The strikes on Hodeidah came after the Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea
The Saudi-led coalition struck targets in the Houthi-held Yemeni port of Hodeidah on Saturday following attacks on Saudi ships in the Red Sea.
The Houthis, an Iranian-backed Shiite group that controls large parts of civil war-torn Yemen, announced a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia last week in response to what it called an unjust “siege” of the country.
The coalition said in a brief statement that it had targeted military sites “linked to threats against commercial shipping.”
According to the Houthi-aligned Al Masirah TV, telecommunications facilities were hit. The broadcaster added that a woman was injured in a strike on Kamaran Island off Yemen’s Red Sea coast.
The group’s political wing condemned the attacks and vowed to meet “escalation with escalation,” according to Anadolu.
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