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VIDEO: Israel launches new round of strikes against Houthis in Yemen

January 11, 2025 , , ,
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The attacks focused on a power plant and ports under rebel control, key to their offensives.

Israel launched this Friday a new round of attacks against the Houthis in Yemen, in retaliation for the drone and missile attacks of recent weeks. It was the third time in the past month that the Israeli army had directly attacked Yemen.

Tel Aviv confirmed in a statement that its officers had launched offensives against two ports on the country's coast, those of Hodeidah y Ras Isapresidential palace complex y “military infrastructure sites at the Hizaz power plant, which serves as a central source of energy for the Houthi terrorist regime in its military activities”.

According to the local network under enemy control, Al Masirah TV, there were at least 13 airstrikes on the power plant and at least XNUMX deaths were recorded One dead and nine injured throughout the operation, including a port operator and several Sana'a residents.

"The targets attacked are examples of the Houthis' exploitation of civilian infrastructure for their terrorist activities," the Defence Forces added in the statement, in which they reaffirmed their fight against this group. “central part of the Iranian axis of terror”.

“The Houthi terrorist regime has repeatedly attacked the State of Israel, its citizens and Israel’s civilian infrastructure with drones and ground-to-ground missiles. The State of Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself,” the army said.

Along with this attack, the coalition of allies led by United States For his part, he launched a round of bombing on Houthi positions in the district of Harf Sufyan.

These maneuvers also occurred in retaliation for the recent rebel attacks, especially those of the last 48 hours, which included at least Three drones against Tel Aviv and many other aerial vehicles and missiles against the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.

Days ago, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned of an increase in enemy aggression, a sign of “solidarity” by the rebels with the Palestinian people, and promised that they will pay “a high price” for it.

“The Houthis are an extension of Iran and serve the terrorist goals of Iran’s axis in the Middle East. They represent a danger to Israel and the entire region, including a violation of global freedom of navigation.”, he said then.

For their part, the rebels have upped the ante and promised that these maneuvers "will not go unpunished."

“Any aggression against Yemen will not go unpunished and the Yemeni armed forces (Houthis) are capable of defending the country," the insurgents said, particularly criticizing the "joint aggression of the Israeli, American and British enemies."

Since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, the Houthis have already launched dozens of missiles and more than a hundred drones against Israel.

The day before, the IDF said that the rebels fired about 40 ground-to-ground type projectiles against its territory and some 320 unmanned aerial vehicles, although, for the most part, failed in their objectives of causing damage.

(With information from EFE and Europa Press)
Source: INFOBAE

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