The US military said it carried out airstrikes on Houthi-linked targets in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, including a missile storage facility and a “command and control” area. The statement said the strikes were aimed at “disrupting and pushing back Houthi operations.”
The US military said it had launched airstrikes on Houthi-linked targets in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, including a missile storage facility and a “command and control” area. The US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees the US military’s operations in the Middle East, said in a statement yesterday that the aim of the strikes was to “disrupt and push back Houthi operations.” CENTCOM said in a statement on its social media account that the Houthis had previously launched attacks on US naval and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and the Gulf of Aden.
The US strikes on Yemen’s capital Sana’a follow a series of attacks on Israel, which continues its massacre of Houthis in Gaza. Israel also bombed several targets, including power plants near Sana’a, on Thursday, December 19. The Israeli bombardment, which killed at least nine people, came after the Houthis, officially known as Ansarullah, launched a missile towards Tel Aviv.
The Houthis announced that they launched a ballistic missile into central Israel yesterday. The Israeli army then announced that it was unable to intercept the projectile that fell in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa region. Israeli emergency services officials reported that 16 people were “slightly injured” in the incident.
The Houthis have said they targeted Israel with drones and missiles to pressure the US ally to end its war in Gaza, where the Israeli army has killed more than 45,000 people. The Houthis have also launched attacks on shipping lanes in and around the Red Sea in support of the Palestinians.
The US and UK have been bombing Houthi targets in Yemen for months in response to the Red Sea attacks. US President Joe Biden’s administration, which ends on January 20, has also imposed a number of sanctions against the Houthis. Washington has imposed sanctions on the governor of the central bank in Sanaa, which is under Houthi control, as well as on some Houthi officials and associated companies.
