Air strikes are reported to have hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the port city of Hudaydah on the Red Sea. AFP news agency reports that Houthi TV called the strikes "Israeli aggression". Israel has not commented.

Multiple air raids have hit several targets in rebel-held areas of Yemen, witnesses and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said, with their media saying Israel launched the strikes.

As Israel and Yemen-based Houthis have exchanged fire five times in the past two weeks, it increasingly appears that Yemen is the next battlefield in West Asia after Gaza Strip and Lebanon where an Ir

The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for more than a year in what they have described as a campaign in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

A missile storage site and command facilities operated by Iran-backed Houthi militants were targeted, the US says.

Either Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Yemen will cease, or we will target sensitive American assets to deliver our message,’ warns group’s leader - Anadolu Ajansı

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israeli would "destroy the infrastructure" of the Iran-backed rebel group.

Houthi rebels in Yemen say Israeli airstrikes have targeted the rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida. The strikes on Thursday follow several days of Houthi launches

Unconfirmed media reports in Yemen claim that the Israeli Air Force launched strikes against Sanaa International Airport in the Houthi-controlled capital. No further details are immediately available,