The strike on Hodeida came a day after the Houthis launched their first deadly strike on Israel – a drone attack in Tel Aviv that killed an Israeli civilian.
Israel’s response destroyed much of the port’s fuel storage capacity and killed at least nine people, according to the rebels.
The Houthis are fighting Israel as part of Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance”, which includes militant groups in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Since November, the Yemeni rebels have launched a flurry of missile and drone strikes on Israel-linked shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.
They say the campaign that has disrupted maritime traffic in the key global trade route is intended to signal solidarity with Palestinians amid the war in the Gaza Strip.
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