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Israel strikes Houthi infrastructure site in Yemen

JNS Staff

A live-fire test of the “C-Dome” defense system from aboard the “INS Magen” missile corvette. Credit: Israeli Ministry of Defense.

The Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday morning that it had struck a “terror infrastructure site” in the Saana area of Houthi-controlled Yemen.

“The IDF struck from a distance of 2,000 kilometers from Israel, deep inside Yemen, targeting an energy infrastructure site that served the Houthi terrorist regime,” the military announced, saying that the strike was in response to repeated missile and drone attacks against Israel by the Iranian-backed terrorist group.

According to media reports, the Israeli Navy carried out the strike, with explosions heard near a power plant in the capital. It would mark the second time that naval forces were used in an operation against the Iranian-backed terror group instead of the air force. Israeli Navy missile ships struck “terror targets” at Houthi-controlled port of Hudaydah on June 10. 

The Houthis have been launching missile and drone attacks on the Jewish state—including a direct missile hit near Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 4—since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.

“The Houthi terrorist regime operates under the direction and funding of the Iranian regime, in order to harm the State of Israel and its allies. The terrorist regime exploits the maritime domain to project force and carry out terror activity against global shipping and trade routes,” said the IDF.

“The IDF will operate against the ongoing and repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist regime, and remains determined to continue removing any threat to the State of Israel, wherever required.”