[News] Israeli jets bomb Yemen's Hodeidah in response to Tel Aviv drone strike

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 Israeli jets bomb Yemen's Hodeidah in response to Tel Aviv drone strike

Sanaa has pledged an 'inevitable' response to the Israeli escalation and
confirmed the Yemeni people's 'steadfastness' in supporting Gaza

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

JUL 20, 2024 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-jets-bomb-yemens-hodeidah-in-response-to-tel-aviv-drone-strike
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Israeli warplanes launched heavy raids on Yemen's western port city of
Hodeidah on 20 July, targeting fuel depots and oil refineries as well as
the province's power station, according to reports in Saudi media
<https://aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/5042049-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84>
and Yemen's Al-Masirah TV.

Local reports say the air raids left several dead and wounded. Videos
shared on social media show massive fires blazing at the Port of Hodeidah.

Saudi Arabia's *Al Arabiya* news outlet claims 12 Israeli warplanes,
including F-35 fighter jets, took part in the attack. Although earlier
reports said the US and UK took part in Saturday's raids, a senior Israeli
official told Hebrew daily *Walla* that "Israeli fighter jets alone
conducted strikes on the Houthi-controlled port city.

Nasr El-Din Amer, Vice President of the Ansarallah Media Authority,
stressed on Saturday evening that the Israeli raids “will not change”
Yemen's steadfast support for the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.

“The response to this aggression is inevitable, and the Yemeni people are
stronger than all forces of evil. We are a people who prefer martyrdom and
sacrifice over witnessing Gaza being slaughtered without taking action,”
the Yemeni official added.

“We are also a people who, when targeted, do not retreat but instead
increase in determination and conviction in the necessity of confrontation
and response. We are Yemen, the land of faith, wisdom, jihad, and
steadfastness.”

Ansarallah spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam issued a similar statement,
saying that by targeting civilian facilities, Israel “aims to double the
suffering of the people and pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza. This is
a dream that, Allah willing, will never come true.”

Israel's first-ever direct attack on Yemen comes one day after Sanaa
launched an unprecedented
<https://thecradle.co/articles/deterrence-has-collapsed-israeli-media-laments-mega-failure-after-yemeni-strike>
drone strike on the city of Tel Aviv, bypassing all air defense systems
before hitting a building near the US consulate.

A preliminary investigation
<https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-said-to-have-tracked-drone-that-hit-tel-aviv-for-6-minutes-but-thought-it-harmless/>
by the Israeli air force determined that the drone was tracked for at least
six minutes before it reached its target, claiming that a “human error” led
to it not being engaged by air defenses.

The report also says the drone, codenamed “Yafa,” had flown for more than
10 hours, traversing Egypt before coming into Tel Aviv from the direction
of the Mediterranean Sea at a low altitude, making a trip of over 2,000
kilometers.

Earlier this week, the commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), General
Michael Erik Kurilla, urged
<https://thecradle.co/articles/centcom-chief-urges-broad-expansion-of-illegal-war-against-yemen-report>
authorities in Washington to take a more forceful approach
<https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-launches-effort-to-stop-russia-from-arming-houthis-with-antiship-missiles-98131a8a>
against Yemen, saying current efforts to deter the nation’s pro-Palestine
operations are “failing
<https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-declares-tel-aviv-unsafe-zone-after-successful-drone-attack>
.”

Since January, Washington and London have been leading an illegal war
<https://thecradle.co/articles/white-house-scrambles-for-legal-loopholes-in-yemen-war>
against Yemen in a failed attempt to stop the operations in support of
Gaza. Despite heavily bombing
<https://thecradle.co/articles/dozens-of-casualties-in-yemen-following-intense-us-uk-air-raids>
the country dozens of times, Sanaa has continued to launch attacks on
Israeli-linked ships and ports.
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