Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday vowed fierce retaliation after the United States carried out additional attacks in Yemen.
Houthi spokesman Nasruddin Amer told Al Jazeera: “This new attack will be met with a decisive, strong and effective response.”
Central Command said Friday that the naval destroyer USS Carney fired a Tomahawk land-based missile that hit a radar site controlled by Tehran proxies in an effort to “reduce the Houthis' ability to attack maritime vessels, including commercial ships.”
The attack follows a missile and drone attack campaign by insurgents against commercial shipping in the Red Sea on Thursday night, led by American and British forces that hit more than 60 Houthi-held targets across 28 locations in Yemen. This was followed by a large-scale air raid.
“These attacks endangered American service members, civilian sailors, and our partners, endangered trade, and threatened freedom of navigation,” President Biden said after the first attack.
At least five people were killed and six others were injured in Thursday's attack, said Brigadier General John Brig, a Houthi military spokesman. General Yahya Salih.
Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II announced Friday that Houthi forces fired at least one anti-ship ballistic missile in response to the U.S.-British-led attack. told CNN.
Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdulsalam strike saidThis did not deter the rebels from continuing attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, including one that attacked a military base in Sanaa.
Rising tensions in the Red Sea increase the threat of escalating conflict in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas war.
The Houthis say the attacks on the transport ships were carried out in support of Palestinians as Israeli forces continue their offensive in Gaza, but many of the ships they attacked have unknown ties to Israel. .
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