News - Yemen: UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern over reports of Israeli airstrikes in and around the port of Hodeidah in Yemen.

"Initial reports indicate several fatalities and over 80 injuries from the attack, with significant damage to civilian infrastructure. The secretary-general urges all parties to avoid actions that could harm civilians and damage civilian infrastructure," a statement from his spokesman read.

Guterres also remains deeply concerned about the potential for further escalation in the region and continues to urge all parties to exercise utmost restraint.

The Israeli attack targeted oil storage facilities and a power plant in Hodeidah on Saturday, causing a fire. The Yemeni Ministry of Health reported three deaths and 87 injuries due to the air raids.

Yemen’s Supreme Political Council vowed to respond to the attack on the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, stating, "This aggression will not pass without an effective response against the enemy."

Mohammed Abdulsalam, the spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah, said the "brutal Israeli aggression against Yemen" aims to "pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza, which is a dream that will not come true."

Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e, the spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, stated later on Saturday that Yemen’s military would not hesitate to attack "vital targets" in Israeli-occupied territories.

The Israeli strikes followed a drone attack by the Yemeni military on the coastal city of Tel Aviv in the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories. Yemen has openly supported Palestine’s struggle against Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7.

Yemeni Armed Forces have pledged to continue their attacks until Israeli ground and aerial offensives in Gaza, which have killed at least 38,919 people and wounded another 89,622, come to an end.

The Leader of the Revolution, Sayyed Abdulmalik al-Houthi, stated that it is "a great honor and blessing to be confronting America directly."