Simultaneously with the announcement by the British Maritime Trade Operations that it had received a report early Tuesday about an incident occurring 57 nautical miles west of the city of Hodeidah, Yemen, the U.S. announced new strikes against the Houthis. The U.S. military stated today that its forces carried out a strike on two Houthi drones in Yemen. The U.S. Central Command posted on X, “U.S. forces identified the two explosive-laden drones in areas controlled by the Houthis in Yemen and determined that they posed an imminent threat to U.S. naval vessels and commercial shipping in the region.” Earlier, it indicated that it had targeted two unmanned explosive-laden boats belonging to the Houthis, continuing its operations against the headquarters and infrastructure of the armed group.
A military source revealed Monday evening that U.S. and British forces launched attacks on military areas used by the Houthi group in Al-Katheb north of Hodeidah province, western Yemen, resulting in casualties and injuries. The source noted that ambulances rushed to the targeted area to evacuate victims. He explained to the Arab World News Agency that the aerial strikes were preemptive and achieved high success, stating that the first strike targeted advanced explosive-laden unmanned boats that were anchored next to the targeted building in Al-Katheb. The second strike occurred approximately fifteen minutes later, targeting part of the same building where Houthi elements and military aviation experts, all of whom had received military training in Iran on the engineering and use of explosive-laden unmanned boats and drones, were present.
These strikes are part of the ongoing campaign that the United States and Britain have been conducting for weeks against Houthi positions to disrupt and weaken the group’s ability to threaten navigation in the Red Sea and undermine global trade after it claimed responsibility for targeting commercial vessels with missiles and drones.
