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SANAA, Yemen
The Yemeni Houthi group on Saturday vowed to answer Israeli airstrikes on western Yemen.
The Israeli assault on Al Hudaydah “goals to exacerbate the struggling of the individuals and strain Yemen to cease supporting Gaza,” Mohammed Abulsalam, the Houthi spokesman, mentioned in a submit on X.
That is the primary direct Israeli response to current Houthi assaults.
The Israeli airstrikes got here after a drone assault by the Houthi group on Tel Aviv early Friday morning, which resulted within the loss of life of 1 Israeli and accidents to 9 others.
The Houthis have been focusing on ships which are Israeli-owned, flagged, operated, or headed to Israeli ports within the Crimson Sea and the Gulf of Aden with missiles and drones in solidarity with Gaza, which has been beneath a devastating Israeli onslaught since Oct. 7 final 12 months.