Yemen’s Houthi group announced on Thursday that 9 people were killed and 3 injured in 12 Israeli airstrikes on the capital Sana’a and the Red Sea province of Hodeidah in the west of the country.

Al-Masirah TV said in a short news report that 9 civilians were killed and 3 injured in Israeli raids on the port of Hodeidah and the Ras Isa oil facility in western Yemen.

Earlier on Thursday, the Houthi group announced that Israel had launched 12 raids on Sana’a and Hodeidah province.

For its part, the Israeli army said on Thursday that 14 of its warplanes had hit five targets in Yemen with dozens of bombs.