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Israel bombs Yemen port city after Tel Aviv drone strike

Houthis say Israel will 'pay price' after bombing Yemeni port city
MENA
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Israel bombed Hodeida in Yemen on Saturday in retaliation to a drone strike on Tel Aviv the previous day. The Houthi rebel group has threatened to hit back.

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Israel said its warplanes hit military targets of the Houthi group Saturday, a day after a drone attack claimed by the Yemeni rebels killed one person in Tel Aviv.

Israeli jets struck the area of Hodeida port in Yemen, saying it came in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against Israel in recent months, according to a military statement. Videos shared online show massive flames and black smoke billowing from the targeted sites.

The Houthis have claimed attacks on Israeli cities including Ashdod, Haifa and Eilat since November last year in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, but Friday's strike on Tel Aviv appears to have been the first to breach Israel's vaunted air defences.

The attack on Hodeida comes as Israel continues its offensive in Gaza, killing at least 13 people in three airstrikes on refugee camps in the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps in the territory's central.