{"id":212434,"date":"2025-01-10T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/israel-strikes-ports-and-a-power-plant-in-houthi-controlled-parts-of-yemen\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:54:10","slug":"israel-strikes-ports-and-a-power-plant-in-houthi-controlled-parts-of-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/israel-strikes-ports-and-a-power-plant-in-houthi-controlled-parts-of-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Strikes Ports and a Power Plant in Houthi-Controlled Parts of Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/01\/10\/multimedia\/10-yemen-strikes-qfch\/10-yemen-strikes-qfch-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Israel Strikes Ports and a Power Plant in Houthi-Controlled Parts of Yemen\" title=\"Israel Strikes Ports and a Power Plant in Houthi-Controlled Parts of Yemen\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli fighter jets bombed ports and a power plant in Yemeni territory controlled by the Houthis on Friday, the Israeli military said, in the latest attempt to force <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/houthi-yemen-red-sea-attacks.html\" title=\"\">the Iranian-backed militant group<\/a> to stop firing at Israel and commercial ships in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel has escalated its strikes on the Houthis in recent weeks in response to repeated attacks by the Yemeni militia, which has been firing on Israel in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The United States and Britain <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/04\/world\/middleeast\/us-strikes-yemen-houthis.html\" title=\"\">have also struck Yemen<\/a> repeatedly in an effort to secure international waterways from Houthi attacks. But it was far from clear whether Israel and its allies could successfully compel the Houthis to end their attacks through a bombing campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel\u2019s Air Force bombed the Hezyaz power station near Sana \u2014 the Houthi-controlled capital \u2014 not far from where thousands of Yemenis had gathered in a weekly solidarity rally with Palestinians. The ports of Hudaydah and Ras Isa, Yemen\u2019s main oil export terminal were also attacked, the Israeli military said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Experts have warned that attacking ports like Hudaydah, a major conduit for essential supplies in northern Yemen, could <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/21\/world\/middleeast\/israel-yemen-hudaydah-port.html\" title=\"\">further worsen<\/a> what is already one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises. Rocked by civil war for more than a decade, millions of people in Yemen face the threat of malnutrition, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military said it had struck targets at sites that were being used by the Houthis for military purposes. One worker at the Hezyaz power station was wounded, according to al-Masira, the Houthi-affiliated broadcaster. There were no other immediate reports of serious casualties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe port of Hudaydah is paralyzed and the port of Ras Isa is ablaze,\u201d Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said in a statement. \u201cThe message is clear: Anyone who harms Israel will be struck tenfold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Houthis are more than 1,000 miles from Israeli territory and have survived numerous efforts to defeat them since they rose to power in Yemen\u2019s decade-long civil war. The United States designates the Houthis as a terrorist group, and some of its regional allies \u2014 like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2014 have targeted them as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, prompted the Gaza war, the Houthis have fired hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel. They have also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/11\/business\/houthi-red-sea-attacks-shipping-lanes-africa.html\" title=\"\">hampered global shipping<\/a> by firing at passing commercial barges in a self-declared effort to enforce a blockade on Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over the past two months, the Houthis have stepped up their attacks, sending Israelis across central Israel rushing for bomb shelters late at night as air-raid sirens blare. On Thursday, Houthi militants fired three drones at Israeli territory; the Israeli military said it intercepted them all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel has bombarded Yemen several times in response \u2014 sending its fighter jets more than 1,000 miles to do so \u2014 but has struggled to decisively subdue the Houthis. The United States and its allies have also struck the Houthis repeatedly over the past year without decisively deterring them from future attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After the strikes on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, said \u201cthe Houthis are paying, and will continue to pay, a heavy price for their aggression against us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Friday, Mr. Katz threatened to kill Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the group\u2019s leader, as well as its other commanders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cNo one is immune,\u201d Mr. Katz said. \u201cWe will hunt you down and destroy the terror infrastructure which you built. Israel\u2019s long arm will reach you, wherever you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Johnatan Reiss<!-- -->contributed reporting from Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/10\/world\/middleeast\/israel-strikes-yemen-houthis.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli fighter jets bombed ports and a power plant in Yemeni territory controlled by the Houthis on Friday, the Israeli military said, in the latest attempt to force the Iranian-backed militant group to stop firing at Israel and commercial ships in the Red Sea. Israel has escalated its strikes on the Houthis in recent weeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/01\/10\/multimedia\/10-yemen-strikes-qfch\/10-yemen-strikes-qfch-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[167732,27480,19606,38,2262,5642,8319,2974,56867,165328,199,1021,20001],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212436,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212434\/revisions\/212436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}