The missile unit of the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) carried out a top-tier military operation, attacking two Israeli sensitive and strategic military targets in the occupied Yafa (Tel Aviv) region using two Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missiles.

YAF spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree confirmed that the operation successfully achieved its objectives, adding that the attack coincided with Israeli aggression targeting civilian facilities in the capital, Sanaa, and in Hodeidah Governorate, including power stations.

He indicated that the Yemeni response comes within the framework of a legitimate and natural reaction to Israeli aggression.

مشاهد متداولة لصاروخ خلال سقوطه على "تل أبيب" وسط فلسطين المحتلة#فلسطين_المحتلة#اليمن pic.twitter.com/AWYXzyTrOb

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Saree also said the operation is "in solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people and in response to the massacres against our brothers in Gaza, as part of the fifth phase of support in the Battle of the Promised Conquest and Sacred Jihad and within the framework of responding to Israeli aggression against our country."

The YAF spokesperson underlined that the Israeli aggression will not deter Yemen or the Yemeni people "from fulfilling their religious and moral duty to respond to the massacres in Gaza, as well as to this blatant aggression."

He affirmed that Yemen will continue to provide support and target all hostile targets with appropriate weaponry, reiterating that the operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces will not cease until the Israeli aggression against Gaza stops and the siege imposed on the Palestinian Strip is lifted.

YAF operation had devastating impact on 'Israel': Senior Yemeni source

In the same context, a senior Yemeni source told Al Mayadeen that "going after civilian targets will not stop Yemen from increasing support and breaking the arrogance of the haughty entity."

"The last operation had a devastating impact on the Israeli enemy, and they should read it carefully, being in a state of shock and awe from the results of the Yemeni military action," the source said.

"Israel" must comprehend the message and must approve of finding a quick and permanent solution, the source stressed, asserting that Yemen will continue its operations.

The senior Yemeni source also pointed out that the American [administration] "can never be innocent of any aggression against Yemen," adding that its latest attempt at evading responsibility for the recent aggression against civilian targets does not absolve it [from it].

BREAKING:

Israel is bombing Yemen’s capital of Sanaa.

Israel is now literally waging attacks on 4 different countries at once: Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.

Yet Western media will still somehow frame Israel as the victim.
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Operation White City

Israeli media reported that dozens of Israeli Air Force warplanes attacked strategic targets in Yemen at dawn on Thursday, specifically in Hodeidah, and for the first time, in the suburbs of the capital, Sanaa.

Israel Hayom indicated that the operation, codenamed "White City", was planned in response to more than 200 missiles and more than 170 drones launched from Yemen thus far.

The Israeli newspaper highlighted that some of the targets attacked in Yemen are about 2,000 km away from "Israel".

It revealed that within the Israeli military, it is stated that the army has been preparing for an attack in Yemen for a long time and has consistently worked on improving intelligence and enhancing the precision of targets.

Israeli attacks on Yemen will not deter Sanaa: Al-Houthi

On his part, Mohammad Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, considered that "the attacks of the Israeli-American enemy on civilian targets (in Yemen) are condemned terrorist war crimes."

In a post on X, al-Houthi labeled the crimes of the “temporary Israeli entity” and the US against Yemen “a continuation of the series of crimes in the region.”

Al-Houthi added that the ongoing attacks on Yemen will not deter Sanaa from carrying out its supportive duty for Gaza, vowing that military operations will continue no matter what.

Martyrs, injuries in Israeli aggression on Yemen's Sanaa, Hodeidah

A series of intense Israeli airstrikes targeted the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the city of Hodeidah in western Yemen, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported in the early hours of Thursday.

According to our correspondent, approximately six Israeli airstrikes hit the Hodeidah port and the Ras Issa oil facility in western Yemen, resulting in the killing of nine people and injuries to several others among the facility’s staff.

The correspondent further noted that Israeli strikes targeted the central Dahban power station in northern Sanaa. Later, he indicated that civil defense teams successfully extinguished the fire at the Dahban station, while efforts continued to put out a blaze at another facility.

Local Yemeni sources confirmed that three airstrikes targeted the power station in the Hezyaz area south of Sanaa.

The sources added that the strikes caused widespread power outages across several areas due to the Israeli assault on the Hezyaz power station.

For its part, the Israeli military announced it had launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s western coast and the capital, Sanaa.

Early Thursday, sirens blared in Tel Aviv following the launch of a Yemeni surface-to-surface ballistic missile. The attack forced large numbers of settlers to seek refuge in shelters.

Fragments of the Yemeni missile landed in the Ramat Gan area in central occupied Palestine, causing material damage, according to Israeli media.

An Israeli media platform reported that “the missile launched from Yemen directly hit a building in central [Israel].”

Simultaneously, Israeli media outlets reported multiple explosions in al-Quds as air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv.

Journalist Firas Tannina told Al Mayadeen that Israeli air defenses failed to intercept a Yemeni hypersonic missile, adding that nearly a million settlers rushed to shelters after the missile struck Gush Dan.

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