The IDF attacked power stations, fuel sites and missile bases.
JNS Staff
(JNS)
The Israel Defense Forces attacked several key locations in Yemen on Sunday, including in the capital Sanaa and the port city of Hodeidah, following the first-ever cluster missile fired by the Houthis at Israel on Friday night.
“A short while ago, the IDF struck military infrastructure of the Houthi terrorist regime in the Sanaa area, including a military site in which the presidency palace is located, the Asar and Hizaz power plants, and a site for storing fuel; all were used for the military activity of the Houthi terrorist regime,” the IDF reported in a statement.
“The strikes were in response to “repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist regime against the State of Israel and its civilians, including the launching of surface-to-surface missiles and UAVs toward Israeli territory in recent days,” the IDF said.
“The presidential palace in the Sanaa area is located within a military site from which the military forces of the Houthi terrorist regime operate.
“In addition, the Hizaz and Asar power plants were struck, which served as a significant electricity supply facility for military activities.
“The strike on the power plants damages the production and supply of electricity for military purposes. The use of these plants constitutes further proof of how the Houthi regime uses civilian infrastructure for military purposes.
“The Houthi 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 exploits the maritime domain to project force and carry out terror activity against global shipping and trade routes, the IDF said.
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The IDF said the attack came in response to the missile the Houthis fired on Friday evening, which the Israeli Air Force revealed on Sunday was a cluster munition.
Israel failed to intercept that missile; the IDF spokesman said on Sunday that “the missed interception last Friday is being investigated and is not related to the type of missile that was launched.
“The air defense systems, with an emphasis on the upper layer, know how to deal with and intercept missiles of this type, as they have intercepted [them] in the past.”
(Upper layer air defense systems are designed to intercept long-range ballistic missiles at high altitude, including outside the atmosphere.)
It was initially suspected that Israel failed to intercept the missile because it had fragmented in mid-air. One piece fell into a backyard but no one was hurt.
The missile contained a warhead with 22 small, armed bombs, which explode when they fall. It’s an identical missile to one fired by the Iranians at Israeli territory in June, Israeli news site N12 reported.
Published on Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:14:49 -0400. Original article link
