News - Yemen: Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the Israeli aggression against Yemen, calling it a dangerous escalation that threatens regional security and peace.

In a statement on Sunday, the ministry affirmed that this Israeli aggression represents a blatant violation of international law and humanitarian norms, hindering efforts to de-escalate and end conflicts in the region.

Oman urged the international community to uphold its responsibilities to maintain regional and international security and peace. It called for decisive action to protect civilians and ensure the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

On Saturday, Israeli warplanes targeted civilian buildings, oil facilities, and a power station in the Yemeni province of Hodeidah, killing three citizens and injuring 87 others.

Brushing off official accounts that the airstrikes had targeted civilian structures, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari alleged that the regime’s aircraft had struck “military targets” in Hodeidah.

He also said the strikes had come in response to the attacks that the Yemeni Armed Forces had been carrying out against the occupied Palestinian territories over the past months.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have been targeting the territories as well as Israeli ships and vessels affiliated with the occupying regime since October 7, when Tel Aviv began a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip. They have vowed to keep up their operations as long as the regime sustains the war and a simultaneous siege that it has been enforcing against the Palestinian territory.