Fighter jets bomb Iran-backed group's ports, power plant, after reports of US-led strikes on area north of Sanaa; PM vows more attacks after drone, ballistic missile attacks

While other fronts have quieted with the ceasefire signed between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement in November and the fall of the Iran-aligned Syrian government the following month, Ansar Allah has defied strikes conducted by Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States to maintain operations until a ceasefire was reached in Gaza.

Israel struck Huthi targets in Yemen on Friday, including a power station and coastal ports, in response to missile and drone launches, and warned it would hunt down the group's leaders.

The IDF confirms it launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen a short while ago, in response to the Iran-backed group’s repeated ballistic missile and drone attacks on Israel. The Israeli Air Force strikes targeted the Hezyaz power plant near the capital Sanaa and infrastructure at the Hodeidah and Ras Isa ports on the western coast of Yemen,