Qualla: 20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen

20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen: Introduction

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

At least six people were killed at the Hudaydah oil terminal on the morning of 20 July 2024. They were among the workers who tended the storage tanks of a port that served as the main humanitarian lifeline for a country at war. When Israeli F-15s and F-35Is arrived overhead after flying 1,700 kilometers from the Mediterranean - farther than the distance to Tehran - they bombed the fuel storage, the refinery, the power plant, and the port cranes. At least six were killed and more than eighty injured, most with severe burns. The fires continued for days.

20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen: The Day Before

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The strike did not arrive without warning or without reason. The day before, on 19 July, a Houthi drone - a modified Iranian-made Samad-3, its warhead reduced to carry more fuel and reach Tel Aviv - slipped past Israeli air defenses and crashed into an apartment building, killing...

20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen: 1,700 Kilometers

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The operation was a demonstration. Israeli officials said so openly. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared there is no place that the long arm of the state of Israel will not reach, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant promised that the blood of Israeli citizens has a price. Co...

20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen: The Humanitarian Port

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Hudaydah is not an abstract military target. It is Yemen's principal port for humanitarian aid, the point through which food, medicine, and fuel reach a population enduring one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the current century. The World Food Programme reported damage...

20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen: Who Was Killed

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The casualty count tells a narrow story. Initial reports gave three killed; the toll rose to at least six, with dozens more injured. In the days that followed, casualty figures crept upward as some of the burned died in hospital. Human Rights Watch called the strike a possible wa...

20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen: Escalation

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The July 2024 strike was the opening move of a new phase. On 21 July, a Houthi missile aimed at Israel was intercepted over Eilat. On 29 September, after a Houthi missile launch at Ben-Gurion Airport, Israel struck Hudaydah again, killing at least four more civilians. December 20...