JERUSALEM: 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 Houthis `to transfer weapons and operatives`.

Israeli air raids also struck power stations in the Sanaa area on Tuesday, Houthi media and Israel`s military said.

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 Israeli military statement said `several central power plants` in the area of the capital were hit.

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.

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.

More than 10 strikes targeted Hodeidah Port and the Al Salakhanah and Al Hawak neighbourhoods in the city of Hodeidah, five residents told Reuters.

Four strikes also targeted a cement factory east of Hodeidah.

They follow the Iranbacked Houthis` missile attack on Israel`s main airport on Sunday, which for the first time penetrated the perimeter.

The Yemeni group resumed its attacks on Israel and shipping lanes following a brief suspension after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza ended.

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

`Failing to evacuate may put you at risk,` military spokesman Avichay Adraee posted on X in Arabic.

The latest exchanges come as regional tensions soar anew over Israel`s plan to expand operations in Gaza and displace much of its population.

An oil company operated by the Houthis announced it has begun operating an emergency system for supplyingcars with fuel, owing to difficulties in unloading cargo at the oil port of Ras Isa.

The company attributed the decision to US strikes on the country, including the port.

`Unimaginable`response Houthis on Tuesday promised a robust response to Israeli strikes.

The Israeli `aggression will not pass without a response, and Yemen will not be discouraged from its stance in support of Gaza`, the Houthi political bureau said in a statement.

Houthi official Abdul Qader al-Mortada said in an X post commenting on the attack that Israel should wait for the `unimaginable`.

US to halt strikes In surprise comments at the White House hours later, President Donald Trump announced the United States would end its attacks against Houthis, claiming the latter had `capitulated` and agreed to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea.

There was no official comment from the Houthis on the claim.

During a White House press appearance with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump said, `The Houthis have announced... that they don`t want to fight anymore.

They just don`t want to fight.

And we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated.

-Agencies