The US military announced, on Friday evening, that it had “destroyed” 7 radars in Yemen that allow the Houthis to target ships, at a time when the rebels are intensifying their attacks on maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
The US military command in the Middle East (Centcom) said in a statement that it had destroyed “7 radars” that allowed the Houthis to target “ships and endanger commercial navigation.”
The US Central Command stated that radars were destroyed during the past 24 hours in the territory controlled by the Houthis in Yemen, and that two boats and a rebel drone were also destroyed during that period.
These US strikes come amid an escalation in Houthi attacks.
The “Axis of Resistance” brings together Iran’s allies in the conflict against Israel, including the Palestinian Hamas movement, the Lebanese Hezbollah, the Yemeni Houthis, and Iraqi factions loyal to Tehran.
The British Maritime Security Agency (UKMTO) reported that a military unit evacuated the crew of a cargo ship that had leaked water in the Red Sea after it was attacked by Houthi rebels.
The agency said that the ship “Tutor”, which was hit by a drone boat on Wednesday, “was abandoned and drifting” east of Hodeidah, the city located in western Yemen, which includes a major port and is controlled by the Houthis.
Since November, attacks launched by the Houthi rebels have been repeated on commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The Iranian-backed Houthis, who control a large part of Yemen, which has been witnessing a war since they seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014, say that they are carrying out these attacks in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel is waging a war against Hamas after the movement’s attack on its territory on October 7.
The Yemeni rebels claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack, stressing that they used “a piloted boat, aerial drones, and ballistic missiles.”
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