JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Tuesday it launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that fully disabled the country’s international airport in the capital, Sanaa.

Israeli fighter jets attacked the Houthi-controlled Hudaydah port in Yemen, which serves as a “major” income source for the terror regime, the Israel Defense Forces said on Monday night. “The strike was conducted in response to the repeated attacks by the Houthis against Israel,

Israel launched airstrikes in Yemen with 20 fighter jets after a Houthi missile hit Ben Gurion Airport, injuring civilians.