The Houthis confirm their continued attacks against American and British ships News

The military spokesman for the Ansar Allah group said The Houthis Yahya Saree said on Monday that their naval forces carried out a military operation targeting an American ship in the Gulf AdenWhile the Yemeni government accused the group of seeking to drag the country into an arena of confrontation for “propaganda purposes.”

Saree added – in a video statement published on his account on the X platform – that the group considers American and British ships among its military targets “until the aggression against… Gaza strip“, stressing the continuation of trade movement in the Arab and Red Bahrain to all destinations “except the ports of occupied Palestine.”

A statement issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful
God Almighty said: {Permission is given to those who are killed because they have wronged you, and indeed, God is able to help them.} God Almighty has spoken the truth.

A victory for the oppression of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to this moment… pic.twitter.com/cWqZA6b69E

– Brigadier General Yahya Saree (@army21ye) January 15, 2024

For its part, the Yemeni government said, “The Houthis are seeking to drag the country into an arena of confrontation for misleading propaganda purposes that have nothing to do with supporting Palestine,” calling on the international community to support it in “extending its control over the entire territory of Yemen.”

This comes after the US Central Command announced:Centcom“The Houthis launched a ballistic missile today and hit an American container ship – flying the flag of the Marshall Islands – in the south of The Red Sea.

As an official in the US Department of Defense explained (Pentagon) told Al Jazeera that the Houthis targeted the ship “Gibraltar Eagle” in the Gulf of Aden, pointing out that the ship did not send a distress call, “so there was no response from our warships,” stressing that the Houthis’ statements about targeting American ships will not bring about a change in the work of the coalition. Concerning the Red Sea.

For its part, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian assured his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, that the continued Israeli aggression on Gaza, Washington’s intervention in the Red Sea, and its attack on Yemen are increasing tension in the region.

In turn, the British Prime Minister said: Rishi Sonak The attacks against ships in the Red Sea “must stop and we will do everything necessary to reduce them,” noting that these Houthi attacks “put innocent lives at risk and caused great economic damage,” he said.

This comes amid US-British attacks on Houthi sites in Yemen, after the United States previously announced the formation of a multinational coalition, as part of what it called “OperationGuardian of prosperityThe Houthi group responded that this coalition will not stop its operations in the Red Sea, which it describes as aiming to support the Palestinian people in confronting the Israeli aggression on Gaza.