Al Hudaydah, Yemen - Fires broke out at Al Hudaydah port as Israeli aircraft launched airstrikes targeting Yemen.

Israeli warplanes launched a new wave of airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday evening amid rising regional tensions over Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, Israeli media said. The strikes targeted several strategic sites in Yemen, including Sanaa airport and the port of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN said.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, has confirmed he was at Yemen's international airport when Israel's air strikes hit the capital.

The head of the World Health Organization said he was about to board a flight in the Yemeni capital when the airport came under bombardment.

Israeli Forces Strike International Airport in Yemen The deadly assault came after a week of attacks in Israel by the Iran-backed Houthi militia. Advertisement NOW PLAYING 0:39 0:43 Advertisement 0:22

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the Israeli Air Force had struck Houthi targets in Yemen.

Israeli airstrikes hit the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida in Yemen on Thursday. The World Health Organization's director-general reported that the strikes took place as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa,

The Israeli military said the airstrikes targeted infrastructure that the Houthis have used to bring Iranian weapons and officials into Yemen.