Air Delivered event in Al-Hudaydah, Hodeidah Port area, Yemen on Thu 26th December 2024

The IDF confirms launching airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, in response to the Iran-backed terror group's repeated ballistic missile and drone attacks on Israel in recent weeks.

In a statement, the military says Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck Houthi targets along Yemen's western coast and deeper within the country.

The targets included "infrastructure used by the Houthi terror regime for its military activities" at Sanaa International Airport in the capital; the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power plants; and infrastructure at the Hodeidah, Salif, and Ras Kanatib ports on the coast.

"These infrastructures were used by the Houthi terror regime to transfer Iranian weapons to the region and for the entry of senior Iranian officials," the IDF says.

The airstrikes were approved by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the military adds.