To bring you our other top story, this hour, Israel
has attacked the Yemeni port city of Hodeida.
A wave of strikes hit an electricity plant and the
Ras Issa seaport.
The city is controlled by the Houthi group.
It fired a missile towards Israel on Saturday and has
pledged to continue its attacks until Israel's aggression on Lebanon
and Gaza stops.
I want to bring in Hassan Hossein Al Bukhitiza, journalists
and political analysts.
He joins us now from Sanaa.
First of all, can you tell us about these attacks
on her data?
Where specifically have the Israelis been focusing their attacks today
in Yemen?
It's been reported that Israeli has conducted more than 15
air strike.
They have targeted the Hudeida main main port and as
well as a support as a support is one of
the main oil port of Yemen.
That port is where Yemeni receiving their fuel from outside.
And as well, they have targeted one of the most,
one of the largest power station in Yemen, which is
Al Qafib power station and as well Al Hali power
station in Hodeidah as well.
And firefighters now are trying to put fire to put
the fire out in those two power stations.
And there are report of one dead and several casualty
in those latest attack against Yemen in Hida Hossein.
Help us understand the significance of Hodeida.
This is a this is really a key entry point
for humanitarian aid to a country that has been suffering
from malnutrition, starvation.
the United Nations has warned a famine in several areas.
What does it mean for for Hodeida to be bombed?
I believe this is the main goal of the Israeli
regime is to put a pressure on the Yemeni people.
How they report, as you say is one of the
most economic or economic city for Yemen.
And to target that board, it means that Israeli want
or trying to close it and as well targeting those
power station.
This means it will affect only the Yemeni civilians because
Israeli they know that they cannot actually target the military
installation or actually stop or preventing Yemeni from targeting Israel
because they know that Saudi for example, they have conducted
more than 250,000 air strike.
They couldn't stop the Yemeni army and as well hundreds
of attack by the United States and the UK in
the last several months.
They could not stop.
That's why I believe they will continue targeting civilian infrastructure
that effect actually all Yemenis.
But as well, I want to mention that the Muhammad
Abdul Salam, the spokesperson of Ansarullah also known the Houthi,
he said that those attack actually will not stop or
prevent or obstruct Yemeni from attacking the Zionist state of
Israel or from Cuban or continuing to support the the
people of Lebanon and as well the people of Palestine.
And so tell us what the Houthis might do next.
I think or I believe that it could be one
of now the main target for Yemeni army is to
target Israeli port and as well to target Israeli offshore
gas platform.
Because if they do so, this mean it will actually
affect and damage the Israeli regime.
And as they targeted Yemeni oil infrastructure, I believe that
this attack could target, as they say, those gas platforms.
And I believe that could be in the common our
the Yemeni will extend their attack against Israel and it
will not.
I don't believe that will be only with one missile
or one drone.
I think they will launch several of those missiles and
drones at once because they they, they actually want to
support the Palestinian people.
And so tell me, tell me Hussein Hussein, do you
think they will do you think the Houthis will also
focus on sort of strategic shipping lanes?
I mean, for the shipping lane, Yemeni army actually has
successfully blocked the the the ritzy in front of any
Israeli linked ship or ships that going toward Israel.
And as well have formed a blockade against any company
or a shipping company that is dealing with the with
with the with Israel.
As we remember that in the last attack that have
targeted an oil tanker that belonged to a Greek shipping
company, that attack actually was because that shipping company one
of their ship has head to one of the Israeli
regime port.
And I think that Yemeni could actually extend their attack
not only against those shipping company, it could actually form
a blockade against country that's actually dealing with Israel like
the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and maybe Jordan.
Because we know that the Israeli regime has actually avoided
this blockade in the Red Sea by sending their ships
toward the United Arab Emirate port and then all the
goods on those ship is transported by truck through United
Arab Emirate and then Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
That's why I believe one of those stage it could
be for that blockade against the country that's actually helping
Israeli to avoid the blockade.
Hussein, thank you very much.
Hussein Al Bukhiti joining us from the capital of Yemen,
Sanaa.