Houthis say 4 killed, 39 wounded in Israel’s Monday strikes on Yemen

Yemen’s Houthis say four people were killed and 39 wounded in Israeli strikes that followed a ballistic missile attack by the Iran-backed rebels that hit Ben Gurion Airport.

“Three citizens were killed and 35 others wounded” at a cement factory in Bajil, and one person died and four were wounded at Hodeida port, the Houthis’ Al-Masirah TV station says, quoting the health ministry.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, the strikes carried out by some 20 IAF fighter jets targeted Houthi infrastructure along the coast of Yemen, including at the Hodeida port and a concrete factory near the nearby city of Bajil, some 2,000 kilometers from Israel.

The IDF said the Hodeida port was used by the Houthis “for the transfer of Iranian weapons, equipment for military needs, and other terror purposes.”

The Bajil concrete factory “serves as an important economic resource for the Houthi terror regime and is used for building tunnels and military infrastructure,” the IDF said, adding that the strikes “constitute a blow to the regime’s economy and its military buildup.”