As we reported earlier, the Houthi missile strike on Tel Aviv on Saturday prompted a warning from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"I have instructed our forces to destroy the infrastructure of Houthis because anyone who tries to harm us will be struck with full force," Netanyahu told parliament, according to the AFP news agency.

"We will continue to crush the forces of evil with strength and ingenuity, even if it takes time."

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The Houthis are an armed political and religious group that formed in the 1990s and champions Yemen's Shia Muslim minority, the Zaidis.

They declare themselves to be part of the Iranian-led "axis of resistance" against Israel, the US and the wider West - along with armed groups such as Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.

In the early 2000s, the Houthis fought a series of rebellions against Yemen's authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.

During the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, President Saleh was forced to give power to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, but his government had many problems.

The Houthis seized control of the northern province of Saada and the capital, Sanaa, after forming an unlikely alliance with Saleh and security forces still loyal to him.

But neighbouring Saudi Arabia feared the Houthis would take over Yemen and make it a satellite of Iran.

The Saudis formed a coalition of Arab countries that intervened in the war. But years of air strikes and ground fighting did not dislodge the Houthis.

More lines now from the IDF statement on the attacks in Yemen.

The Israeli military says it struck "military targets" belonging to the Houthis because the rebel group has "repeatedly attacked" Israel.

It adds that military targets were used by the Houthis to "smuggle Iranian weapons" into the region and to allow the entry of Iranian officials.

The Houthis are a "central part of the Iranian axis of terror, and their attacks on international shipping vessels and routes continue to destabilise the region and the wider world," it says.

The IDF statement says Israel has hit:

• "Military infrastructure" used by Houthis at Sanaa International Airport
• The Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations
• "Military infrastructure" in the Al-Hudaydah, Salif, and Ras Kanatib ports on the west coast of Yemen

Israel has confirmed attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen.

We'll bring you more details from the IDF statement shortly.

More details now on where the air strikes took place.

The international airport in the capital, Sanaa, was hit, along with the al-Dailami military base which shares a runway with the airport, and a power plant in the coastal city of Hudaydah.

That's according to AFP news agency, which is citing witnesses and Houthi rebels.

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A Houthi missile strike injured more than a dozen people in Israel last week.

A projectile launched from Yemen landed in a public park in Tel Aviv early on Saturday, the Israeli military said, adding that attempts to shoot it down had been unsuccessful.

A Houthi military spokesman said the group hit a military target using a hypersonic ballistic missile.

Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's emergency medical service, said it treated 16 people who were "mildly injured" by glass shards from shattered windows in nearby buildings.

Another 14 people who suffered minor injuries on their way to protected areas were also treated, it said.

Houthis have been attacking Israel with drones and missiles since the first months of the Gaza war, which began in October 2023.

Israel has carried out intermittent strikes against Houthis in retaliation since then.

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Air strikes have reportedly hit the international airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa and the Red Sea port of Hudaydah.

Yemen’s Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah has blamed Israel for the strikes.

Israel has not commented but had earlier warned of attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen, in response to attacks on Israel.

We'll have more on this developing story soon.