In a new escalation and threat to navigation in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Iran-aligned Houthi group, said in a speech broadcast on television today, Thursday, that the Houthi operations targeting ships will extend to prevent ships linked to Israel from even passing through the Indian Ocean towards the Ras Al-Ain road. Good Hope.

Al-Houthi added that about 34 Houthi members have been killed since the group began attacking shipping lanes in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza war.

Hypersonic missile

The Houthi leader's statements come after a Houthi military source announced a successful test of a hypersonic missile, according to what was reported by the Russian Novosti Agency.

But experts doubted this story because the techniques for manufacturing this type of missile are very complex and expensive.

Successive strikes

The United States and Britain direct repeated air strikes on Houthi sites, with the aim of disrupting and weakening the group's ability to endanger freedom of navigation and threaten global trade.

Attacks that threaten navigation

The Houthis had announced since November 19 that they had carried out attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, which they suspected were linked to Israel or were heading to its ports.

In an attempt to deter them, American and British forces have launched strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen since January 12. The US Army alone carries out strikes from time to time on missiles that it says are prepared for launch.

Following the Western strikes, the Houthis began targeting American and British ships in the region, considering that the interests of both countries had become “legitimate targets.”