DUBAI, January 14. /TASS/. A strike has been delivered on a Houthi facility in the Hodeidah province in northern Yemen, the Sky News Arabia television channel reported, citing local sources.

According to the sources, the facility is located in a mountainous area near Al-Lu·ayyah. No data is immediately available on possible casualties or damage.

The Houthi Al Masirah television channel claims that the strike was delivered by US and UK warplanes.

On the night of January 12, the United States and the United Kingdom delivered air strikes on rebel-held positions in several Yemeni cities, using aircraft, warships and submarines. US President Joe Biden said the military action was ordered in response to "unprecedented Houthi attacks" on shipping in the Red Sea and that the strikes were delivered in self-defense.

Following the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis warned that they would launch strikes on Israeli territory while barring ships associated with the Jewish state from passing through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait until Tel Aviv ceased its military operation against Palestinian radical group Hamas in the embattled enclave. According to the US Defense Department’s Central Command’s (CENTCOM) estimates, the Yemeni rebel group has attacked more than 20 vessels and civilian ships in the Red Sea since mid-November.