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IDF issues ‘urgent’ evacuation warning for three Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen

2025-05-12

[IsraelTimes] No immediate reports of Israeli strikes; military calls for civilians to stay away from ports ‘until further notice’

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday evening issued an "urgent" evacuation warning to the three Iran's Houthi sock puppets

...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
-controlled ports in western Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, ahead of potential Israeli strikes.

The warning came after the Houthis fired several ballistic missiles and drones at Israel in recent days, since the Israeli Air Force struck the Houthi-controlled airport in Sanaa and several other facilities last week in response to a Houthi ballistic missile that impacted inside the grounds of Ben Gurion Airport last Sunday.

In a post on X, the IDF’s Arabic-language front man Col. Avichay Adraee warned those at the Ras Isa, Hodeidah, and Salif ports on the western coast to evacuate.

"Due to the Houthi terror regime’s use of ports for its terror activities, we urge all those present at these ports to evacuate and stay away from them for your own safety until further notice," he said.

A report by Rooters, citing the Houthi interior ministry, claimed that Israel targeted Hodeidah port following the warning. Israeli military sources said no strikes had been carried out as of Sunday night. There were no reports in Houthi media of strikes either.

On Friday afternoon, the Houthis fired a ballistic missile that triggered sirens across central Israel. The IDF reported that the missile was successfully intercepted by air defenses.

Defense Minister Israel Katz warned then that Israel would respond. "The Houthis continue to launch Iranian missiles at Israel. As we promised, we will respond, strongly in Yemen and anywhere else necessary," he said in a statement.

The Friday attack came three days after the US announced that it had reached a ceasefire with the Yemeni terror group.

Posted by:trailing wife

#1 On paper, looks good. Hadhramout stays out of the fray. However, Iran will load dhows to discharge arms in the many inlets of western Yemen controlled by Houthis. Its time for Coast Guard to put into practice in the Red Sea its arms training.

Posted by: Albert McCoy9505 2025-05-12 13:56

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