Israeli air strikes on Yemen ports target Houthi rebels
The Israeli army launched air strikes targeting the ports and facilities organized by the Houthi rebels of Yemen, and the rebels responded with a missile fire targeting Israel.
Early on Monday, his attacks arrived after an attack on Sunday after an attack aiming at a Liberian -flagged ship in the Red Sea, and then forced his crew to leave the ship.
Suspecting the attack on the magic seas that have received Greek Magic seas, especially a security firm, small weapons and rocket -guided hand bombs after the target of the drone boats carrying bombs, he said.
The rebels’ media reported the attack, but did not claim it. It may take hours or even days to accept an attack.
A renovated Houthi campaign against shipping, especially President Donald Trump, can withdraw the US and Western forces back to the region after targeting rebels in a major air strike campaign.
The ship attack comes in a sensitive moment because a ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas War, and whether Iran would restart the negotiations on the nuclear program after the American air strikes aimed at the most sensitive atomic places of the Israeli war against the Islamic Republic.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was traveling to Washington to meet with Trump.
The Israeli army said Hodeida, Rasa and Salif, as well as Houthi’s ports in Ras Kanatb Energy Power Plant.
“These ports are used by the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons from the Iranian regime employed to carry out terrorist operations against the Israeli state and its allies,” the Israeli army said.
The Israeli Army also said that Houthis had shot the Galaxy Leader, a ship carrying a vehicle on the Israeli-Hamas War on the Red Sea Corridor in November 2023.
The Israeli Army said, “The Houthi forces set up a radar system on the ship and use ships in the international maritime arena to facilitate more terrorist activity,” the Israeli army said.
The Bahamas Bayraklı Galaxy leader was dependent on Israeli billionaire. He said the Israelis were not on the ship. The ship was operated by a Japanese company NYK line.
Houthis accepted strikes, but did not make any damage assessment from the attack. Military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree claimed that the air defense forces were “effectively faced” without providing evidence with the Israelis.
Houthis later responded with a missile attack on Israel. The Israeli army said he was trying to block the missile, but there was no injury reports from the attack, but it had an impact.
The attack on Magic Seas, a cast carrier to Egypt’s Suez Canal, was organized by Houthis 100 km southwest of Yemen.
Private Naval Security firm Ambrey published a warning that a merchant ship was “attacked by eight skifs as he passed north in the Red Sea”.
Ambrey said that the ship was attacked by drone boats carrying bombs that could indicate a huge rise. He said the two drone boats hit the ship, and two more were destroyed by the armed guards on board.
The magic seas encountered “settled Houthi target profile ,, said the company said without elaboration.
Between November 2023 and January 2025, Houthis targeted more than 100 traders with missiles and drones, sinking them, and killed four sailors.
The campaigns typically reduced the trade flow through the Red Sea Corridor, which sees goods $ 1 trillion (A1.5 trillion) each year. Shipping along the Red Sea has increased, although lower than normal in recent weeks.
In mid -March, Houthis stopped a self -imposed cease -fire attacks until he started a large attack against the rebels. It ended after these weeks, and Houthis did not attack a ship, but they continued to attack missiles from time to time.
On Sunday, the group claimed that the Israeli army said that the Israeli army had stopped in an earlier missile.
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