The Israeli military has said it conducted strikes against Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah in response to attacks by the Houthi group.

The air strikes on Saturday were carried out a day after Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility for a drone attack that killed one person in Tel Aviv.

The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV said Saturday’s attack targeted oil storage facilities and a power plant in Hodeidah, igniting a fire in the area. The news outlet quoted health officials as saying the air raids resulted in casualties, including fatalities, without specifying a number.

But the Israeli military said it hit “military targets” in Yemen.

The Houthis spokesman, Mohammed Abdel Salam, said the “brutal Israeli aggression against Yemen” aims to “pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza, which is a dream that will not come true”.

He added that the attack “will only increase the determination of the Yemeni people and their valiant armed forces”.

The Palestinian armed group Hamas was quick to condemn the attack. “The occupation state will undoubtedly be burned by the fire ignited in Hodeidah today, and the mounting Zionist crimes will change the entire equation,” Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the group’s political bureau, said in a statement.

The Iran-allied Houthis, who present themselves as Yemen’s official armed forces, have been targeting shipping lanes in the Red Sea in a campaign that they say aims to pressure Israel to end its war on Gaza.

The group has also launched ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, most of which have been intercepted.

But early on Friday, an explosive-laden Houthi drone eluded Israeli air defences and struck a building in Tel Aviv in what was seen as a major security breach in Israel.