2024-01-13 02:32:49
The media of the Yemeni Houthi rebels reported on Saturday new strikes on Yemen the day following American and British bombings once morest sites of this movement accused of threatening international maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
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Washington announced Friday evening that it had carried out a strike once morest the Yemeni Houthi rebels, the day following American and British bombings once morest sites of this movement accused of threatening international maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
“US forces conducted a strike once morest a radar site in Yemen” around 3:45 a.m. local time on Saturday (7:45 p.m. Eastern Time), the United States Central Military Command (CENTCOM) reported in a statement.
At 3:45 a.m. (Sana’a time) on Jan 13., U.S. forces conducted a strike once morest a Houthi radar site in Yemen. This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and was a follow-on action on a specific military target associated with strikes… pic.twitter.com/YE5BKJLGBv
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 13, 2024
The Houthi rebel channel al-Masirah earlier reported American strikes on at least one site in the capital Sanaa.
In the context of the war between Israel and Hamas, tension has risen in the Red Sea in recent weeks with Houthi attacks targeting maritime traffic in solidarity with the Gaza Strip.
Early Friday, American and British strikes targeted military sites held by the Houthis, who control large areas of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, reviving fears of a regional spillover of the war in Gaza triggered by the attack without precedent carried out by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7.
US President Joe Biden had threatened the Houthis with further strikes on rebel positions if the latter did not stop their firing in the Red Sea.
However, following the British and American strikes on Friday, the Houthis fired “at least one missile” which, however, did not hit any ships, the American army indicated before the strikes on Saturday morning.
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