Sanaa airport destroyed

An Israeli air strike has struck the Sanaa International Airport in Yemen's capital, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed. 

The IDF claimed Tuesday's attack destroyed Houthi infrastructure, ‘leading to its complete shutdown’.

Earlier in the day, the IDF asked people to evacuate the airport, warning that ‘failure to evacuate and stay away from the area puts you in danger’. 

Israel previously carried out a strike on Sanaa's airport last December.

This comes a day after Israeli strikes on targets in the neighbouring city of Hudaydah in response to the Yemeni Houthi group's missile that landed near Israel's main airport on Sunday.

The airport in the Houthi capital is now “completely disabled” following the strikes carried out by Israeli Air Force fighter jets, the military says.

The IDF says that the airport was used by the Houthis “for transferring weapons and operatives, and is regularly operated by the Houthi regime for terror purposes.”

Source: Agencies