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A Houthi response to Israeli airstrikes near Yemen's Hodeidah is coming, the group's leader declared in a televised speech on Thursday.

Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's port of Hodeidah on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 87, a day after a Houthi drone hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv.

"The response is inevitable," Abdul Malik Al-Houthi said.

The group's attacks on Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza will continue and not be deterred by the Israeli airstrikes, he added.

"Everything that happens from the side of the Israeli enemy will be more incentive for revenge," Al-Houthi said.

Israel's war on Gaza has killed more than 39,175 people in the Palestinian enclave, according to data provided by its health ministry.

A Hamas-led 7 October attack resulted in the deaths of 1,197 people in Israel, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.

Out of 251 people taken hostage that day, 111 are still being held inside the Gaza Strip, including 39 who the military says are dead.

(Reuters, AFP)