The Israeli army carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday. Later in the evening, three Yemeni ports were targeted. Israel claims to have bombed, among other things, a power plant there. This facility was allegedly used by the Houthis.
The Lebanese state news agency NNA reports that Israeli fighter jets carried out at least three attacks on the city of Bodai, in eastern Lebanon. Three more attacks were reported on the cities of Arzi and Burj Rahal, northeast of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Israel also reportedly carried out attacks in the Kfar Melki area in Sidon in southern Lebanon.
Attacks were also reported on locations in the mountainous Iqlim al-Tuffah region, as well as on two towns on the banks of the Litani River.
According to the Israeli army, the attacks targeted “military locations, infrastructure for the storage and production of strategic weapons and a missile launch base” of the “terrorist” organization Hezbollah, according to X. “The presence of weapons and activities (of Hezbollah) in the region constitute a flagrant violation of the agreements between Israel and Lebanon,” the army writes.
Since the end of November, a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has been nominally in effect. Israel nevertheless still carries out attacks, justifying this by claiming that Hezbollah is violating the ceasefire. Earlier on Sunday, Hezbollah said that the movement has no intention of surrendering under pressure from Israel.
Houthi targets in Yemeni ports under fire
In Yemen, attacks were carried out by Israel on the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif, as well as the Hodeidah power plant. Minister of Defense Israel Katz confirms this on X.
Earlier in the evening, an evacuation warning had already been issued for the ports by the army. According to a spokesperson, dozens of fighter jets were involved in the airstrikes, according to a statement on X. There are (yet) no reports of casualties.
Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli army said it had intercepted a rocket fired from Yemen at Israel in the early hours of Sunday.