Houthi sources said that Israeli strikes targeted the Heyzaz and Dhahban power stations near Sanaa, as well as the Hudaydah Port and Ras Isa oil facility.

The airstrikes had been planned for weeks in response to previous attacks on Israel and began within an hour from the time of arrival of a Houthi-fired ballistic missile into Israeli airspace.

The first wave began at 3:15 a.m. and targeted Yemen's Red Sea coast, striking the ports of Hudaydah, Ras Isa, and Salif.

[19][11] IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said that the strikes targeted port and energy infrastructure used for military activity by the Houthis.

Israeli officials, who informed the U.S. in advance, stated the strikes were a response to Houthi aggression, warning that further actions would follow if necessary.

[30] World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a United Nations team were about to board a plane at the Sanaa airport at the time of the strikes.

[32] Two days after the initial Israeli airstrikes on Yemen, the Yemeni Houthis launched a ballistic missile, successfully impacting Tel Aviv, Israel in a rare instance of failed interception over in the sky.

The Houthis claimed it was a hypersonic ballistic missile named 'Palestine-2' and was directed at an Israeli military target in the Tel Aviv area.

[36] After the second Israeli wave of airstrikes on Yemen, the Yemeni Houthis launched another ballistic missile at Tel Aviv, causing sirens to sound across central Israel.