Al-Masirah TV, a media outlet controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen reported the airstrikes in the port city of Hodeidah.
Israel retaliated for with airstrikes in Yemen on Saturday that reportedly struck storage facilities for oil and diesel at a port.
A media outlet controlled by the in Yemen reported the airstrikes in the port city of Hodeidah, which also hit a local electricity company. Al-Masirah TV said the strikes caused deaths and injuries but gave no details, the Associated Press reported.
It said there was a large fire at the port and power cuts were widespread.
Health officials in Yemen told the AP the strikes killed a number of people and injured others, but did not elaborate.
The Israeli military said in a statement Saturday that fight jets struck military targets of the Houthis in the area of Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen. It said the strikes were in « response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the State of Israel in recent months. »
A U.S. official also confirmed to CBS News that Israel conducted the airstrikes in Yemen in retaliation for the Houthi drone attack in Tel Aviv on Friday that killed at least one person and wounded at least eight others. The official said there was no U.S. involvement in Saturday’s airstrikes.
Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam wrote on social media platform X that Yemen was subjected to a « blatant Israeli aggression » and said the attacks aim « to increase the suffering of the people and to pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza.
