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SvennoJ on 08 March 2024
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CENTCOM announces strikes on more Houthi positions inside Yemen

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) says its forces carried out more strikes within Yemen yesterday, targeting four Houthi antiship cruise missiles and one unmanned aerial vehicle in the country. CENTCOM forces also intercepted three UAVs shot towards the Gulf of Aden from Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen, it said in a post on X.

The announcement comes as Yemen’s Houthis ramp up attacks on what they say are Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea area in reaction to the Gaza war – and after joint US and British air strikes hit Yemen’s Hodeidah airport on Wednesday, Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported.

The Houthis have blamed the US for backing Israel’s “genocidal crimes” and further inflaming tensions in the Red Sea. “We [the Houthis] hold America responsible for the repercussions of everything that happens in the Red Sea,” a Houthi spokesperson said yesterday.

Incident reported off Yemen’s Aden: UKMTO

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors Middle East waterways, says it has received a report of an incident 50 nautical miles (about 93km) southeast of the Yemeni city of Aden in waters where Houthi rebels have been attacking ships.

Israeli jets destroy house in southern Lebanon: State media

Israeli warplanes have raided a house in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese state media. A report by the state-owned National News Agency said that the house located between the villages of al-Mansouri and Majdal Zoun was completely destroyed.

Both villages are located only several kilometres away from the border with Israel. There have been regular exchange of fire between the Israeli army and the Hezbollah group over the border.

Israeli military strikes southern Lebanon

Al Jazeera correspondents report Israeli artillery shelling near the town of Kfar Shuba in southern Lebanon. Israeli media earlier reported three rockets launched from southern Lebanon had landed in open areas in northern Israel. The Lebanese National News Agency said Israeli shelling targeted an area between Houla, Mays al-Jabal and Tallet al-Ruwaisa.

Lebanese media also reported strikes near the towns of Ayta al-Shaab and Khallet al-Warda. The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah claimed to have hit Israeli soldiers east of the al-Samaqa site in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills and at al-Raheb.


Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese town of Ghaziyeh

Israeli military says seven rockets fired from Lebanon

The projectiles were launched from Lebanon at the Upper Galilee area with two intercepted by the Iron Dome air defence system. The other five hit open areas and caused no damage or injuries, according to the Times of Israel newspaper. Sirens sounded in the communities of Dishon, Malkia and Ramot Naftali.

Hezbollah confirmed in a statement on its Telegram channel it targeted “the enemy’s artillery positions in Dishon with Katyusha rockets” at 18:18pm local time (16:18 GMT).

Israeli military hits Hezbollah positions after rocket fire

The Israeli military released aerial footage of what it said is one of several air raids on southern Lebanon. Fighter jets hit a building used by Hezbollah in Marwahin, infrastructure in Labbouneh, and a position in Aita al-Shab from which the armed Lebanese group several hours earlier launched rockets into northern Israel.

The Israeli military said a secondary explosion was seen after the last strike, indicating explosive devices were stored there. It said Hezbollah fired several rockets into Israel and said it retaliated.