SANAA, Dec 11 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis said yesterday that, they targeted three U.S. military supply ships after they left the Port of Djibouti.
“We also targeted two American destroyers in the Gulf of Aden, that were escorting the supply ships,” Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Sarea said in a statement, aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
He said, the Houthis used several rockets and bomb-laden drones in the operation, claiming that the hit was “accurate.”
“This is the second operation against the same ships and destroyers in 10 days,” he claimed.
In the same statement, Sarea also claimed that, the Houthis carried out two other military operations targeting “Israeli military targets” in the Jaffa and Ashkelon areas in Israel, with two drones yesterday morning.
The Houthis, which controls much of northern Yemen, has been launching rockets and drones towards Israel and disrupted “Israeli-linked” shipping in the Red Sea, since Nov last year, to show solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, amid their ongoing conflict with Israel.
In response, the U.S.-British naval coalition stationed in the waters has, since Jan, conducted air raids and missile strikes against Houthi targets, which only led to an expansion of Houthi attacks to include U.S. and British commercial vessels and naval ships.– NNN-SABA
