US military strikes Yemen targeting the Houthi militia, hours after the group attacked Israel
Yemen’s Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam says the country will continue to defend itself after several US strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa.
The US military said that it carried out strikes against Houthi targets in Sanaa and coastal locations in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday.
“On December 30 and 31, US navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV),” the US military’s Central Command said in a post on X.
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The buildings that were hit reportedly held missiles and drones used in Houthi attacks on the US navy and international merchant ships.
A radar facility and several of the militia’s cruise missiles were also destroyed in the attacks on Monday and Tuesday, CENTCOM said.
“The strikes are a part of CENTCOM’s effort to degrade Iran-backed Houthi efforts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region,” the command said on X.
The Houthi-affiliated television station al-Masirah reported at least 10 attacks by the United States and United Kingdom in Yemen.
Two of the strikes were reportedly aimed at the Houthi Defence Ministry in the capital Sanaa.
On Tuesday, the Houthis claimed to have attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv as well as targets in Jerusalem.
Houthi military spokesman Yehya Saree said in a televised statement that Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport and an electricity plant in the Jerusalem area had been attacked with ballistic missiles.
He also claimed that a “major air attack” by the US military with drones and cruise missiles had been repelled.
“We are ready to confront any Zionist-American threats aimed at preventing Yemen from fulfilling its religious, moral and humanitarian duty towards Palestine,” the military spokesman said.
The Israeli military said that its air defences had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen.
with DPA
