Israel launched two waves of airstrikes on Yemen overnight, killing at least nine people, according to the Houthi-controlled satellite channel al-Masirah

The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for more than a year in what they have described as a campaign in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel’s military launched deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen early Thursday, just hours after the Iran-backed militant group’s latest attack on Israel.

An Ansar Allah source told Newsweek that Israel "represents a danger to Yemen and to various Arab and Islamic countries."

Israel has bombed key ports in Yemen as well as the country's capital Sana'a in response to more than a year of missile and drone attacks launched by the country's Houthi rebels, the military said on Thursday.

The report noted that Israel's defense mechanisms have struggled to adapt to the evolving threat posed by Ansarallah.

Israel carried out airstrikes in Yemen in response to a Houthi attack hours earlier, the latest move by Israeli forces to weaken Iran and its proxies.

In July, the Israeli military struck Hudaydah's port and oil infrastructure after a Houthi drone attack killed one person in Tel Aviv. It bombed Hudaydah again in September after a Houthi missile targeted Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion international airport.

SANAA - The US-British navy coalition launched a new airstrike on a Houthi site in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday before dawn, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The strike targeted the site in Hodeidah's Al-Luhayyah area, according to al-Masirah, which did not provide further details or report any casualties.

While US army targeted Houthi military sites in Yeman's Sanaa, Israel attacked ports and energy facilities in Houthi-held areas of Yemen. Listen to Story US action aims to disrupt Houthi attacks on Red Sea merchant ships Forces also struck drones ...

The strikes on shipping by the Houthis, who have also launched missiles at Israel, have prompted retaliatory strikes by the United States and Britain. The US attack on Sanaa came the same day that a Houthi missile struck Israel's commercial hub Tel Aviv, wounding 16 people in the second such strike in days.