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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.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Elmore The Houthis have spent the past year menacing key shipping lanes with missiles and drones.
US Navy photo. US Navy ships operating in the Red Sea shot down a number of Houthi missiles and drones on Friday. ... US forces said they destroyed one missile system in Yemen and two drones over ...
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 captain of the lead ship said the strike group destroyed over 100 Houthi threats during the deployment. These threats included missiles, drones, and small boats.
The Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, stated that the aircraft was a new drone type, named "Jaffa" that was able to fly "undetected through Israel's extensive air defence systems." [ 5 ] The drone is suspected by the IDF to have been an Iranian-made Samad-3 modified by the Houthis to carry more fuel (for a longer range) in exchange for ...
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.
The flag of Yemen, a nationalist symbol, is often used by Houthis alongside their slogan banner. Modeled on a motto from revolutionary Iran (although first used in North Korea during the Korean War), [1] [2] [3] the slogan "Allah is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, A Curse Upon the Jews, Victory to Islam" was originally not tied to the Houthi movement.