{"id":1545700,"date":"2025-07-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1545700"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:00:00","slug":"israel-bombs-ports-power-plant-in-yemen-after-month-long-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/israel-bombs-ports-power-plant-in-yemen-after-month-long-pause\/1545700\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Bombs Ports, Power Plant In Yemen After Month-Long Pause"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel Bombs Ports, Power Plant In Yemen After Month-Long Pause<\/span><\/p>\n

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On Sunday Israel’s military launched airstrikes on three ports and a power facility against Houthi-controlled Yemen, resulting in the group launching a barrage of missiles in retaliation. Israel is calling the major new initiative ‘Operation Black Flag’.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military (IDF) announced it had targeted the Red Sea ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa, and as-Salif, as well as the Ras Kathib power station<\/strong>. Additionally, it described striking a radar system aboard the Galaxy Leader<\/em>, a ship previously seized by the Houthis and currently docked in Hodeidah.<\/p>\n

Illustrative: prior Israeli strikes on Yemen, via AP.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the first escalation of its kind in nearly a month<\/strong>, and the IDF defended the action as necessary and warranted after intercepting a missile\u00a0launched from Yemen earlier that day.<\/p>\n

At least two more missiles were fired on Israel following the port strikes<\/strong>, with\u00a0Houthi military spokesperson Yehyaa Saree later confirmed the launches, saying they again targeted Ben Gurion Airport<\/strong>, as well as the ports of Ashdod and Eilat and a power station in Ashkelon.<\/p>\n

Israeli defense systems were active in seeking to intercept the inbound missiles, with possible damage on the ground\u00a0still being assessed. No casualties on either side of this fresh flare-up were initially reported.<\/p>\n

There are meanwhile new fears that another war could erupt <\/strong>in the Red Sea<\/a>, as we also reported earlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday evening,\u00a0air raid sirens sounded\u00a0across\u00a0the Dead Sea region and parts of the West Bank following the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen toward Israel. The launch, attributed to Iran-backed Houthi forces, marked an alarming expansion of their missile capabilities beyond the Red Sea maritime chokepoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hours later, on Sunday morning,\u00a0the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) received a report\u00a0that a merchant vessel transiting 51 nautical miles southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, came under attack by multiple boats armed with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades<\/strong>.\u00a0The vessel’s onboard security team returned fire.\u00a0The incident remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

Israel has launched ‘Operation Black Flag’ against Yemen.<\/p>\n

Warplanes have dropped at least 60 munitions across the country, including on the ports of Hodeidah and Ras Issa after the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted the Magic Seas in the Red Sea, a vessel linked to Israel, earlier\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/IPqYm3H7Qc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) July 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting\u00a0 the White House on Monday, where a\u00a0potential ceasefire deal could materialize to end the\u00a021-month war in Gaza.\u00a0Trump has previously\u00a0announced a “final proposal” for a 60-day ceasefire. Renewed conflict in Yemen is likely to also be on the agenda, after the US military formally ended its Red Sea mission.<\/p>\n

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Below are more developing events and headlines via Newsquawk:<\/em><\/p>\n

Middle East<\/p>\n

Israeli military issued an evacuation order to people at Yemen\u2019s ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Al-Salif, as well as to those inside the Hodeidah power station, while it announced to carry out airstrikes in those areas due to military activities being conducted there.\u00a0Israel’s Defence Minister later confirmed military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen’s ports of Hodeidah, Salif, Ras Isa, as well as the Ras Qatib power plant
\n\tA Liberia-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier was attacked 51NM off Yemen\u2019s Hodeidah, while the UKMTO later announced that all crew abandoned a ship that was attacked southwest of Yemen\u2019s Hodeidah.
\n\tIsraeli PM\u2019s office said the changes requested by Hamas to the Qatari proposal are not acceptable to Israel, while the negotiating team will depart to Qatar for Gaza talks.
\n\tIsraeli PM Netanyahu said he is determined to ensure hostages\u2019 return to Israel and remove the Hamas threat from Gaza, while he said his negotiators in ceasefire talks have clear instructions to achieve an agreement under conditions Israel has accepted.\u00a0Furthermore, Netanyahu said ahead of his White House meeting that he\u00a0believes the discussion with US President Trump can certainly help advance these results.
\n\tUS President Trump said he will discuss Iran with Israeli PM Netanyahu and noted Iran\u2019s nuclear program was set back permanently but they may restart in a different location,\u00a0while Trump also said there\u00a0could be a Gaza deal during the week ahead.
\n\tFirst session of indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar ended inconclusively and the Israeli delegation does not have sufficient mandate to reach an agreement with Hamas as it has no real power,\u00a0according to two Palestinian officials cited by Reuters.
\n\tHamas government office rejected a US State Department accusation that Hamas was involved in an attack on Americans at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site on Saturday.
\n\tUK government re-established diplomatic relations with Syria.
\n\tThe second round of (Israel-Hamas) negotiations in Doha will begin this afternoon, via Al Arabiya sources. Subsequently, there is reportedly a positive atmosphere in Israel-Hamas negotiations, no breakthrough so far, according to Al Hadath.<\/p>\n

Ukraine<\/p>\n

US President Trump said they won\u2019t be sending patriot missiles to Ukraine but talked about it and noted they have to be protected, while he said Russian President Putin is worried about sanctions and understands it may be coming.
\n\tRussian military forces gained control of Sobolivka in Ukraine\u2019s Kharkiv region and Piddubne in Donetsk region.
\n\tRussian Foreign Minister says Russia does not need a temporary ceasefire, but rather a lasting peace.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 07\/07\/2025 – 12:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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