IDF confirms Israeli Navy struck Houthi-controlled Hodeida port in response to recent missile fire

Israeli Navy missile boats launched strikes against infrastructure at the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida in western Yemen this morning, the military confirms in a statement.

The IDF says the strikes come in response to recent Houthi ballistic missile and drone attacks on Israel.

Since the last Israeli airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen on May 28, the Iran-backed group has fired seven ballistic missiles and at least one drone at Israel. A missile fired last night fell short before reaching Israel.

In its statement, the IDF says the strike this morning “was intended to deepen the damage to the military use of the port, which has been targeted by the IDF over the past year and continues to be used for terror activity.”

The port is used by the Houthis to “transfer weapons and serves as yet another example of the Houthi terror regime’s cynical exploitation of civilian infrastructure to advance terror operations,” the IDF says.

Last night, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for the port, along with the nearby Ras Isa and Salif ports, the latter of which were not targeted today.