In response to the continued Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the US military carried out air strikes targeting Houthi cruise missiles that were equipped to launch towards ships in the Red Sea, at a time when the group’s media confirmed that air strikes had occurred on targets in Saada and Hodeidah governorates in northern and western Yemen.

The US Central Command (Centcom) said that it carried out self-defense strikes against two mobile anti-ship cruise missiles belonging to the Houthis that were prepared to be launched in the Red Sea the night before yesterday, in addition to another second strike against a mobile ground-attack cruise missile that was prepared for launch. Explaining that the US military identified the missiles in areas controlled by the Houthis, and it was found that they represent an imminent threat to US Navy ships and commercial ships in the region, indicating that the measures will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer.

While the Houthi “Al-Masirah” channel confirmed that two raids targeted the Ras Issa area in the Al-Saleef District of Hodeidah Governorate, while other raids targeted the Al-Qatinat area located in the Baqim District of Saada Governorate, the strikes came after ballistic missile attacks carried out by the Houthi group against American and British ships in the south of the sea. Red and the Gulf of Aden.

Centcom said that the rebels launched six anti-ship ballistic missiles towards the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, targeting a Greek cargo tanker carrying a Marshall flag called “MV Star Nassia”, in the Gulf of Aden. Which led to minor damage to it, suggesting that the second attack was targeting the British ship “MV Morning Tide” as it was passing through the southern Red Sea.