Tensions are rising in the Middle East following the bombing of the port of Hodeidah in Houthi-controlled Yemen by Israel yesterday, which cost the lives of three people. answered so on the attack launched by pro-Iranian rebels against Tel Aviv, in which a citizen of the Jewish state was killed. The Yemeni armed group responded to the raid with missiles, intercepted by Israeli anti-aircraft fire, and by attacking a US commercial ship in the Red Sea.
According to reports the press agency Sabaciting a statement from the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry in Sana’a, at least three people were killed and 87 others were injured yesterday in Hodeidah, following the shelling of the port area, which hit at least one fuel depot and a power plant.
Meanwhile, overnight, the Israeli military (IDF) intercepted a ballistic missile outside Israeli airspace, launched by Yemeni rebels, who said it targeted the southernmost port of Eilat in Israel and also attacked a US commercial ship in the Red Sea.
According to Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea, quoted from the press agency Sabathe rebels “conducted a joint military operation in the Red Sea against the US vessel “Pumba” (a Liberian-flagged container ship, ed.), using several ballistic missiles and drones”. The vessel, by Sarea’s own admission, did not suffer any damage.
In response, as reported in a note branched out Last night, on social media, US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that US troops “destroyed” a drone launched by the Houthis over the Red Sea.
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