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THE Israeli military launched massive airstrikes crippling Yemen’s biggest airport after the Houthis attacked Tel Aviv.
The strikes reportedly targeted three civilian airplanes, the departure hall, the airport runway and a military air base under Houthi control.
ReutersIt came after Israel launched airstrikes in retaliation for a Houthi missile strike the previous day on Israel’s international airport.
Israel promised to respond to the devastating strike on the Ben Gurion Airport as Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed: “Whoever harms us, we will strike them sevenfold.”
Israeli military says strikes “fully” disabled the country’s international airport in capital Sanaa.
The Houthis satellite news channel al-Masirah reported the strikes, confirming the airport had been hit.
Footage aired on Israeli television showed thick black plumes of smoke rising above the skyline of Sanaa.
Social media video purported to show multiple strikes around Sanaa, with black smoke rising as the thumps of the blast echoed against the surrounding mountains.
On Monday night, Israel targeted the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Red Sea province of Hodeida, killing at least one person and wounding 35.
The rebels’ media office said at least six strikes hit the crucial Hodeida port.
Others hit a cement factory in the district of Bajil, 34 miles northeast of Hodeida, according to the Iran-backed proxy terror group.
The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the strikes killed at least four people and wounded 39 others.
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