The strike on power stations and a seaport, which killed four people, was the second known time that Israel has retaliated against the militant group’s attacks by striking in Yemen.
The Israeli military conducted airstrikes in Yemen on Sunday after Iranian-backed Houthis there fired three missiles at Israel over the past couple of weeks.
The strikes, coming as Israel also bombarded Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, highlighted how the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has expanded to other parts of the Arab world where Iranian-supported groups dominate.
For months, the Houthis have been conducting attacks against Israel and menacing trade in the Red Sea in solidarity with Hamas, whose fighters spearheaded the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, setting off the war in Gaza. Israel’s strikes on Sunday marked the second known time that Israel has retaliated against the Houthi attacks by striking in Yemen, around 1,000 miles away from its southernmost tip.
In a statement, the military said dozens of its planes had participated in attacking power stations and a seaport in the province of Hodeidah that it claimed were being used to import munitions from Iran, military supplies and oil.
Nasruddin Amer, a Houthi spokesman, said Israel’s attacks would not prevent the group from continuing to fire on Israel. “We’re at war with the Zionist enemy and our operations will not stop,” he said in a text message.
Al-Masirah, a TV channel affiliated with the Houthis, reported that the strikes hit oil depots at the Ras al-Issa port as well as areas near the Hodeidah port. In a post on X, Mr. Amer said the oil depots at the Ras al-Issa and Hodeidah ports had been emptied in advance.
