
– Massive blaze at Yemen’s rebel-held Hodeida port after Israeli strike on oil storage facilities
– Firefighters struggling to contain the fire, fears it could reach food storage facilities
– Israel’s first strike on Yemen in response to Huthi rebel drone strike in Tel Aviv
– Satellite images show extensive damage, at least 33 oil storage tankers destroyed
– Six people killed in the strike, more than 80 wounded with severe burns
– Huthis pledge a “huge” response to the strikes, threatened to attack Tel Aviv again
– Port authorities say Hodeida is operating at full capacity, but US-based Navanti Group says five cranes destroyed and fuel storage capacity heavily impacted
– World Food Programme’s aid vessel in port impacted, all fuel likely destroyed
– Hodeida’s port crucial for fuel imports and international aid for Yemen, where over half the population relies on humanitarian assistance
– Human Rights Watch and International Rescue Committee raise concerns about impact of the strike on aid efforts
Yemen firefighters struggle against port blaze after Israel strikes
Yemen firefighters struggle against port blaze after Israel strikes