Today, Saturday, media outlets affiliated with the Yemeni Houthi rebels reported new strikes on Yemen, a day after American and British bombing of the sites of this movement, which is accused of threatening international maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
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Washington announced on Friday evening that it had carried out a strike against the Yemeni Houthi rebels, the day after an American and British bombing on the sites of this movement accused of threatening international maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement that “US forces carried out a strike against a radar site in Yemen” at around 3:45 a.m. local time on Saturday (7:45 p.m. ET).
The Houthis' Al-Masirah channel had previously reported American raids on at least one site in the capital, Sana'a.
In the context of the war between Israel and Hamas, tension has escalated in the Red Sea in recent weeks with Houthi attacks targeting maritime traffic in solidarity with the Gaza Strip.
Early Friday, US and British strikes targeted military sites controlled by the Houthis, who control large areas of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, renewing fears that the war in Gaza would spill over into the region due to the unprecedented attack carried out by the Palestinian Islamic Movement. . Hamas movement on Israeli territory on October 7.
US President Joe Biden had threatened the Houthis with more strikes on the rebel positions if the latter did not stop firing in the Red Sea.
But after the British and US strikes on Friday, the Houthis fired “at least one missile” that did not hit any ships, the US military noted before the strikes on Saturday morning.
