Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi vowed on Thursday that the Yemeni group would expand its targeting of Israel-linked commercial shipping to hit vessels in the Indian Ocean that are trying to get around the Red Sea.
“Our main battle is to prevent ships linked to the Israeli enemy from passing through not only the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but also the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope. This is a major step and we have begun to implement our operations related to it,” al-Houthi said.
The new US bombing campaign against the Houthis has only escalated the situation as the Yemeni group, officially known as Ansar Allah, began targeting American and British commercial shipping in response. US officials have acknowledged they don’t know how much damage has been done to Houthi capability. Despite the lack of success, the US continues to bomb Yemen, with 11 US-British airstrikes reported in Yemen’s Hodeidah province on Thursday.
Al-Houthi said US military action “will not be able to stop us from supporting Gaza” and vowed Houthi attacks on commercial shipping would only stop once the Israeli onslaught in Gaza comes to an end.
“Our naval operations continue as long as the aggression against Gaza persists,” al-Houthi said. “American and British obstinacy have one outcome, which is the widening of the conflict and war at the regional level.”
Al-Houthi also said that 34 Houthis have been killed since Ansar Allah began targeting Israel-linked commercial shipping in response to the slaughter in Gaza. According to the Yemen Data Project, at least one civilian was killed, and 10 have been wounded by US and British airstrikes.
The US has a long history of killing civilians in Yemen in its drone wars and by backing a brutal Saudi-UAE war against the Houthis from 2015-2022. The war and blockade on Yemen killed at least 377,000 people, and more than half died of starvation and disease caused by the siege.
I may be mistaken, but I think the longest range of Ansar Allah’s missile ordnance is 1200 KM. Unless they have some longer range missiles, I don’t see those missiles getting any farther out than the Arabian Sea. It’s still an expensive detour for shipping to go around the Cape of Good Hope to get to Israel.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
The 1200 km is an old estimate. They fired a missile to Israel in November 2023 which Israel claimed intercepted traveled 1600 km…!
RIA Novosti reports that Ansar Allah has successfully tested a Fattah hypersonic missile. They intend to manufacture these missiles for use in expanded operations.
It’s their own missile, not foreign-made…!
Holy shoot, what’s your source, Allah Akhbar News?
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Houthis are humans attempting to stop semi-human monsters.
Stop them from killing “human animals?” …No. Those are not my words. …Somebody else said that. My fault. I just like to complete sentences.
By killing Filipinos and Vietnamese sailors?
Just like Ukrainians.
It’s more like Non-Human Monsters…!
Why are the Houthis the only ones among Arab/Muslim Countries, willing to do something to stop the Genocide, not just useless talking. I personally am sick of hearing the LIES coming out of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UN, ETC., about negotiations. There are NO negotiations, the only thing the Zionist State of Israel understands is Violence, WAR, which are the Foundation for their Illegal State. The people in the region will no accept their leaders doing nothing to save Palestine. If the World thinks this Nazi Regime in Israel will stop the bloodshed with killing all the Palestinians, they have not been listening. Israel should have been stopped after the World heard the statements coming from Nazi Netanyahu and his Devils, which was their promise to KILL all the Palestinians.
“Why are the Houthis the only ones among Arab/Muslim Countries,” Because Arab/Muslim countries attempted to destroy Israel three times in the past. (1948,1967 and 1973) It did not end well for them.
Maybe China might give a go…!!!!!
And why would China do that?
Houthis expanding attacks on ships;
And so the attacks on Houthis.
Way to go Houthis!
It seems that the US is not the only country that can apply secondary sanctions upon businesses that trade with unfriendly countries in the Middle East.
There’s a new sheriff in town…!
With Their New Extended Range Hypersonic Missiles…! Karma Is Back…!
Extended range? did you mean the intergalactic- teleporting RU Hypersonic Missiles?
Oh shoot, the war will be over in 3 days now.
The world needs to surrender to the Houthis. 🤣
On our planet of killer apes, now enen the Houthis have hyper-sonic weapons of mass destruction.. Wars will never end..
At least now it will be two-way wars…!
Fuck Israel,sink them all.