Israel struck Yemen’s Houtis on Sunday after Iran-backed rebels launched a new type of missile in Israel.
Israeli forces said it struck the military location where the Presidential Palace is located, two power plants and a fuel storage site.
Initial reports from Houthi-Run Al-Masirah TV showed that at least two people were killed and five were injured in the attack.
The Israeli Secretary of Defense (IDF) said: “The strike was carried out in response to repeated attacks by the Hooty terrorist regime on Israel and its civilians.”
Israeli Air Force officials said more than 10 fighters took part in the strike.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement. “Today we have brought the blows of darkness and power losses to the Houchys, and there will be more blows from the firstborn.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks showed “strength and determination” in his country. “The Houthi Terror administration is learning the toughest ways to pay and pay very large prices for attacks on Israel,” Netanyahu said.
Al Masilah said there was “Zionist aggression in the capital Sanaa.”
Houthi leader Mohammad al-Farrah said Houthis will continue to support the people of Gaza and “will not retreat until the attacks are lifted, the siege is broken and the starvation of the people of Gaza stops.”
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei praised the attack as a “right course of action,” and in X, he said, “What the brave people in Yemen are doing today is right.”
The strike follows the launch of the Houthis missile against Israel on Friday.
For the first time, Israeli Air Force officials said the Houthi missile contained many sub-commands, which was intended to explode on impact.
Police in the Tel Aviv area said Friday that it was several sites where interceptors had landed. No injuries have been reported.