Saudi-Led Coalition Strikes Houthi Telecoms Facilities in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition targeted Houthi military telecommunications facilities and destroyed targets threatening commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Houthi sources reported two people were injured as a result of the attack.

‘Houthi military sites were targeted in Hodeida province… the destroyed targets were linked to threats against commercial vessels in the Red Sea,’ Al Arabiya television said in a post on X. The report added that the port of Hodeida, Yemen, was not targeted and remains open for navigation.

Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said the attack was a response to the Houthis targeting ships in the Red Sea. ‘The terrorist Houthi military… targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea,’ Turki al-Maliki said in a statement on X. He added that the coalition had ‘carried out a decisive and strong response’ targeting Houthi military sites used to threaten navigation in the Red Sea and that ‘the military response has now concluded’.

Yemen’s Houthi media said two people were injured in the Saudi air strikes. The casualties were a worker in the city of Hodeida and a woman on Kamaran Island. ‘A worker in the telecommunications building was injured in the Saudi aggression in the city of Hodeida,’ al-Masirah television said.