IDF strikes three Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen

The IDF is striking the Hodeidah and Al-Salif ports in Yemen after the Houthis continued launching missiles at Israel, an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post on May 16, following reports in Sky News in Arabic, Report informs.

The military said that these ports are used for transferring weapons and are "another example of the cynical use and exploitation of civilian infrastructure by the Houthi terrorist regime to advance terrorism."

Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the military "severely damaged" the ports it attacked in Yemen on X/Twitter shortly after the strikes.

"As we said: If the Houthis continue to fire missiles toward the State of Israel, they will suffer painful blows — and we will also target terror leaders as we have done with Deif and Sinwar in Gaza, Nasrallah in Beirut, and Haniyeh in Tehran. We will hunt down and eliminate Abd al-Malik al-Houthi in Yemen as well."

"We will defend ourselves by our own strength against any enemy," Katz concluded.

The IDF said it conducted the strikes after numerous prior warnings. "Given the Houthis’ use of these ports for terrorist purposes, the IDF again warns anyone present at the ports to evacuate and stay clear of the area," the IDF added.

"The IDF is determined to continue operating and striking forcefully against anyone who poses a threat to the residents of the State of Israel, at any distance necessary," the military concluded.

Israel is allegedly seeking to impose a naval blockade on the Houthis, Sky News in Arabic noted, citing an Israeli source.