The IDF said on Tuesday that it had conducted a wide array of airstrikes across Yemen, targeting Sanaa International Airport, electric power stations, and a cement factory to weaken the Houthis.
The military confirmed that one of the locations struck was al-Imran cement factory north of Sanaa.
It added that al-Imran “serves as a significant resource for the Houthi terrorist regime and is used for the construction of underground tunnels and other terrorist infrastructure.”
Dozens of aircraft were involved once again in the strikes, the IDF shared, dropping over 50 munitions, as the air force did on Monday and on January 11.
The attack was not only coordinated with the US, but Washington has been attacking the Houthis on a nearly daily basis at almost the same time.
The IDF also struck Attan in south-west Sanaa, Haiz Central Power Station in the Sanhan district south-east of the capital, and Asr Electricity Station in Sanaa’s Ma’een district to the west of the city, according to Al Masirah.
The Houthis’ official news agency, SABA, also said that the IDF struck at least two electricity transformers.
The international airport is located north of the city.
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The attacks followed the military’s 2:36 p.m. warning to all Yemeni citizens at the airport to evacuate.
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The warning is the first time that Israel has shared an alert before attacking the Houthis, after six prior attacks without warning, including on Monday.
Defense sources explained that, in this instance, the nature of an international airport, as opposed to Yemen’s Hodeidah Port and other areas that Israel has attacked, demanded a different level of warning.
On Monday, the air force undertook a joint counterstrike of the Houthis in Yemen along with the US following the ballistic missile strike near Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday.
Tuesday’s strikes were the second round of Israel’s response to the hit on Ben-Gurion Airport, marking the seventh IDF airstrike on the Houthis since July 2024, following over 400 attacks by the Iranian proxy against Israel over the course of the war.
On Monday night, the IDF formally acknowledged attacking the Houthis around the Hodeidah seaport in Yemen, approximately 2,000 km. away.
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Targets included the Hodeidah seaport, which the IDF noted serves as a major source of income for the Houthi regime. “The Hodeidah seaport is used to transfer Iranian weapons, equipment for military needs, and other terrorist needs.”
In addition, the military said, “The Bajil concrete factory east of the city of Hodeidah was attacked, which serves as an important economic resource for the Houthi terrorist regime and is used to build tunnels and military infrastructure.”
It added, “The Houthi terrorist regime has been operating for the past year and a half under Iranian direction and funding to harm Israel and its allies, undermine the regional order, and disrupt global freedom of navigation. The IDF is determined to continue to act and strike forcefully at anyone who poses a threat to the residents and citizens of the State of Israel, at whatever distance is required.”
Israeli strikes
Earlier on Monday evening, the US coordinated with Israel its own strike against the Houthis in Sanaa.
Israel’s last counterstrike against the Houthis before this week was on January 11, before US President Donald Trump took office.
Since then, Israel has hoped that over 1,000 airstrikes by the US under Trump would be sufficient to stop Houthi attacks on Israel without Jerusalem getting directly involved.
However, the successful hit near Ben-Gurion Airport shook up that calculation.