The IDF reported an attack on Houthi targets in Yemen

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked the facilities of the Houthi regime in Yemen. The army press office said on December 19.

"Following the approval of attack plans by Israeli Defense Minister Katz, IAF fighter jets led by the intelligence department and the navy attacked military targets of the terrorist regime of the Houthis in the strip of the west coast and in the interior of Yemen," the statement said in the Telegram channel.

It is specified that the attacked targets are used by the Houthis for their military operations and transfer of Iranian weapons.

"The Israel Defense Forces intends to continue to act and harm anyone who poses a threat to the citizens of Israel at any distance," the IDF stressed.

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Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces reported intercepting a rocket fired from Yemen toward Israeli territory. The IDF also noted that in connection with the firing and the possibility of falling debris during the interception in several areas of central Israel sounded air-raid sirens.

Prior to that, on December 16, it was reported that the Yemeni Houthis struck a hypersonic ballistic missile at a military facility near Tel Aviv. Yahya Saria, a military spokesman for the Houthis, noted that the operation achieved all targets. The spokesperson said that the Yemeni Houthis will conduct IDF military operations until hostilities in the Gaza Strip cease.

The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian radical movement Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip into Israel. On the same day, Israel began retaliatory strikes.