Yemen’s Houthis said on Sunday they had attacked “important targets” in Israel, a day after the Israeli military confirmed strikes in the militia-controlled port city of Hodeidah, fuelling regional escalation. The attack on Hodeidah in western Yemen followed a Houthi strike in Tel Aviv on Friday in what the Iranian-allied militia said was retaliation for Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip. Houthi military spokesman Yehya Saree said on Sunday the group had fired ballistic missiles at “important targets” in Eilat in southern Israel. “The operation has achieved its goals successfully,” he …