BAGHDAD: A US warship patrolling the Red Sea intercepted multiple attack drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen on Thursday, the US Central Command said.
“On the morning (Yemen time) of November 23, the USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) shot down multiple one-way attack drones launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen,” CENTCOM said on X. “The ship and crew sustained no damage or injury,” it added.
The Houthis have declared themselves part of an “axis of resistance” against Israeli aggression in Palestinian enclave.
The crisis has raised the spectre of a broader Middle East conflagration, with the frontier between Lebanon and Israel also seeing near-daily exchanges of fire. The Houthis in Yemen have launched a series of drones and missiles towards Israel since the Oct 7.
On Wednesday, Israel said it had intercepted a “cruise missile” heading for the south of the country, a shot claimed by the Houthi rebels. “Our forces launched missiles at various military targets” in southern Israel, Yahia Saree, spokesman of the Houthis, wrote on X.
“We will continue to carry out military operations until the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank stops,” he added.
The Houthis have also threatened to target Israeli shipping and on Sunday said they seized the Galaxy Leader, an Israel-linked cargo vessel and its 25 international crew, at the entrance to the Red Sea.
Published in Dawn, November 24th, 2023
Source: dawn.com
