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Are they suffering from an increased shortage of fuel or something, as a result of that strike (in July)?

(Some years ago, the Houthis and the UN were complaining that weapons inspections were causing tanker delays at Hodeidah, causing a humanitarian crisis. Thus far, I couldn't find anything similar reported following the 2024 Israeli air strike though. True, the UN might be less inclined to complain on Houthis' behalf this time, given that their own workers have been targeted by the Houthis recently.)

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    It's an interesting thing that at the same time the Israeli government insists that UN human rights workers are Hamas-loving terrorists, the Houthis insist that they are Israel-loving spies.
    – Obie 2.0
    Commented Sep 17 at 5:54
  • How did the tanker delays cause a humanitarian crisis? Was maybe oil income going directly to Houthis?
    – NoDataDumpNoContribution
    Commented Sep 17 at 6:37
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    @Obie2.0 Well, they aren't the same UN workers, so... But I agree with the sentiment.
    – Rekesoft
    Commented Sep 17 at 6:50
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    Also, interesting to see that the Houthis have maintained the rigorous respect for the integrity of international shipping that they had in 2015..
    – Obie 2.0
    Commented Sep 17 at 7:06
  • @NoDataDumpNoContribution the link says that it was an import terminal for gas product. I do not know if Yemen had oil reserves or not. But if they have no refineries they would need to import gasoline, even if they were literally floating in crude oil.
    – SJuan76
    Commented Sep 17 at 8:59

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As far as the Houthis attacking ships in the Red Sea that have no connection to Israel, the Israeli strike on the Hodeidah port doesn't seem to have made any difference. As far as causing them to lose their interest in attacking Israel itself it seems to have been at least a temporary successful deterrent. Particularly when you factor in that the Houthis attacks on Israel before Israel attacked the Hodeidah port were becoming increasingly aggressive

https://www.meforum.org/articles/israels-hodeidah-strike-briefly-deterred-houthis

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  • Yeah, it seems to have bought Israel a couple of months without attack from the Houthis, although that ended recently.
    – 264 champagne bottles on ice
    Commented Sep 17 at 23:41

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