US military confirms Houthi missile strikes on 2 ships in Gulf of Aden
Yemen’s Houthis damaged two commercial vessels in missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden in the last 24 hours as part of the group’s ongoing campaign against ships linked to Israel, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said late on Sunday.
The Houthis hit the Tavvishi, a Liberian-flagged and Swiss-owned container ship, with an antiship ballistic missile, CENTCOM said. The vessel was damaged, but no crew were injured, according to CENTCOM.
The Houthis started targeting Israeli-linked ships in a show of solidarity with Palestinians but expanded their attacks to include those linked the United States and the United Kingdom after Washington and London launched air strikes on Yemen.
Antitank missiles fired at northern Israel
Since early this morning, at least six antitank missiles launched from Lebanon have hit settlements in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel, according to Israel’s Army Radio.
The attacks sparked several fires and damaged a home in the northeastern kibbutz of Menara, but caused no casualties, Army Radio said.
Since the Gaza war broke out, Israel’s military and Lebanese group Hezbollah have traded near daily, cross-border fire, pushing tens of thousands of residents on both sides of the border to evacuate.
Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli army division HQ
Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has claimed to have carried out an air attack “with a swarm of drones” on the newly established command headquarters of the Israeli army’s 146th Division east of Israel’s northern city of Nahariya.
The group said in a statement on Telegram the attack resulted in “the killing or wounding” of Israeli forces as well as the destruction of their settlements and a blaze.
It said the operation was in response to Israel’s attack on the Lebanese villages of Aitaroun and Markaba that killed two Hezbollah fighters on Saturday.
