The Houthi Navy Strikes US Ship Kim Ranger in Gulf of Aden: Response to American and British Aggression

2024-01-18 23:46:00

The Houthi military spokesman said that the Yemeni group targeted the US ship Kim Ranger in the Gulf of Aden with naval missiles. The spokesman said in a statement that the attack resulted in a “direct hit.” The statement said, “The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that a response to the American and British attacks is inevitable, and that any new attack will not remain without response or punishment.”

Published on: 01/19/2024 – 00:46

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Announce The Houthis On Thursday night, Friday, an American ship was targeted in the Gulf of Aden, in response to the American-British strikes on their military sites, and in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which is witnessing a war with Israel.

A statement published by Houthi accounts on social media said: “The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation.” For the American ship Kim Ranger In the Gulf of Aden, with suitable naval missiles, the hit was direct.”

The Houthis stressed that this operation comes as “a victory for the oppression of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and within the response to the American-British aggression against our country.”

According to the Marine Traffic website, which monitors navigation traffic, the Chem Ranger ship is a chemical tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, and was heading from the port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to Kuwait.

In less than a week, the US army launched strikes four times in Yemen on military sites of the Iran-backed Houthis, the last of which targeted missiles prepared to be launched at sea shipping lines at dawn on Thursday. British forces participated in the first strikes only at dawn last Friday.

This comes in response to dozens of attacks carried out by the Houthis in recent weeks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, which they say are linked to Israel, or headed to it, in support of the Gaza Strip, where a war has been raging between Hamas and the Hebrew countries since October 7.

The Houthis stressed in their statement that “a response to the American and British attacks is inevitably coming, and that any new attack will not remain without response or punishment.”

The United States re-listed the Yemeni rebels on its list of “terrorist” entities, due to their continued attacking ships.