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United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces destroyed five missiles of the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in separate strikes on Yemen within 48 hours, the command announced in two separate statements.
According to the command, three missiles on launchers were targeted in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen on July 23 and two more were hit on July 24.
“It was determined these weapons presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region,” CENTCOM said. “These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure.”
The command didn’t provide any details on the type of the targeted missiles or reveal when and where exactly they were struck.
The strikes came less than a week after a Houthi suicide drone struck the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, killing a man and wounding at least eight others. Israel responded by launching its first ever attack on Yemen. Israeli strikes hit the Houthi-held Res Sea port of al-Hodeida. Six people were killed and over 80 others were wounded. The Houthis vowed to strike back.
Since November, the Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have attacked dozens of vessels affiliated with Israel or owned by the U.S. and the United Kingdom in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea in response to the Israeli war and siege on the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip.
In addition, the group launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel and shot down six American-made combat drones over Yemen and nearby waters.
The U.S. and the UK have carried out hundreds of strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen since January in an attempt to deter the group and degrade its military capabilities, but to no avail.
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no problem, because the main launching sites are underground after the lenghty war with ksa because houthi have no air force.
they do have an air wing of helicopters
usisrael lies on everything. i mean just look at the countries ‘leadership’, would you buy a used car from them, let alone some their claimed military victories?
the houthi launch sites are underground, only periodically exposed. us provided no evidence of destroying anything, in previous times when they claimed a victory, it turned out they bombed a wedding party.
one wedding party – obomba was behind numerous mistaken gatherings of isis or some such but in real life it was private festivities, like weddings, birthdays and so on. just think of putting a serious missile in obombas compound on martha’s winyard, when he’s in loco – just imagine!
yes, the lies are everywhere. all anybody has to do is pick any one statement and try to verify it to see they are lying about everything. one giant endless lie, and people have to want desperately to believe them at this point. most people are so desperate they will do anything to avoid thinking about the obvious lies. i don’t think those people have many years left at this rate. it’s hard to feel bad when the care-for-nothings have enabled so much misery.
a reminder that during the gulf and wars in iraq, the usand company announces the destruction of dozen of scud systems, which turned out to be largely false by the end time of the conflict. likely they didn’t hit the launchers or struck the sites or mockups. the hothis know this form or war very well and have years of outsmarted western backed saudi and supported forces
the us has reported so far that they destroyed 1,001 missiles launchers but the missiles keep coming!
talks cheap, where’s the video?
so what?, they already built 15 more.