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.

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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— sarah (@sahouraxo) December 19, 2024

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.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press cited a US official as claiming that the United States did not carry out the attacks on Yemen.

In response, Al Mayadeen’s Washington bureau chief stated that it is unlikely "Israel" would conduct an assault on Yemen without coordinating with the United States.

The Israeli aggression comes as Yemen continues its support for Gaza and the Palestinian people, carrying out operations targeting ships in the Red and Arabian seas headed to Israeli ports and striking deep into occupied Palestine.

Yemeni missile targets central 'Israel'

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.

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

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 19, 2024

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.