The IDF said the attack on Yemen’s main airport in Sanaa was in retaliation for a missile strike by Houthi militants that hit near Israel’s international airport Sunday.

Israeli attacks on Yemen’s capital Sanaa are underway, according to the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, adding that strikes are currently targeting the city’s international airport.

The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a military air base, airport sources told Reuters. An official told AFP that the airport had been "completely destroyed".