Days after attack on tanker in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida after the Iran-backed group announced a maritime blockade of the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia and the Houthis traded fire recently for the first time in years, threatening a 2022 truce that has held despite expiring.

The Saudi-led coalition said it hit Houthi sites and destroyed targets threatening commercial vessels in response to attacks on Red Sea shipping.

A Yemeni security source told AFP a naval base in Hodeida and a military camp on Kamaran island were among the targets.

The flare up followed an attack on a Saudi ship, as the rebels’ maritime blockade threatened the top oil exporter’s ability to supply the world following Iran’s parallel blockade of the Strait of Hormuz — Riyadh’s only other maritime route.

The terrorist Houthi military… targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea,” Turki al-Maliki, the Saudi-led coalition’s spokesman, said on X.

The coalition “carried out a decisive and strong response” targeting Houthi military sites used to threaten Red Sea shipping and that the “military response is now over”, he added.