By Megha Rawat

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The Israel Defence Forces on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of Yemen’s Hodeidah port and warned that it plans to strike the area within hours, according to Reuters. IDF spokesperson has urged residents in the port city to evacuate ahead of the attack. “The [Israel] Defense Forces will strike in the coming hours in the area marked on the map in light of the military activities carried out by the terrorist Houthi regime there,” warns Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman. “For your safety, we urge all those present at the Port of Hodeidah and the ships anchored there to evacuate the area immediately,” the IDF spokesman said. The IDF has carried out multiple strikes on Hodeidah Port in retaliation for repeated ballistic missile and drone attacks on Israel by Iran-backed Houthi forces. According to the Houthi-run health ministry, Israeli strikes in Yemen on September 10 killed at least 46 people and injured over 160, with the majority of casualties reported in the capital, Sanaa.