AP, Xinhua and AFP

The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, July 22, 2024, p. 26

Jerusalem. The Israeli army said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen on Monday morning, hours after its aircraft struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula nation.

The IDF Air Defense Array successfully intercepted a surface-to-surface missile that approached Israeli territory from Yemen, using the Arrow-3 missile defense system.the army said in a statement, adding that the device did not cross its territory.

The Israeli military confirmed late Thursday that the airstrikes on the Houthi port city of Hodeida were carried out by US-made F-15 and F-35 aircraft.

The IDF said the offensive, which took place some 1,700 kilometers from Israel, was one of the most complicated and farthest operations of its air force, and claimed to have hit the port because the area is used to deliver Iranian weapons to Yemen.

The fire now burning in Hodeida is visible across the Middle East and its significance is clearsaid Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who promised more similar attacks. anywhere where it may be needed.

The Houthi health ministry has raised the death toll to six and 87 wounded following Israel’s bombardment of Hodeida, while Hezbollah announced it had launched rockets at northern Israel in response to a bombing of two pro-Iran arms depots in southern Lebanon.

Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam wrote in X that the blatant Israeli aggression reached fuel warehouses and the province’s power plant, and said that the attacks seek increase people’s suffering and put pressure on Yemen to stop supporting Gaza.

Hezbollah reported in separate statements the deaths of three of its fighters in Israeli airstrikes, but did not specify the date or place.

The Lebanese army said two of its soldiers were wounded by Israeli gunfire that hit a watchtower in the south of the country.