last Sunday. Saudi outlet Al-Hadath reported that more than ten airstrikes were carried out on the two sites.
Footage from Yemen
The strikes coincided with the weekly Friday marches held in the Yemeni cities of Sanaa, Saada, and others in solidarity with Gaza. This week’s demonstrations were held under the slogan: “With Gaza, to confront genocide and starvation.” At the same time, the Israeli Air Force continued its operations in the Gaza Strip, including strikes in the Tel al-Zaatar area in northern Gaza.
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Despite a series of ballistic missile launches by the Houthis toward Israel in recent days, no Israeli response had been recorded until now.
Last Sunday, five days after Israeli strikes disabled the airport in Sanaa, IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee issued an unusual evacuation warning for three ports in Yemen—Ras Issa, Hodeidah, and Salif, all in the Hodeidah province. Unlike previous warnings, no immediate follow-up strike was carried out, though Adraee repeated the warning later in the week.