THE Israeli navy attacked docks in Yemen’s port city of Hodeida today, likely damaging facilities that are key to aid shipments to the country.

The attack comes as Yemen’s Houthi government has repeatedly launched missiles and drones targeting Israel during its war on Palestinians in Gaza.

Nasruddin Amer, the deputy head of the Yemeni media office, wrote on the social platform X that the attack targeted docks in Hodeida. He claimed the strike had no significant impact on the group’s operations.

“It has no effect even on the morale of our people, who take to the streets weekly in support of Gaza,” he said.

Late on Monday, Israel issued online warnings to Yemenis to evacuate from Ras Isa, Hodeida and al-Salif ports over the Houthis’ alleged use of seaports for attacks.

“The port is used to transfer weapons and is a further example of the Houthi terrorist regime’s cynical exploitation of civilian infrastructure in order to advance terrorist activities,” the Israeli military said in a statement.

Hodeida is the main entry point for food and other humanitarian aid for millions of Yemenis since the Houthis seized Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in 2014.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned his country’s “long arm in the air and at sea will reach everywhere.

“We warned the Houthi terror organisation that if they continue to fire at Israel they will face a powerful response and enter a naval and air blockade,” he said.

Israel has already destroyed all the aircraft used by Yemen’s state carrier, Yemenia, in strikes on Sanaa International Airport.

Yemen has been launching persistent missile and drone attacks against commercial and military ships in the region in what the Houthi leadership has described as an effort to end Israel’s offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza.