The air raids came a day after the Huthis said they targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport with a missile, trying to hit it as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from New York.
“Dozens of Air Force aircraft, including fighter jets, refuelling planes, and reconnaissance aircraft, attacked military-use targets of the Huthi terrorist regime in the Ras Issa and Hodeida areas of Yemen,” military spokesman Captain David Avraham said in a statement to AFP.
Israel also hit Hodeida port in July, causing what an official there said was at least $20 million in damage, after a Huthi drone penetrated Israeli air defences and killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.
An “unmanned aerial target” approaching Israel over the Red Sea – where the Huthis have regularly launched attacks – was intercepted earlier on Sunday, Israel’s military said.
Separately, it said the air strike that killed Nasrallah “eliminated” another 20 Hezbollah members.
Israel also said Nabil Qaouq, a member of Hezbollah’s central council, was killed in a strike on Saturday.
Hezbollah has yet to officially announce his death, but a source close to the group said Qaouq had been killed.
