Israel strikes Yemen’s port and energy infrastructure
Oil prices found some support after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Houthi-controlled port cities and energy infrastructures in Yemen.
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The intense shelling in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a comes days after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel, the IDF said.
“IAF [Israel Air Forces] fighter jets struck military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime on the western coast and in inland Yemen,” the IDF said.
Israel’s military conducted two waves of strikes, Associated Press (AP) reported. The first wave of strikes targeted Houthi infrastructure at the ports of Hodeida, Salif, and the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea, the report stated.
“The IDF conducted precise strikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen including ports and energy infrastructures in Saana, which the Houthis have been using in ways that effectively contributed to their military actions,” Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said.
Yesterday’s strikes risk intensifying tensions with the Iranian-backed Houthi militants, whose attacks on the Red Sea shipping corridor have disrupted global trade. And it could separately stoke oil supply concerns and drive Brent prices higher.
“With their [Houthis] attacks on international shipping vessels and routes in the Red Sea and other places, the Houthis have become a global threat,” Hagari said.
Israel previously struck Hodeida port and its oil infrastructure in July and September, according to the IDF. Meanwhile, the Houthis have targeted at least 100 commercial vessels with drones and missiles since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out in October last year.
“The Houthis are learning and will learn the hard way that anyone who harms Israel pays a very heavy price for it,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
The Houthis have seized one vessel and sunk two ships so far, killing four seafarers and disrupting commercial trade in the crucial Red Sea shipping route.
By Aparupa Mazumder
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