According to the US navy, US fighter plane intercepted an anti-ship cruise missile fired from Houthi terrorist areas of Yemen in the direction of a US destroyer working within the Southern Red Sea on Sunday.
This midair interception is the newest incident within the Red Sea the place the Houthis have been concentrating on worldwide transport. They declare it is in help of Palestinians below siege from Israeli forces in Gaza.
This incident follows a sequence of American and British airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen which have led to threats of a “robust” response from the Iranian-backed militia.
There have been no reported accidents or harm on this newest incident, in keeping with the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
Responses from the Houthis
CENTCOM revealed that the missile was shot down close to Yemen’s port metropolis of Hodeidah.
Earlier on Sunday, the Houthis complained about US plane flying near Yemeni airspace and coastal areas.
Reuters couldn’t instantly decide whether or not the incidents have been one and the identical, and CENTCOM didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail searching for additional particulars in regards to the interception.
The Red Sea disaster has added to anxieties over a wider battle within the Middle East past Gaza, which Israel is decreasing to rubble in what it describes as a marketing campaign to annihilate the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, backed by Tehran.
Also on Sunday, pro-Palestinian activists protested on the gates of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, offended that the British base was used as a launch pad for strikes in opposition to the Houthis.
“We are right here as a result of we condemn the complicity of the UK authorities and utilizing Cypriot land for his or her agenda to help Israel of their onslaught of Gaza,” stated Natalia Olivia of the Cyprus-based United for Palestine group.