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The Israeli military said on Saturday that it had struck targets in the Houthi-controlled regions of Yemen, close to the port city of Hodeidah, following the months-long series of Houthi attacks on Israeli targets. Those included 

 Friday that killed an Israeli citizen and injured 10 others.

, the Israel Defense Forces said the locations bombed by its fighter jets in Yemen had been military targets.

 that the Israeli jets had attacked civilian facilities, oil tanks and the electrical power station in the city of Hodeidah, in an effort to pressure the group to end its support for Gaza — something the spokesperson, who goes by the online handle @abdulsalamsalah, said was a "dream that will not come true."

He said the Israeli retaliation would only "increase the determination of the Yemeni people" who would continue to support the Palestinian people in what he termed "the most just cause on the face of the earth."

Following that drone attack Friday that hit an apartment building close to the Tel Aviv beachfront, the Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, 

 Israel was fighting a "multifront war" that included the Houthis, alongside Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iranian-backed groups in Iraq and Syria.

He said the drone was provided by Iran to the Houthis, and the circumstances were being investigated.

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Israel said its fighter jets struck targets at a port in Yemen in response to "hundreds of attacks" against Israel in recent months. On Friday, a drone slammed into an apartment building in Tel Aviv.

Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen a day after drone attack on Tel Aviv

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