The Israeli military started in the early Monday air strikes on ports and facilities that were held by the Houthi rebels of Yemen. The rebels reacted with rocket fire to Israel.
The attacks came after an attack on Sunday Targeting on a Liberian -flapped ship in red sea This caught fire and absorbed water and later forced her crew to leave the ship.
The suspicion of the attack on the Greek Bulk stretcher technology seas immediately fell on the Houthis, especially when a security company said that bomb-related drone boats seemed to hit the ship after it was attacked by small weapons and rocket grenades. The rebels’ media reported on the attack, but did not claim. Sometimes it can take days for them to recognize an attack.
A renewed Houthi campaign against shipping could move back to the USA and the western armed forces, especially after President Donald Trump aimed at the rebels in a large air rod campaign.
The ship attack comes to a sensitive moment in the Middle East, since a possible ceasefire hangs in balance in the Israel Hamas War and Iran follows the negotiations on its nuclear program American air strikes that are aimed at the most sensitive atomic positions During an Israeli war against the Islamic Republic. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also traveled to Washington to meet Trump.
Israeli strikes Target Houthi Held Ports
The Israeli military said that Houthi’s ports in Hodeida, Ras Isa and Salif and the RAS Kanatib power plant hit it. It published film material that published an F-16 start of Israel for the strike, which published a warning for the area after the Israeli military.
“These ports are used by the Houthi Terrorist regime to transmit weapons from the Iranian regime that are used to carry out terrorist operations against the state of Israel and its allies,” said the Israeli military.
The Israeli military also said that the Galaxy leader had hit a vehicle vehicle that confiscated the Houthis in November 2023 when they started their attacks in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel Hamas War.
“Houthi forces have installed a radar system on the ship and used it to pursue ships in the international maritime arena to facilitate further terrorist activities,” said the Israeli military.
The galaxy guide, which is a member of Bahamas, was connected to an Israeli billionaire. It said that there were no Israelis on board. The ship had been operated by a Japanese company NYK Line.
The Houthis recognized the strikes, but offered no damage assessment from the attack. Her military spokesman Brig. General Yahya Saree claimed that his air defense staff had “effectively confronted” the Israelis without providing evidence.
Israel has repeatedly trained Houthi areas in Yemen, including a naval strike in June. Both Israel and the United States have hit ports in the region in the past – including An American attack in which 74 people were killed in April – But Israel now acts alone when attacking the rebels, while they continue to fire rockets in Israel.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to start further strikes.
“What applies to Iran applies to Yemen,” said Katz in an explanation. “Anyone who raises a hand against Israel will have it cut off. The Houthis will continue to pay a high price for their actions.”
The Houthis then answered with an obvious rocket attack on Israel. The Israeli military said that it tried to intercept the two rockets founded by the Houthis, but they seemed to have an impact, although no injuries were reported. Siren sounded in the West Bank and the Dead Sea.
Ship attacks force the crew to leave the ship
The attack on the magical seas, a bulk material that drives north to the Suez channel in Egypt, occurred about 100 kilometers southwest of Hodeida, Yemen, which is held by the Houthis. The British trade center of the British military military of British Maritime trading for the first time said that an armed security team on the ship has returned against an initial attack on shots and rocket grenades, although the ship was later hit by projectiles.
Ambrey, a private maritime security company, said the magical seas were also attacked by bomb -related drone boats, which could be a major escalation. It was said that two drone boats were beaten, while two more had been destroyed by the armed guards on board.
The British Commercial Center for Maritime Handelsbetrieb said that the ship had absorbed water and its crew had given up the ship. They were saved by a passing ship, added.
Moammar al -yani, the Minister of Information for the present government of Yemen against Houthis, identified the ship as a magical seas and accused the rebels. The ship had had an armed security team on board in the area in which the attack took place and had driven to the north.
“The attack also proves once again that the Houthis are only one front for an Iranian scheme X.
The owners of the Magic Seas did not respond to a request for comment.
Houthi attacks came through Israel-Hamas War
The Houthi rebels started Rocket and drone attacks against commercial and military ships in the region in what the leadership of the group described as one End efforts Israel’s offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Between November 2023 and January 2025, the Houthis aimed on more than 100 merchant ships with rockets and drones that sank and sank two of them. kill four seafarers. Your campaign has significantly reduced the trade flow through the corridor of the Red Sea, in which it usually moves from goods from goods every year. Shipment The Red Sea has increased in the past few weeks, although it is still lower than normal.
The Houthis stopped until the United States started a wide attack against the rebels in mid -March. This ended weeks later and the Houthis did not attack a ship, even though they continued occasionally Rocket attacks on Israel.
