Israel Launches Major Offensive in Yemen – Strikes on Sanaa Airport, Hodeidah Port

Israel launched a large violative connected Yemen, targeting Sanaa airport. (Photo: video grab, via societal media)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli Army Radio, citing a subject source, said that the strikes successful Sanaa and Hodeidah were portion of a broader run and that they marked the opening of a continued violative against the Ansarallah.  

Israel launched a large violative connected Yemen connected Thursday, targeting Sanaa International Airport and the larboard of Hodeidah. Israeli media reported that the Israeli subject has heightened its alert status, anticipating imaginable retaliation from the Yemeni radical Ansarallah.

Yemeni media reported that astatine slightest 3 radical were killed and 11 others were injured successful the airstrikes. 

The group’s spokesperson, Mohammed Abdul Salam, condemned the attacks connected Sanaa Airport and different civilian infrastructure, calling them “a Zionist transgression against each the Yemeni people.”  

“If the force believes these actions volition deter Yemen from supporting Gaza, they are mistaken. Yemen volition not wantonness its principles,” helium stated.  

Israeli Army Radio, citing a subject source, said that the strikes successful Sanaa and Hodeidah were portion of a broader run and that they marked the opening of a continued violative against the Ansarallah.  

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The Israeli quality website Walla reported that dozens of Israeli craft participated successful the operation, portion Channel 14 said that the strikes rendered Sanaa International Airport inoperable by destroying its power tower.  

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (KAN) confirmed that the raids targeted Sanaa Airport, Hodeidah Port, and vigor and lipid facilities. It besides noted that this was Israel’s 4th solo cognition successful Yemen and that the United States had been informed beforehand.  

Channel 13 quoted an Israeli root as  saying that “if the Houthis (Ansarallah – PC) don’t recognize by force, they volition beryllium made to recognize by much force.”  

The escalation comes arsenic the Yemeni Ansarallah continues to explicit solidarity with Gaza amidst the ongoing Israeli genocidal warfare connected the Strip. 

The Yemeni question has launched rocket and drone strikes connected Israeli targets, including cargo ships successful the Red Sea and Tel Aviv.

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Ongoing Genocide

Meanwhile, the Israeli genocide successful the Gaza Strip continued with the decease toll among starved and besieged Palestinian civilians rising daily.  

Currently connected proceedings earlier the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating warfare connected Gaza since October 7, 2023. 

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 45,399 Palestinians person been killed, and 107,940 wounded successful Israel’s ongoing genocide successful Gaza starting connected October 7, 2023.

Moreover, astatine slightest 11,000 radical are unaccounted for, presumed dormant nether the rubble of their homes passim the Strip. 

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Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation connected October 7. However, Israeli media published reports suggesting that galore Israelis were killed connected that time by ‘friendly fire’. 

Palestinian and planetary organizations accidental that the bulk of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli warfare has resulted successful an acute famine resulting successful the decease of galore Palestinians, mostly children. 

The Israeli aggression has besides resulted successful the forceful displacement of astir 2 cardinal radical from each implicit the Gaza Strip, with the immense bulk of the displaced forced into the densely crowded confederate region. 

(PC, AJA, SABA)