New Delhi, May 16 -- Israel on Friday said its military attacked two ports in Yemen that were being controlled by the rebel Houthi militant group.

In a statement on the day, Israel military said that these two ports - Hodeida and Salif - were being used by Houthi militants to transder weapons.

"These ports are used to transfer weapons and are a further example of the Houthi terrorist regime's systematic and cynical exploitation of civilian infrastructure in order to advance terrorist activities," the military said in the statement.

It added that the strikes were made after the Israeli military sounded several warnings to the population in the area.

"The strikes were conducted after numerous advanced warnings issued by the IDF (militar...