other missiles and drones destroyed –

The violence in the Red Sea does not stop. US forces have destroyed seven anti-ship missiles, three drones and three weapons storage containers in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. This was made known by the United States Central Command, which then specified that the “self-defense” raids took place yesterday between 1pm and 7pm (Sana’a time). “It was determined that these weapons posed an imminent threat to merchant shipping and U.S. Navy vessels in the region,” Centcom said.

US forces have carried out similar attacks in the area where tensions have risen since Yemen’s Iran-backed militant groups began attacking commercial ships in the main shipping lane, protesting the war being fought in the Gaza Strip. Gaza following the Hamas assault on Israel. Earlier this month, a Houthi ballistic missile hit a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, killing three crew members in its first deadly attack since October.