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Israel said its military had attacked Houthi targets in three ports and power plants in Yemen.
Israeli Defense Minister Katz confirmed the strike, saying they were carried out because of repeated attacks by the rebel group supported by Iran in Israel.
Mr. Katz said the Israeli military attacked the galaxy leader ships he claimed to be hijacked Houthi and used for “terrorist activities in the Red Sea”.
It happened after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) issued an evacuation warning for people in Hodeidah, Issa Ras, and Salif Ports – as well as the Al Khatib Race Power Plant, which he said was controlled by Houthi rebels.
IDF said it would carry out air strikes on the regions because of “military activities carried out there”.
After that, Katz confirmed the attack at the port and power plant.
Previously on that day, a ship was reportedly burned after being attacked in the Red Sea.
A private security company said the attack, off the southwest coast Yemenresembles a Houthi militant group.
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That was the first incident reported in the vital shipping corridor since mid -April.
The ship, which was identified as a mass of Mass Mass Magic owned by Greece with Liberia flag -flagged, had taken water after being hit by a sea drone, a maritime security source said. You then leave the ship.
Houthi rebels have launched a missile and drone attack on commercial and military ships in the region in what the group’s leadership is called an effort to end the Israeli attack on Hamas in Gaza.
Between November 2023 and January 2025, Houthi targeted more than 100 merchant ships with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killed four sailors.
Houthis stopped attacks in the ceasefire that was forced by itself until the US launched an attack on rebels in mid -March.
It ended weeks later and Houthi had not yet attacked the ship, even though they continued the missile attack targeting Israel.
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The new Houthi campaign against shipping can re -withdraw US and Western troops to the area.
The ship’s attack came at sensitive times in the Middle East.
The ceasefire that may be in the Israeli-Hamas war depends on the balance and Iran is considering whether to restart the negotiations of its nuclear program.
It follows American air strike Last month, which targeted its most sensitive atomic site in the middle of the Israeli war against the Islamic Republic which ended after 12 days.
How can Houthi control many Yemen?
The civil war erupted in Yemen at the end of 2014 when Houthi took Sanaa.
Worried about the increasing influence of Iranian Shi’a along the border, Saudi Arabia led the western -supported coalition in March 2015, which intervened to support the Saudi -supported government.
Houthi set control of most of the centers of the northern and large population, while the government which was internationally recognized was based in the port city of Aden.
