The IDF issues an “urgent” evacuation warning for the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeidah in western Yemen, ahead of strikes in the coming hours

The Israeli army says its latest attack against the Houthis comes in response to its military activities at the site.

The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order for the Hodeidah port in Yemen on Tuesday, while warning that it will be attacking the area in upcoming hours, Reuters reported. This comes days after Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in Yemen, killing dozens, in response to the Houthi rebels' drone attack which struck an Israeli airport.

Israel struck Hodeidah port in Yemen after issuing evacuation warning. This comes after Israeli airstrikes last week targeting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen caused significant destruction in residential areas of the capital,

The European Commission president, meanwhile, said she would seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip. The move adds to Israel’s already unprecedented global isolation as it grapples with the fallout from its strike targeting Hamas leaders in U.S.-allied Qatar on Tuesday.

The deputy director of the UNICEF office in Yemen was released from detention by Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital city and returned home Thursday to Jordan, the Jordanian foreign ministry said. The freeing of Jordanian citizen Lana Shukri Kataw was announced at a time of high tensions in Yemen and the larger region.

Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels activated their air defences after Israel launched airstrikes on the port city of Hodeida, a spokesperson for the group said.      “Our air defences are currently confronting the Israeli aircraft that are launching an aggression against our country,