Israel said late Monday that it retaliated for repeated attacks from Yemen’s Houthis by striking multiple targets belonging to the “Houthi terrorist regime.”

Israel said it struck infrastructure sites in the Hudaydah port that serves as a “central supply source” for the Iran-backed Houthis and also hit the Bajil Concrete Plant east of the city.

The port is used to transfer Iranian weapons and other military equipment for “terrorist purposes,” the Israeli military said on Telegram.

The plant, it wrote, is a “significant” source of income for the Houthis and also manufactures products used to build underground tunnels and “terrorist infrastructure” for the regime.

Israeli news website ynet reported that the large-scale attack was carried out in coordination with the U.S.

The Houthi-affiliated al-Masirah TV reported attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Hudaydah port and the concrete plant, which is located about 50 kilometres east of Hudaydah.

At least two people were killed and 42 people were injured in U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting the Bajil cement plant, the Houthis’ health ministry said.

Witnesses told dpa that explosions shook the city, and smoke and flames were seen rising from the port of Hudaydah and the Bajil factory.

Ambulances were heard rushing towards the factory, they added.

The strikes come a day after eight people were injured when the Houthis fired a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv.

Since the start of the Gaza conflict in October 2023, the Houthi militia has repeatedly attacked Israel and international merchant ships in support of its ally, the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas.

Since Israel’s military resumed attacks in the Gaza Strip on March 18 after a ceasefire broke down, the Houthis have resumed regularly firing projectiles towards Israel. 

(dpa/NAN)