Yemen strikes American commercial ship : US, UK launch new strikes on Yemen ; Report

Yemen’s Armed Forces strike an American commercial vessel bound for the Occupied Palestinian Territories in continued support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have come under a genocidal US-backed war by the Israeli regime.

The operation took place on Wednesday, the forces’ announced through their Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree.

“American Commercial ship, KOI, was targeted with appropriate naval missiles, while heading towards the occupied Palestinian ports,” Saree said.

The forces have been conducting many such operations against Israeli vessels or those heading towards the Occupied Palestinian Territories’ ports.

The operations have been described as a response to an October 7, 2023-present war and siege that the Israeli regime has been waging against Gaza following an operation carried out by the Palestinian territory’s resistance movements.

Nearly 27,000 Palestinians, mostly women, children, and adolescents, have martyred so far in the war, which enjoys untrammeled military and political support on the part of the United States, the Israeli regime’s biggest ally.

The operation against the merchant ship came just hours after the Yemeni forces fired “several” missiles at USS Gravely, an American Navy warship, just off the Yemeni coast in the Red Sea.

Saree reaffirmed “the forces’ commitment” to continue their operations until the Israeli regime ceases its aggression against Gaza and lifts its blockade against the territory.

The United States and the UK have also conducted several missile attacks against Yemeni targets in response to the Yemeni operations.

The spokesman asserted that “the Armed Forces are to face the US-British escalation with escalation and to carry out more military operations within Yemen’s legitimate [right to] defense in response to the continued aggression.”

US, UK launch new strikes on Yemen amid frustration with anti-Israel campaign

The United States and Britain have conducted new strikes on Yemen as the Arab country continues its maritime campaign in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid an Israeli genocide.

Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported that the air raids targeted Yemen’s western Provinces of Sa’ada and Hudaydah on Wednesday evening and Thursday at dawn, respectively.

Meanwhile, local sources said the American warplanes that bombed Yemen had flown from a US military base in Bahrain.

In a statement, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed that its aerial assaults had hit an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground control station and 10 one-way drones in Yemen.

It also alleged that the targets “presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and the US Navy ships in the region.”

The attacks came after the Yemeni Armed Forces struck American merchant ship KOl with several naval missiles as the vessel was heading to ports in the Occupied Lands.

The operation followed a similar one against American destroyer USS Gravely in the Red Sea.

Israel waged a genocidal war on besieged Gaza on October 7 following a historic operation by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group against the occupying regime.

The US has offered untrammeled support for Israel during the aggression that has so far massacred at least 26,900 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 65,949 others.

In solidarity with the Palestinians in besieged Gaza, Yemeni forces have targeted ships going to and from ports in the Occupied Territories, or whose owners are linked to Israel, in the southern Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the Gulf of Aden, and even in the Arabian Sea.