Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel will respond to the Houthis and their Iranian "masters", after the Tehran-backed group launched a missile attack against his country's main international airport.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of interfering in US affairs. Araghchi warned against any attacks on Iran. He cited US support for Israel in Gaza and Yemen.

Israel’s military says it has carried out airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Red Sea city of Hodeida, a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hit Israel’s main airport

Tuesday’s Israeli attack followed large-scale strikes on Monday from 20 Israeli warplanes that targeted Yemen’s Hodeidah port complex on the Red Sea, as well as a nearby concrete factory. The IDF claimed these were important sources of income for the Iran-backed Yemeni militant group,

The airstrikes on the capital, Sana, came days after the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen fired a ballistic missile that struck near Israel’s main airport.