Yemen and the Red Sea

Saudi-led strikes hit Houthi-held Hodeidah ahead of Aramco attacks

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Hodeidah / Red Sea approaches, Yemen
Actors
Saudi Arabia · Houthis · United States
Importance
Major

Saudi-led airstrikes hit the Houthi-controlled Red Sea city of Hodeidah and Kamaran Island, which open reporting treated as the immediate trigger for the Houthis’ subsequent missile and drone strikes on Aramco sites in Jizan and Yanbu.

CBS on 25 July 2026 linked Friday Saudi airstrikes on Hodeidah — near the mouth of Bab el-Mandeb — and Kamaran Island to the Saturday Houthi Aramco package. Regional reporting framed the Houthi Aramco claim as retaliation for those Saudi coastal strikes. This is the reported Saudi kinetic package against Houthi-held coastal Yemen, not a US strike night.

  • Infrastructure: Best 1 coastal_strike_packages · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Pakistan speaks to Saudi foreign minister after Houthis target Aramco; Saudi strikes on Hodeidah, Houthis claim Aramco strikes as retaliation for Saudi attacks on Hodeidah · Reported Saudi package against Hodeidah / Kamaran; site-level damage not independently tallied here.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: Pakistan speaks to Saudi foreign minister after Houthis target Aramco; Saudi strikes on Hodeidah, Houthis claim Aramco strikes as retaliation for Saudi attacks on Hodeidah

Attributed via multi-outlet framing of Saudi strikes as the Houthi-stated casus belli. Detailed BDA inside Hodeidah not established in sources used.