The U.S. military said Tuesday that its forces “conducted multiple precision strikes.” Houthi targets In the capital of Yemen.
The target had been used by Iranian-backed rebels in the attack. american warship U.S. Central Command said in a news release that civilian ships were also included. The attacks began on Monday and continued on Tuesday. Here is the video shared by command the plane takes off A rocket is launched from the ship.
Targets included Houthi command and control facilities and advanced conventional weapons production and storage facilities. Centcom said the facility stored missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles used in Houthi operations. US Navy and US Air Force aircraft also destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site and seven cruise missiles. unmanned aerial vehicle dronesaid Centcom.
One witness in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, reported several attacks in different locations. Another reported that the Ministry of Defense had stormed Sanaa and heard powerful explosions.
The command said there were no injuries or damage to U.S. military personnel or equipment.
The airstrike is part of Centcom’s efforts to discredit efforts by the Iran-backed Houthis to threaten regional partners and warships and commercial vessels in the region.
Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdulsalam called the airstrike an “American invasion” and “a blatant violation of the sovereignty of an independent state and blatant support for Israel.”
The rebels announced early Tuesday that they had fired two missiles at Israel, hours after the Israeli military said it had intercepted a projectile launched from the country. In early December, rockets were fired from Yemen. attacked an area of Tel AvivThe Israeli military said more than a dozen people were injured by broken glass. It came after several days of airstrikes by Israel targeting Houthi rebels.
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