Houthi rebels Yemen that attacked cargo ships with missiles and drones in the Red Sea They warned this Wednesday that they would respond to possible aggression by US forces.
Because? The Houthis support Hamas in the war that broke out on October 7 after the attack that the Palestinian militia launched against Israel and left 1,200 dead on the Israeli side.
”If Americans consider going further, getting more involved and committing crazy things by targeting our country […]”We will target them.”declared rebel leader Abdel Malek al Huthi.
”We will target American warships, American interests, and American shipping with our missiles and drones.“, he said in a speech broadcast by the Al Masirah channel, belonging to the rebels.
The Houthi chief made the remarks after Washington indicated it is forming a multinational coalition to protect ships transiting the Red Sea from Houthi attacks.
According to the rebels, these attacks are carried out in solidarity with the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, a territory bombed by Israel in the context of the war that broke out between that country and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7.
The US aircraft carrier “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower” entered the Gulf of Aden, according to a US Navy spokesman.
Since Yemen, the rebels have carried out more than 100 attacks with drones and missiles, targeting 10 merchant ships, according to the Pentagon.
On Tuesday, a senior Houthi official warned that his forces will attack the ships of any country that acts against the Yemeni rebels.
”Any country that acts against us will see its ships attacked in the Red Sea”Mohammed Ali al Huthi said in an interview with the Iranian channel al Alam.
Source: Gestion
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