US and UK bomb Yemen as Israel threatens major attack, raising tensions in the Middle East
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) launched a drone and a missile towards Israel, along with several drones and a missile against three commercial ships escorted by US Navy ships in the Gulf of Aden on Monday (16)
Yemeni spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree issued a statement announcing the attack on Israel on Monday, saying a hypersonic ballistic missile had reached its target.
“[Em] response to the ongoing massacres against our brothers in Gaza… The missile force carried out a military operation targeting an Israeli enemy military target in the occupied Yaffa area, using a Palestine 2 hypersonic ballistic missile,” the statement said.
“The operation successfully achieved its objectives, thank God,” he added.
Air raid sirens went off in central Israel on Monday afternoon, stretching from the Shfela region to the Sharon area, as the Israeli Air Force intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Alarms were raised due to concerns about falling debris from the interceptor.
The Israeli army said a Yemeni drone targeting its territory was successfully shot down over the Mediterranean Sea.
The army claimed that the UAV was intercepted by a Navy missile boat before reaching Israeli territory. No sirens were activated in the incident, and no injuries were reported, the army added.
Brigadier General Saree also said on Monday that YAF forces were targeting US supply ships and two US destroyers.
A US official said the YAF launched several drones and a missile at three commercial ships escorted by US Navy vessels in the Gulf of Aden.
The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said U.S. Navy destroyers, a Navy helicopter and a French Air Force aircraft shot down four of the drones and the missile.
There were no reports of injuries or damage.
Last night, US and UK fighter jets launched airstrikes in the Buhais area of Midi district northwest of Hajjah and Tuhayta district in the southern part of Hodeidah city.
Hussein al-Ezzi, head of the political and foreign relations department of Yemen’s Ansarallah resistance movement, declared after the attacks that any escalation by the US or UK that affects cities and civilians or targets the lives of any man or woman Yemeni, in general, will give Sanaa the full right to attack US interests wherever they are, and that Washington must take responsibility for this.
The YAF announced several drone operations against Israel on December 13, including one carried out in cooperation with the Iraqi resistance.
The operations were carried out on December 12th. The Israeli army reported on Thursday that sirens sounded in Netivot, south of Ashkelon, due to drone infiltration, and that details were under investigation. The army also said it intercepted a drone in southern Israel.
The operations took place amid threats of an Israeli attack on Yemen and major developments in the region, most recently the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Israel’s Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) quoted a senior official as saying on Monday that Tel Aviv is planning a “major attack” against Yemen.
With information from The Cradle*
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