A photo published by the British Ministry of Defense of a Typhoon aircraft taking off to carry out strikes in Yemen a few days ago (Getty)

The military spokesman for the Ansar Allah Houthi group, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said that the American-British aircraft launched 48 raids on a number of Yemeni governorates, stressing that these attacks “will not deter us from supporting the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and will not pass without a response.”

Saree added in a statement on Sunday morning that the American-British aggression targeted sites in the governorates of Sanaa, Hodeidah, Taiz, Al-Bayda, Hajjah and Saada.

For his part, a member of the political bureau of the Ansar Allah Houthi group, Muhammad Al-Bukhaiti, said in response to the raids, “We will meet escalation with escalation, and our operations will continue until the aggression against Gaza stops.”

On the other hand, an American-British statement revealed that raids were carried out on 36 Houthi targets in 13 locations in Yemen, and American officials described tonight’s raids as “the next round of retaliation for the killing of soldiers in Jordan,” before CNN quoted a senior US administration official. He said that "the strikes against the Houthis are separate from the American response in Iraq and Syria."

Destruction of missiles

In turn, the US Central Command (Centcom) said that it destroyed 6 anti-ship cruise missiles in Yemen that were equipped to launch at ships in the Red Sea.

Centcom said, in a statement on the

She stressed that this measure will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer.

Earlier on Saturday, Centcom announced that it had struck and shot down 12 drones, on Friday, in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, over the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

In solidarity with Gaza - which has been subjected to an Israeli aggression with American support since last October 7 - the Houthis are targeting, with missiles and drones, cargo ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea, which has negatively affected the movement of shipping, trade and supply.

According to Anatolia Agency, tensions in the Red Sea have entered a phase of remarkable escalation since the Houthis, on January 9, directly targeted an American ship, after they were targeting, within the framework of solidarity with the Gaza Strip, cargo ships owned or operated by Israeli companies or transporting goods to and from. Israel.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies