VIDEO: Israeli airstrikes fully destroy Yemen’s Sanaa airport, power stations

Israel's military said its warplanes struck Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Tuesday, "fully disabling the airport", the latest retaliation for a missile attack by the Houthis on Israel's main airport.

"Flight runways, aircraft and infrastructure at the airport were struck," a military statement said, adding that "the airport served as a central hub for the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons and operatives."

Israeli air raids also destroyed power stations in the Sanaa area on Tuesday.

Israel has now launched two volleys of strikes after a Houthi missile penetrated the perimeter of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport for the first time on Sunday, leaving a large crater and wounding six people.

AFP correspondents in the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa reported hearing several strikes and seeing plumes of smoke rising from areas including the airport.

An earlier raid on Monday killed at least four people and wounded 35 others, according to Houthis, when Israel hit a cement factory and the lifeline port of Hodeida.

Tuesday's raids hit several locations including Sanaa airport, three power stations in and around the capital, and a cement factory in Amran, rebel media said.

Just before Tuesday's attacks, Israel's military urged Yemeni civilians to "immediately" evacuate the airport and "stay away from the area." 

Agencies