DOHA, July 21. /TASS/. Members of Yemen’s rebel Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement have staged drone attacks on five locations in Israel, including Ben Gurion Airport and the port of Eilat, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said.
"The Yemeni armed forces’ drone units have carried out a unique military operation, attacking Lod Airport (Ben Gurion) and a military target in the Jaffa area (Tel Aviv), as well as the port of Umm al-Rashrash (Arabic name for Eilat), the Ramon airport and a military facility near Ashdod," he said on the Houthi-owned Al Masirah television channel.
According to the spokesman, five unmanned aerial vehicles that "successfully reached their targets" were used in the attack.
Israel attacked the Yemeni port of Hodeida on the Red Sea coast earlier on Monday. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the strikes targeted machinery involved in repair works, fuel tanks, and Houthi ships at the port. The AFP agency reported, citing a Houthi spokesman, that Israel had struck the pier at the Hodeida port used by the Houthis.
After the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalated in 2023, 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 the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attacks ceased following the introduction of a ceasefire in the enclave in mid-January of this year. However, after the ceasefire was derailed in early March, the Houthis declared the resumption of strikes on Israeli vessels in the Red Sea and resumed their attempts to attack Israeli targets, including Ben Gurion Airport. In response, Israel has been targeting Houthi facilities, including the international airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, held by the rebels, as well as ports and power plants.