The U.S. attacked the Yemeni Houthi rebels, so the world is nervous about whether the Middle East will start again, as it did in the Middle East.
The pro-Iranian militant Yemeni rebels, Houthis, attacked ships passing through Israel or going to Israel from the Suez Canal in the Red Sea.
On the 15th, Houthi rebels attacked the “M/V Gibraltar Eagle,” a bulk carrier owned by a US company on the coast of Yemen, with a surface-to-ship ballistic missile.
There were no casualties or serious damage to the attack.
Nasreddin Amer, deputy director of the Houthi rebels’ press service, said in an interview with Al Jazeera, “Some ship must head to Israel to target it. It is enough as long as it is a U.S. ship.”
In a separate interview, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saria also stressed that all ships from countries participating in military attacks against them, including the United States and the United Kingdom, are considered “enemy targets.”
The Houthis, who have attacked civilian commercial ships in the name of Palestinian support, have vowed to attack Western ships, including the United States.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard said on the night of the 15th (local time) that it destroyed the intelligence headquarters and terrorist groups of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad near Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdistan region.
“Tonight, ballistic missiles were used to destroy intelligence centers and groups of terrorist groups in the region,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said in a statement.
Nasreddin Amer, deputy director of the Houthi press service, told Arab media Al Jazeera that “a ship does not necessarily target Israel,” adding, “It is enough as long as it is an American ship.”
Iran-backed Houthis have been attacking ships passing through the Red Sea, saying they support Hamas after the war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7 last year.
In response, the United States, along with the United Kingdom, rallied multinational forces to conduct an Operation Guardian of Prosperity to protect Red Sea ships, and on the 12th and 13th, attacked dozens of rebel bases in Yemen.
U.S. military-grade guided missile destroyer La Boon
In retaliation, the Houthis fired anti-ship missiles at the USS Lavoon, which was operating in the southern part of the Red Sea on Wednesday. The vessel has been shooting down numerous Houthi missiles and drones in recent weeks.
The U.S. Central Command said the missile was shot down by a number of U.S. fighter jets operating near the coast of Hodeidah in western Yemen.
These fighter jets were launched from a U.S. military ground base, and this is the first time they have been deployed to fight in the Red Sea, according to U.S. military media Warzone.
U.S. Navy FA-18 Fighter Launch – A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the Dwight Eisenhower, is flying out for operations.
F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters from the Eisenhower aircraft carrier have responded to attacks on the Red Sea in addition to destroyers such as the Rabun.
SALLY LEE
ASIA JOURNAL
