Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Defense, said that the Kingdom has no relationship or participation in targeting Hodeidah in Yemen.

He added that Saudi Arabia will not allow its airspace to be violated by any party.
Israeli aircraft bombed Houthi military targets near the port of Hodeidah in Yemen on Saturday, killing at least three and wounding 87, a day after the attack. With drones launched by the Houthis on Tel Aviv, the economic center of Israel.

The Houthis' Al-Masirah TV channel, citing the Ministry of Health, reported that most of the injured suffered from severe burns as a result of the air strikes that targeted oil facilities and a power station.

Residents from Hodeidah told Reuters by phone that explosions were heard across the city during intense bombardment, and Al Masirah TV said that civil defense forces and firefighters were trying to put out the fires that broke out in oil tanks in the port.

An Israeli army spokesman said that the Houthis are using the port to receive weapons from Iran. He added that the targets, which are more than 1,700 kilometers from Israel, included dual-use sites, including energy infrastructure.

Israel informed its allies before launching the air strikes, which the army said were carried out by Israeli F-15 fighter jets, and that all of them returned safely.

The Supreme Political Council of the Houthi group said that there would be an “effective response” to the Israeli air strikes.

The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said that the group “will not hesitate to strike the vital targets of the Israeli enemy.”