The air assault, Israel’s fourth in Yemen over the past year, comes a week after Israeli fighter jets flew more than 1,000 miles to bomb sites in the country, including in Sana and on the port city of Salif. The Israeli military said it had struck infrastructure like power plants, as well as fuel and oil tanks.

Israeli military says warplanes struck ‘Houthi terror regime’ targets at Sana’a airport, as well as military infrastructure

The Israel Defence Forces claim they have struck multiple “Houthi terrorist” targets in Yemen on Thursday, including the airport in the capital Sanaa and three ports along the western coast. Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was in Sanaa airport at the time of the attack.

The Israeli military intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Wednesday morning, marking the fifth such attack in a week. Sirens blared across parts of Israel as the missile crossed into Israeli territory,