Israeli strikes carried out on the evening of 5 May on Yemen's Hodeidah port and surrounding areas, including a concrete factory near Bajil, injured 56 people and killed one, while damaging 70 percent of the port's five docks and infrastructure, Yemeni sources reported.
At least 21 people were injured in the Bajil strike, while the Yemeni Health Ministry later said 35 people were injured and one person killed in the broader Hodeidah attacks. Civilian areas such as Al-Salakhanah and Al-Hawak neighborhoods were also reportedly hit.
Nasruddin Amer, head of Ansarallah's media office, vowed that the group would respond to the Israeli attack and that the strikes would not deter further operations.
In a post on X, Ansarallah official Abdul Qader al-Mortada commented on the attack, saying that Israel should wait for the “unimaginable.”
According to the Israeli military, around 20 fighter jets dropped 50 munitions on targets along the Yemeni coast during Monday's attacks. The strikes focused on military infrastructure, with the Israeli Air Force claiming that Hodeidah port was used by the YAF to transfer Iranian weapons and equipment.
According to the Israeli military, the Bajil concrete factory was used for tunnel construction and other military infrastructure, contributing to the YAF's economic and military capabilities.
Reuters reported that the port is the second-largest in the Red Sea after Aden and is the entry point for about 80 percent of Yemen's food imports.
The 5 May attack marked the sixth Israeli airstrike campaign in Yemen since July 2024, and the first since January. The Israeli military had paused its retaliatory operations against Yemen following the launch of a US aerial campaign earlier this year.
A US official speaking on the condition of anonymity to Reuters said that US forces were not actively involved in Monday's strikes, but there was general coordination between the two allies.
The Israeli strikes came in response to a ballistic missile attack launched the previous day by the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) on Israel's Ben Gurion Airport.
The missile landed inside the perimeter of the airport, near Terminal 3, injuring six people and gouging a large crater. International airlines suspended flights.
Israel has used Ben Gurion Airport to receive weapons shipments from the US for its ongoing genocide in Gaza.
In October 2023, the Times of Israel published an article about US weapons shipments to Israel that included a photo of a US military transport plane delivering armored vehicles for the Israeli military at Ben Gurion Airport.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Iran was also responsible for the airport attack, and pledged a tough response to both Yemen and Iran, stating, “It will not happen in one bang, but there will be many bangs.”
Iran denied involvement in the Ben Gurion attack, saying it was an independent decision by Ansarallah and the YAF, while warning Israel of consequences if attacked.