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On July 20, local time, multiple explosions occurred in the city of Hodeidah, Yemen. Masirah TV, controlled by the Yemeni Houthi armed forces, said that Israel carried out air strikes and causedMany power facilities in Hodeidah were damaged.

On the evening of the 20th, the Israel Defense Forces issued a statement:It was confirmed that the Israeli army used fighter jets to carry out air strikes on "Houthi armed military targets" in the port of Hodeidah, Yemen that day, in response to "hundreds of attacks" by the Houthi armed forces against Israel in recent months.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on the same day that the Israeli air strikesThis is a response to the Houthi armed forces' drone attack on Tel Aviv on the 19th.Israel will not hesitate to strike "any enemy that violates Israel" and will make it "pay a huge price." He also said that the Hodeidah port attacked by the Israeli army was used for military purposes by the Houthi armed forces.

It is reported that on the morning of the 20th local time, Israeli Defense Minister Galant held a meeting with Israeli military officials, during which the Israeli air strikes on Hodeidah, Yemen were approved.

Earlier on the 19th, an explosion occurred in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, killing one person and injuring 10. The Yemeni Houthi armed forces later issued a statement saying that they used drones to attack Tel Aviv.

Since the outbreak of a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict on October 7 last year, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen have repeatedly used missiles and drones to attack the southern Israeli port city of Eilat, and attacked merchant ships related to Israel in the Red Sea and other waters. This airstrike is the first attack launched by Israel on Yemen since this round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (CCTV reporter Zhu Yunxiang Sun Jian)