Closing the Bab al-Mandab Strait — a strategic point that connects the Red Sea to global maritime routes — is a “viable option” for the group
The Iran-backed Houthi rebel movementannounced this Saturday (28) the launch of ballistic missiles against Israeli military targets, marking his official entry into the war in support of Tehran.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces, with the help of Almighty God and trusting in God, carried out the first military operation using a volley of ballistic missiles against sensitive Israeli military targets in southern occupied Palestine,” says the statement released by the group, reproduced by CNN International. The note states that the action is part of what the Houthis call “direct military intervention” in solidarity with Iran.
Before, the The Israel Defense Forces had reported that they detected a missile launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory and that they were working to intercept it.
According to the Houthi statement, the attack is a “direct” response to “the continued military escalationattacks on infrastructure and the perpetration of crimes and massacres against our brothers in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Palestine.”
A Houthi official had previously told CNN that the group was ready to join the war on Iran’s side. if the United States and Israel intensified attacks in the region.
In a text message sent to the US broadcaster, Mohammed Mansour, undersecretary of the Houthis’ Ministry of Information, stated that closing the Bab al-Mandab Strait — a strategic point that connects the Red Sea to global maritime routes — is a “viable option” for the group.
The announcement comes amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, with the Houthis intensifying their confrontational stance against Israel and its allies.
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