2024-02-01 03:15:00
The US announced the destruction of a Houthi missile that threatened its planes (EUROPA PRESS)
The United States claimed this Wednesday to have destroyed ten Iranian drones and an anti-ship missile belonging to Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden.
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The US Army carried out attacks against the Houthis unilaterally and together with the United Kingdom to reduce the rebels’ ability to attack international shipping, but this is the first time it has done so because it constitutes a danger to their aircraft.
US forces “attacked and destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile prepared for launch” after determining that it “posed an imminent threat to US aircraft,” Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on social media.
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It does not specify the type of plane threatened or the location of the attack. It simply notes that it took place in “Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.”
This Wednesday, the Houthi rebels claimed to have attacked “an American merchant ship” in the Gulf of Aden with several naval missiles, following the United States bombing of insurgent positions.
The Houthis attacked a US merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden (EUROPA PRESS)
The military spokesman for the Houthis, Yahya Sarea, identified the attacked ship as KOI and assured that it was heading to an Israeli port, so the rebels launched “several appropriate naval missiles that directly hit the ship,” according to what he said in a speech. televised.
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The Liberian-flagged cargo ship KOI left the port of Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates 20 days ago and was heading to cross the Suez Canal, according to several maritime tracking platforms.
Sarea added that this new action took place “a few hours” after the Houthis launched another barrage of missiles against the US destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) in the Red Sea, which according to the US Central Command (CENTCOM) were intercepted by the warship without damage.
For their part, the Houthis denounced a new round of bombing by the United States and the United Kingdom against their positions in Yemen after the attacks against the American destroyer.
Al Masira television, spokesperson for the Houthis, said that the bombing targeted the town of Saada, one of the main strongholds of the insurgents in northwest Yemen, while witnesses informed the EFE news agency that an explosion was heard in the northern suburbs of the town, without the objective being known so far.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to attack merchant ships in the Red Sea, targeting the US and the United Kingdom (EUROPA PRESS)
The last time Washington and London jointly bombed Yemen was on January 22, in an attack against Houthi positions that aimed to destroy one of the underground warehouses where the rebels kept some of the missiles they use against ships in the Red Sea.
Since November, Houthi rebels have been attacking ships in the Red Sea that they consider linked to Israel. They claim to do so in solidarity with the Palestinians of Gaza, while the war between Israel and Hamas continues after the Palestinian group’s brutal terrorist attacks on October 7.
But in the face of reaction from Washington and London, the Houthis have also declared American and British interests as legitimate targets.
Diplomatically and financially, the United States has attempted to put pressure on the Houthis and has put them back on its list of terrorist organizations.
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