Yemen’s Houthi forces have launched a bold and strategic series of strikes, targeting Israeli and US military assets in retaliation for ongoing aggression against Yemen and in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

The US military on Tuesday said it hit targets in Yemen targeting the Houthi militia, hours after the Iran-backed group launched attacks on Israel. The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said its warships and aircraft attacked a number of Houthi-linked sites,

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Yemen's Houthi movement claimed responsibility for launching two ballistic missiles overnight at Israel, hours after the Israeli military announced it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen before it entered Israeli airspace.

Yemen’s armed forces have carried out two operations targeting two Israeli sites and a US warship, Yemen’s military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on Tuesday claimed to have attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv as well as targets in Jerusalem. Houthi military spokesman Yehya Saree said in a televised statement that Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport and an electricity plant in the Jerusalem area had been attacked with ballistic missiles.

Hours after Israel struck Sana’a’s airport early on Friday, Houthi rebels in Yemen later in the day claimed to have retaliated with a missile aimed at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport and a drone attack on Tel Aviv,

Intercepted strike comes a day after Israeli attack on Yemen killed six people and wounded dozens, including a UN worker