Yemen’s Houthi group introduced on Sunday that it had focused a U.S. destroyer and three army provide ships in a “qualitative and joint army operation,” in response to a press release aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV channel.
“We carried out an operation concentrating on an American destroyer and three provide ships belonging to the U.S. army,” Houthi army spokesperson Yahya Sarea stated. He recognized the availability ships as “the Stena Impeccable, the Maersk Saratoga, and the Liberty Grace” however didn’t disclose the identify of the focused destroyer.
The operation, performed within the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, concerned 16 ballistic and winged missiles in addition to a drone, Sarea claimed. He described the strikes as “correct and direct.”
Sarea warned that the Houthis would escalate their operations within the declared maritime operations zone, encompassing the Crimson Sea and Arabian Sea, till Israel halts its actions in Gaza. “We are going to proceed to hold out army operations at an escalating tempo towards Israel and the US of America,” he stated.
Earlier within the day, the Houthis claimed duty for launching a rocket at Israel, asserting it hit a “important goal” within the Jaffa space. Nevertheless, Israeli media reported that the Israel Protection Forces intercepted and destroyed the rocket, launched from northern Yemen, early on Sunday.
Since November 2023, the Houthi militia, which controls a lot of northern Yemen, has intensified its assaults on Israeli cities and disrupted delivery within the Crimson Sea linked to Israel. The group has framed these actions as solidarity with Palestinians amid the continued Israeli-Palestinian battle. ■
