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A video shared on X claims to show missiles flying over Saudi Arabia, originally fired from Yemen to Israel. Verdict: Misleading The video appears to be from Yemen and was taken in 2018. Fact ...
The UN panel of experts said US and UK forces together have destroyed more than 800 Houthi missiles and drones and have taken out command posts, radars, and weapons storage facilities. Read the ...
On 17 February, the United States military said it destroyed a Houthi unmanned underwater vehicle and a Houthi unmanned surface vehicle while also conducting three strikes against Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles. [84] On 20 February, a US MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by Houthi surface-to-air missiles near Hodeidah. [9]
The Houthis said their missile attacks are part of a broader campaign to express solidarity with the people of Gaza and Lebanon. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This was the second major Israeli retaliatory strike against the Houthis since Operation Outstretched Arm on 20 July 2024, which saw Israeli aircraft attacking the Al Hudaydah port.
The Houthi-controlled Saba news agency said three people were killed in the strikes on the airport and three were killed in Hodeidah, while 40 others were wounded in the attacks.
The Houthis have spent the past year menacing key shipping lanes with missiles and drones. The US-led military response has been unable to effectively stop the rebels from attacking ships.
Despite insistence by Houthi leaders that the movement is not sectarian, a Yemeni Jewish rabbi has reportedly said that many Jews remain terrified by the movement's slogan. [188] As a result, Yemeni Jews reportedly retain a negative sentiment towards the Houthis, who they allege have committed persecutions against them. [ 16 ]
Since the war began, the Iran-backed Houthi group, which controls Yemen’s most populous regions, has regularly targeted Israel with drones and missiles. Most of these have been intercepted by ...