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IDF confirms strike on ‘Houthi terror regime’ in response to attacks on Israel

By Emanuel Fabian 20 July 2024, 7:27 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The Israel Defense Forces in a statement confirms it carried out airstrikes in Yemen a short while ago.

“Fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terror regime in the area of the Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen, in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the State of Israel in recent months,” the IDF says.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi follow Israel’s strike in Yemen from the IAF operations room at the Kirya Headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

The military says there is no change to instructions for Israeli civilians.

It says it will provide further details soon.

The strike apparently marks the first time Israel has ever carried out a strike in Yemen.

 

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