The strikes on Hodeidah came after the Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea
The Saudi-led coalition struck targets in the Houthi-held Yemeni port of Hodeidah on Saturday following attacks on Saudi ships in the Red Sea.
The Houthis, an Iranian-backed Shiite group that controls large parts of civil war-torn Yemen, announced a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia last week in response to what it called an unjust “siege” of the country.
The coalition said in a brief statement that it had targeted military sites “linked to threats against commercial shipping.”
According to the Houthi-aligned Al Masirah TV, telecommunications facilities were hit. The broadcaster added that a woman was injured in a strike on Kamaran Island off Yemen’s Red Sea coast.
The group’s political wing condemned the attacks and vowed to meet “escalation with escalation,” according to Anadolu.
The Saudi Defense Ministry says its forces targeted Houthi military sites in Hodeidah Governorate, including sites linked to attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea. The port of Hodeidah was not targeted, the Saudi MoD said. https://t.co/CaxWZU4byW pic.twitter.com/TTAIOTyHHi
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The Houthis said they had targeted two Saudi-owned tankers this week. Riyadh acknowledged that the ship Encelia caught fire and later said another Saudi vessel, NCC MASA, sustained minor hull damage in a separate attack on Friday.
The Houthis captured Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in 2014. A year later, Saudi Arabia led an intervention on behalf of the internationally recognized government. The bombing campaign failed to subdue the Houthis but exacerbated Yemen’s already dire humanitarian crisis.
After the war in Gaza broke out in 2023, the Houthis began firing missiles and drones at Israel and attacking ships in what they said was an act of solidarity with the Palestinians. The attacks stopped after the Houthis reached an agreement with the US in May 2025.
US President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to inflict “major military punishment” on the Houthis, describing the group as “a proxy of Iran.” The US bombed Yemen alongside the UK and Israel in 2025.
July 25, 2026 at 07:08AM
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