Hudaydah Still Ablaze Three Days After Bombing

‘Riyadh Allowed Israel to Use Airspace for Yemen Strike’

Date: 22 July 2024 - 22:23

News ID: ۱۲۹۶۴۹

BEIRUT (Dispatches) -- Israel informed Saudi Arabia in advance of its attack on the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah on Saturday, with Riyadh allowing the occupation’s warplanes to pass through its airspace to bomb Yemen, Israeli Army Radio said.
The radio station’s military correspondent, Doron Kadosh said the Israeli warplanes passed through “the Saudi airspace for a large part of their journey to Yemen”.
On Saturday, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the Zionist  military had coordinated with Saudi Arabia to carry out its attack on Yemen and that the coordination included aerial refueling with RAM aircraft, in addition to flying at low altitudes to avoid radars.
The U.S. administration and Central Command were informed of the operation hours before the attack, according to reports.
At least six people were martyred and 83 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Hudaydah Port in western Yemen on Saturday, according to the health ministry.
Saturday’s attack marked the first direct Israeli military aggression against Yemen.
Firefighting teams on Monday were struggling to contain a massive blaze at Hudaydah, days after the Israeli strike damaged oil storage facilities and endangered aid ships in the harbor.
Heavy flames and black smoke spiraled into the sky for a third consecutive day following the strike on Saturday, said an AFP correspondent in Hudaydah.
Firefighting teams appeared to be making little progress, with the blaze seemingly expanding in some parts of the port, the correspondent said, adding that there were fears the blaze could reach food storage facilities.
High-resolution satellite images taken by Maxar Technologies showed flames consuming a heavily damaged fuel storage area at the Hudaydah harbor.

and international cooperation as well as cooperation in the form of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union.”
Kazakhstan’s president, for his part, said Kazakhstan was keen to promote cooperation with Iran in such sectors as transit, energy, technical and engineering services as well as financial, economic and commercial exchanges.
Also on Monday, the Iranian president-elect and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a 20-minute phone conversation.
Japan’ s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Prime Minister Kishida conveyed his intention to work together to further develop mutual ties based on the traditional friendly relationship with Iran.
It said the two sides also exchanged views on the situation in the region with Kishida expressing his high hope for Iran to play a more constructive role toward regional peace and stability and to advance cooperation with the international community.
“Both sides also exchanged views on Iran’s nuclear issue. Both sides concurred to continue to communicate with each other.”