Hodeidah

Houthis Claim Attacks on Western Ships in Red Sea

Yemeni Houthi militants have claimed to have launched rockets and drones targeting a British ship and two Israeli vessels heading to Israeli ports, according to an Al Jazeera report. British maritime security firm Ambrey had said that two ships had been targeted off Yemen, raising the number of incidents reported to three in under 24 ...

Israel Strike Houthi Military Targets in Yemen For First Time

Israeli warplanes killed three people in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida, the Houthi's said Sunday after the group's deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv. The strikes on the vital port, which triggered a raging fire and plumes of black smoke, are the first claimed by Israel in the Arabian peninsula's poorest country, about 2,000 ...

Israel Intercepts Houthi Missiles as Hodeidah Fire Rages On

The Israeli military said on Sunday that it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen towards the Red Sea resort town of Eilat, after Israel bombed a port held by the country's Houthi regime. “The projectile did not cross into Israeli territory. Rocket and missile sirens were sounded following the possibility of falling shrapnel,” a military ...

Israel's Strike on Yemen Will Embolden the Houthis

Israel's first attack on Yemen's Houthis, who have defied months of strikes by the United States and Britain, will likely only embolden them, analysts say. Saturday's strike on the port city of Hodeidah, which the Yemeni insurgents say killed six people and triggered a massive fire, will provide the Houthis with “political capital,” said ...

Houthis Threaten 'Huge Response' Following Port Strike

The Yemeni Houthis threatened Israel on Sunday with “huge retaliation” to its deadly strikes on the still-burning port of Hodeidah, in a new regional escalation linked to the war in Gaza, now in its tenth month. The Israeli strike, the first claimed by Israel in Yemen, set oil tanks ablaze at the vital port and came a day after the first ...

Merchant Ship off Yemen Coast Attacked

Three projectiles hit a merchant vessel off Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on Wednesday, limiting the ship's ability to manoeuvre, British maritime security agency UKMTO said. The ship initially exchanged fire with two small vessels, one with three to five people onboard while the second carried around 10, the United Kingdom Maritime ...