Israel carries out airstrikes in Yemen against Houthis

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Israel carried out airstrikes early Thursday in Yemen in response to a Houthi attack hours earlier, the latest move by Israeli forces to weaken Iran and its proxies in the region.

The first wave of strikes hit military targets in the ports of Al-Hudaydah, As-Salif, and Ras Isa, while the second wave focused on targets in Sana’a, according to Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli military spokesman.

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