Israel attacks Yemen's Hodeidah

12/5/2025 6:15

Israel attacked Hodeidah in Yemen after the Israeli army

said it had warned residents of three ports under Houthi control

to evacuate, the Houthi interior ministry said on Sunday.



The strikes came shortly after Israel warned residents of

Ras Isa, Hodeidah and Salif to leave, saying the ports were

being used by the Iranian-backed Houthis.



There was no immediate comment on the attack from

Israel.



The strikes came a few days after a missile launched

towards Israel by the Houthis was intercepted.



The attack came ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit

to the Middle East this week.



Trump, who had launched an intensified military campaign

against Houthi strongholds in Yemen on March 15, agreed to an

Oman-mediated ceasefire deal with the group, who said the accord

did not include Israel.



The Houthis have been launching missiles and drones at

Israel as well as attacking vessels in global shipping lanes, in

a campaign that they say is aimed at showing solidarity with

Palestinians in Gaza.



Israel has carried out numerous retaliatory airstrikes

on Houthi targets in Yemen.