Dramatic video shows devastating Israeli air strikes on 'military targets' in Houthi-controlled Yemen in retaliation to constant rebel attacks in the Red Sea

Dramatic video has emerged tonight showing a fearsome blaze trailing the landscape of western Yemen in the wake of devastating Israeli airstrikes on ‘military targets’, including fuel and power stations.

The strikes are understood to be in retaliation for continued Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and comes just 24 hours after one person was killed by a drone exploding close to the US embassy in Tel Aviv.

Shortly after the fatal attack, Israel had vowed to ‘settle the score’.

On a social media post appearing on X, formerly known as Twitter, at 5.21pm on Saturday, The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it had carried out the strike in the western port city of Al Hudaydah, a Houthi stronghold.

The post said:  ‘A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the area of the Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the State of Israel in recent months.’

Dramatic video has…