The spokesperson of Yemen’s Houthi rebels Mohammed Abdulsalam stated that his nation would proceed to defend itself after a number of US strikes focused services within the capital Sanaa.
“The US aggression on Yemen is a blatant violation of the sovereignty of an impartial state, and blatant assist for Israel to encourage it to proceed its crimes of genocide in opposition to the individuals of Gaza,” stated Abdulsalam on Tuesday, after strikes have been performed by the US for a second day.
The US army stated that it carried out assaults in opposition to targets within the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa and coastal areas in Yemen on each Monday and Tuesday.
“On December 30 and 31, US Navy ships and plane focused a Houthi command and management facility and superior standard weapon (ACW) manufacturing and storage services that included missiles and uncrewed aerial automobiles (UAV),” the US army’s Central Command (CENTCOM) stated in a publish on X.
CENTCOM Forces Strike A number of Houthi Targets in Yemen
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces performed a number of precision strikes in opposition to Iran-backed Houthi targets in Sana’a and coastal areas inside Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, Dec. 30 and 31.
On Dec. 30 and 31,… pic.twitter.com/XUKtsZM1U7
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) December 31, 2024
The Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported {that a} whole of 12 air raids have been launched by US army jets, focusing on two separate districts in Sanaa.
The Iran-allied group in Yemen has been launching assaults on business transport within the Pink Sea for greater than a yr in an ostensible effort to implement a naval blockade on Israel, saying they’re performing in solidarity with Palestinians being attacked as a part of Israel’s yearlong lethal battle in Gaza.
Final week, a wave of Israeli air assaults hit Yemen’s main airport, killing at the very least three individuals. Separate assaults on the nation’s key port metropolis of Hodeidah killed one other three individuals.
The assault on Sanaa’s airport got here simply because the World Well being Group’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated he was about to board a flight there.
The Houthis pledged to reply swiftly to the assault and meet “escalation with escalation”.
The Houthis took management of Yemen’s capital Sanaa in 2014, and have fought a battle in opposition to forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition, together with the Yemeni authorities, within the years since.
‘The assist to Gaza continues’
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon on Monday issued what he known as a remaining warning to the Houthis to halt missile assaults on Israel.
Danon additionally warned Tehran that Israel has the flexibility to strike any goal within the Center East, together with in Iran. He added that Israel wouldn’t tolerate assaults by Iranian proxies.
However hours later, the Israeli army introduced that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, prompting sirens to sound throughout the nation.
The Houthis focused Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv and an influence station south of Jerusalem utilizing a hypersonic ballistic missile and a Zulfiqar ballistic missile, respectively, the group’s army spokesperson Yahya Saree stated on Tuesday.
The Houthis wouldn’t finish assaults on Israel, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the pinnacle of the Houthis’ supreme revolutionary committee, stated after the Israeli army introduced the missile interception.
“The pounding of the entity [Israel] continues and the assist to Gaza continues,” he posted on X.
Danon, in addressing the UN Safety Council, stated that Israel wouldn’t tolerate additional Houthi assaults.
“To the Houthis, maybe you haven’t been taking note of what has occurred to the Center East over the previous yr,” he stated.
“Properly, permit me to remind you what has occurred to Hamas, to Hezbollah, to Assad, to all those that have tried to destroy us. Let this be your remaining warning. This isn’t a risk. It’s a promise. You’ll share the identical depressing destiny,” Danon stated.
Final week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Houthis that Israel was “simply getting began” following the strikes in Yemen, together with on Sanaa airport, ports on the nation’s west coast in addition to two energy crops.
Israel’s ongoing assault on the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, the place a famine is looming, has up to now killed greater than 45,000 individuals and has been described as a genocide by main rights teams.
