Jerusalem, 16 September, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The Israel Defense Forces confirmed striking Houthi terror infrastructure at Yemen’s Red Sea Hodeidah port on Tuesday.
“The Hodeidah Port is used by the Houthi terrorist regime for the transfer of weapons supplied by the Iranian regime, in order to execute attacks against the State of Israel and its allies,” the IDF said.
The strike was carried out in response to the repeated missile and drone attacks, the army added.
“The Houthis terrorist regime operates under the direction and funding of the Iranian regime in order to harm the State of Israel and its allies. The terrorist regime is exploiting the maritime domain to project force and to carry out terrorist activity against global shipping and trade routes.”
Since March 18, when Israel resumed its campaign against Hamas following a temporary cease-fire, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have launched more than 70 ballistic missiles and over 23 drones at Israel. Most were either intercepted or fell short of Israeli territory. Since Hamas’s October 7 attack, the terror group has fired more than 200 missiles and 170 drones.
From bases along the Yemeni coast, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have attacked or harassed more than 100 ships in the Red Sea as they traversed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a narrow maritime chokepoint between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.
Much of the world’s oil passes through the strait from the Indian Ocean toward the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea. The Houthi attacks have brought the Port of Eilat to a standstill.
Approximately 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage, in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 48 remaining hostages, about 20 are believed to be alive.
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