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Report: US, UK strike western Yemen targets

Aircraft from the United States and United Kingdom targeted the al-Faza coast in al-Tuhayta district in Hodeidah city, the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah news outlet reports.

The Houthis have attacked ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and fired missiles and drones at Israeli targets in a show of support for Palestinians in war-battered Gaza, drawing anger from Western nations.

The US and allies have bombed Houthi targets in Yemen since January, but the military campaign has not deterred Houthi attacks. The group pledged to continue targeting Israel-linked ships as long as the war on Gaza, which has killed more than 37,000 people, continues.

Yemen’s Houthis say ‘American-Israeli spy cell’ busted

An “American-Israeli spy cell” has been discovered, the Houthi militia says, a few days after the Iran-backed group detained about a dozen United Nations personnel.

The alleged spy cell included former staff at the US embassy in Yemen, according to a television statement from Abdel Hakim al-Khaiwani, the Houthis’ intelligence chief. “The American-Israeli spy cell carried out espionage and sabotage activities in official and unofficial institutions for decades in favour of the enemy,” he said.

“Members of the spy spell and American officers exploited their positions at the American embassy to carry out their sabotage activities. After the American embassy left Sanaa … the members of the spy cell continued to implement their sabotage agendas under the cover of international and UN organisations.”

The was no immediate comment from the United Nations or United States.