The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen announced today, Saturday, that it thwarted an imminent Houthi attack using two booby-trapped boats south of the Red Sea, in the second similar attack in less than a week.
The coalition added in a statement that the imminent attack was thwarted, and the two boats were destroyed off the Salif port, south of the Red Sea, stressing that the Houthi group continues to threaten shipping lines and global trade.
The statement did not give further details about the attack, and there was no immediate comment from the Houthis about it.
On Monday, the coalition announced in a statement that it had thwarted a similar Houthi boat bomb attack in the southern Red Sea.
Saudi media had reported earlier that a drone launched by the Houthis had been intercepted and destroyed towards Khamis Mushait (south of the Kingdom).
For his part, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said that King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait was targeted.
In a related context, the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV broadcast scenes of what it said was one of the largest operations of the Houthi forces in 3 axes in the Jizan region on the Yemeni-Saudi border.
The channel indicated that the Houthi forces carried out what it called large offensive operations, and that they had taken control of dozens of sites in the Jizan axis and quantities of equipment and weapons.
She added that a number of soldiers were captured, noting that a number of people were killed during these battles, including Saudi and Sudanese soldiers.
About 7 years ago, Yemen has been witnessing a war that killed 233,000 people, and 80% of the population of about 30 million people have become dependent on aid to stay alive, in the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, according to the United Nations.