Direct proof of use
Open Source Munitions Portal records document SPICE 250 guided-bomb remnants at the Port of Hudaydah in Yemen on December 19, 2024. OSMP 1472 identifies remnants from an Israeli SPICE 250 guided bomb, including visible control-fin evidence, and classifies the item as an air-delivered guided munition. OSMP 1475 identifies an S250 OPTIC outer-casing remnant from the same location and date, with markings associated with the SPICE 250 guided bomb.
The records place the remnant evidence within the Red Sea escalation phase of the 2014 Yemen Civil War. Associated reporting from the same day describes Israeli airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, including the Hodeida area, after Houthi missile attacks toward Israel.
Sources: OSMP 1472 SPICE 250 Hudaydah remnants, OSMP 1475 S250 OPTIC Hudaydah casing, AP Yemen Israeli Airstrikes December 2024
Timeline
On December 19, 2024, Israel conducted two waves of strikes in Yemen. AP, citing the Israeli military, reported that 14 fighter jets took part, with the first wave targeting Houthi infrastructure at Hodeida, Salif, and Ras Isa, and a second wave targeting energy infrastructure in Sanaa.
OSMP's Hudaydah records dated the same day provide the weapon-specific evidence: multiple related images from the Port of Hudaydah are tagged as SPICE 250, with OSMP 1472 showing assorted Israeli SPICE 250 remnants and OSMP 1475 showing a marked S250 OPTIC casing remnant.
Sources: AP Yemen Israeli Airstrikes December 2024, OSMP 1472 SPICE 250 Hudaydah remnants, OSMP 1475 S250 OPTIC Hudaydah casing, OSMP SPICE 250 model records
Role in the conflict
The documented user in the cited Yemen evidence was Israel, and the documented role was air-delivered stand-off precision strike during attacks on Houthi-controlled port and infrastructure targets. The OSMP records support the munition identification and location; AP and Al Jazeera provide the broader strike context and report Israeli statements that the attacks targeted Houthi military, port, oil, and energy infrastructure.
The open record used here separates weapon identification from platform identification. The sources directly support SPICE 250 remnants at Hudaydah after Israeli strikes, but they do not identify the specific aircraft or release platform for the documented remnants.
Sources: OSMP 1472 SPICE 250 Hudaydah remnants, OSMP 1475 S250 OPTIC Hudaydah casing, AP Yemen Israeli Airstrikes December 2024, Al Jazeera Yemen Air Strikes December 2024
