Yemen: Houthis claim to have hit ‘vital target’ in Israeli port of Eilat

Yemen’s Houthi forces launched a drone strike against a “vital target” in Israel’s Red Sea port of Eilat, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sharia said today. “These operations will not stop until the aggression stops, the siege on the Gaza Strip is lifted and the aggression in Lebanon is stopped,” Sarria said. The Houthis, who control most of northern Yemen, have since November 2023 launched missile and drone attacks against ships they say are linked to Israel or its allies, saying they are acting in solidarity with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in war with the Israeli armed forces in the Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023. Their attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden have caused a major problem in the movement of ships in this area crucial for global trade and led the US to form an international naval coalition and, […]
Source: News Beast

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