Israel launched at least 12 airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah port on Tuesday, the latest in a campaign targeting Yemeni civilian sites and infrastructure.

The Israeli military alleged the port is used to transfer weapons “to carry out terrorist plots against the State of Israel and its allies.” War Minister Israel Katz said Yemen would “pay a heavy price for any attempt to attack the State of Israel.”

Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said air defenses “caused great confusion for the enemy aircraft and forced some of their combat formations to leave the airspace… and their penetration into the depth was thwarted.”

Ansarullah leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi has said Tel Aviv’s attacks yield “no achievement” and just expose Israeli “criminality.”

The raid followed deadly attacks in Sanaa that killed over 30 journalists. After Israel’s assassination of Yemen’s prime minister and other senior officials last month, the Yemeni Armed Forces launched strikes on Ramon Airport and military sites in the Negev, vowing that their campaign in solidarity with the people of Gaza will not stop.”