- JERUSALEM — Israeli
warplanes on Wednesday struck Sanaa's main airport in Yemen and several
aircraft belonging to the Houthi forces, Israel's military said in a statement.
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- The attack destroyed the last aircraft used by the Houthi
forces, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a separate statement.
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- The strike was part of what Israel called "Operation
Golden Jewel," a campaign that aims to degrade the Houthis' ability to
launch further attacks on Israel, said Katz.
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- "This is a clear message and a direct continuation of
the policy we have set: whoever fires at Israel will pay a heavy price,"
Katz warned.
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- He said Israel would continue targeting Yemeni ports and
strategic infrastructure used by the Houthis and their allies. "The
airport in Sanaa will be destroyed again and again."
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- Katz also warned that the Houthis would be "under a
naval and aerial blockade"/
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- Khaled al-Shaief, Houthi general director of Sanaa
International Airport, confirmed that the fourth plane of Yemen's national
Yemenia Airline company was destroyed by the Israeli airstrikes Wednesday
morning.
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- "The ... (Israeli) enemy targeted the last Yemenia
Airlines' plane operating at Sanaa International Airport and destroyed
it," al-Shaief wrote on social platform X. He posted a picture showing the
plane destroyed with fire and smoke rising from it in the airport.
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- Israel's Army Radio reported that the Houthis have launched
seven ballistic missiles and several drones toward Israeli territory over the
past two weeks. Most of the projectiles were intercepted, and no major damage
or casualties were reported.
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