U.S. strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after American warships attacked, CENTCOM says

The US military said on Tuesday that its forces had “conducted multiple precision strikes” that struck Houthi targets in the capital of Yemen.

The targets had been used by Iran-backed rebels to attack American warships and merchant ships, US Central Command he said in a press release. The attacks began on Monday and continued on Tuesday. A video shared by the command is displayed planes taking off and rockets launched from a ship.

The targets included a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapons production and storage facilities. The facility contained missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles used in Houthi operations, CENTCOM said. US Navy and Air Force aircraft also destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site and seven cruise missiles and unmanned aerial dronesCENTCOM said.

A witness in Sanaa, Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital, reported several attacks in different locations. Another reported attacks in Sanaa to the Ministry of Defense and hearing a powerful explosion.

The command said there were no injuries or damage to US personnel or equipment.

The strikes are part of CENTCOM’s effort to degrade Iranian-backed Houthi efforts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant shipping in the region.

Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam called the strikes “an American aggression” and “a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of an independent state and flagrant support for Israel.”

Rebels said earlier Tuesday that they had fired two missiles at Israel, hours after the Israeli military said it had intercepted a projectile fired from the country. In early December, a rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of ​​Tel Avivleaving more than a dozen people injured by broken glass, according to the Israeli military. This came after days of Israeli airstrikes against Houthi rebels.

The Houthis control much of it Yemen ravaged by war and they have been firing missiles and drones at Israel, and against ships in the Red Sea i Gulf of Adenin what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.