US warships came under sustained missile and drone attack from Houthi fighters as they sailed off the coast of Yemen, the Pentagon has confirmed, with the Yemeni armed group claiming it attacked the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and two US destroyers.
Yemen's Houthis have been using Russian satellite data to attack vessels in the Red Sea with drones and missiles, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing what it called a person familiar with the matter and two unnamed European defense officials.
The US targeted five “hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in a series of strikes by B-2 stealth bombers, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree claimed that the Yemeni group had targeted two military targets in Tel Aviv with “two missiles”.
The military spokesman for the Houthis has claimed that the Yemeni group has successfully shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was conducting hostile activities in the airspace over the northwestern province of Sa'ada.
In a statement issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani, Tehran denounced the Israeli strikes on a power plant and fuel tanks in Yemen, saying the attacks revealed the inhumane nature of the Zionist regime.
The military spokesperson for the Yemen-based Houthi group has claimed that they launched a missile at Ben Gurion Airport during the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The head of the political bureau of Hamas resistance movement has congratulated Yemen's Houthis for firing a ballistic missile deep into Israel, stating that the launch sent a clear message to Tel Aviv.
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, stated that Iran does not possess the hypersonic missiles used by Yemen's Ansarullah for attacks on Israel. He explained that the Yemenis acquired this technology over time.
Tel Aviv announced Sunday that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen has targeted central Israel after the Iron Dome system failed to repel the attack and intercept the long-range projectile.
The Houthis have claimed to have shot down a United States military drone over Yemen in support of Palestinians, who have come under Israel's war in the Gaza Strip and in protest at Washington’s aggression against Yemen.
Yemen's Houthi fighters have shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Sa'ada Province, amid escalating tensions with Israel, the group announced.
Russian military intelligence officers are believed to have been deployed to Yemen to assist the Houthis with targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea, Middle East Eye has reported, quoting US sources.
Iranian new President Masoud Pezeshkian has hailed the anti-Israel military operations carried out by Yemen's Houthis in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations envoy for Yemen has warned that recent developments in the Red Sea, Israel and inside the country “show the real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation”.
The leader of the Houthi movement has warned Israel that Yemen is more capable than ever to deal blows to the regime, as the Arab country’s retaliatory military operations continue in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has deplored Israel's air raids on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, saying Tel Aviv and Washington, are responsible for the dangerous repercussions of the attacks on the war-ravaged country.
The top US commander in the Middle East has warned Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin that Washington's military operations against Houthi fighters in Yemen are "failing" to deter the group from attacking international shipping, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.