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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.
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.
Photo by Houthi Media Center via Getty Images Merchant shipping through the Red Sea normally accounts for as much as 15% of global maritime trade, the US Defense Intelligence Agency said in a ...
Since the war began, the Iran-backed Houthi forces have launched drone and missile attacks toward Israel, though most were intercepted, causing minimal damage. The Houthis stated these attacks are in retaliation for Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip and vowed to continue until the "Israeli aggression stops."
Israeli airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, and Red Sea port city Hodeida left energy facilities ablaze in response to missiles launched earlier by the Houthis.
Israel's "long hand" will reach the leaders of Yemen's Houthi movement, Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed on Thursday, after unleashing airstrikes on several areas of the Arab country overnight.
The abandoned Rubymar that was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile sinks. [16] The Italian Navy destroyer Caio Duilio shoots down a Houthi drone in self-defence while in the Red Sea. [17] 6 March – The Barbados flagged bulk carrier M/V True Confidence is hit by a Houthi ballistic missile in the Red Sea, killing two crewmen and wounding six ...