Yemen’s Houthis Spokesperson and Brigadier General, Yahya Saree, announced Thursday that their forces targeted three “specific military operations.”

The first operation, Houthis, fired a number of ballistic missiles and drones at various targets south of the Israeli Occupation territories.

The second operation took place in the Gulf of Aden, where the “Yemeni Armed Forces’ naval forces” targeted a British ship “Islandra” using the appropriate naval missiles - resulting in direct hits, in which a fire broke out onboard.

The third operation, an American destroyer was targeted with a number of drones - according to the statement.

Yemen’s Houthis emphasized that they will continue to “uphold their religious, moral, and humanitarian duties towards the Palestinian people” and that their military operations in the Red Sea will not stop unless the Israeli Occupation aggression against Gaza stops and the siege is lifted.

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The full statement reads as follows:

“In triumph to the oppressed Palestinian people and in retaliation for the American-British aggression against our country.The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out three specific military operations, as follows:

“The first one, our missiles and UAV forces fired a number of ballistic missiles and drones at various targets of the Zionist enemy in the Umm al-Rashrash area, south of occupied Palestine,.

“Regarding the second operation in the Gulf of Aden, the Yemeni Armed Forces' naval forces conducted a targeting operation against a British ship (Islandra) in the Gulf of Aden, using a number of suitable naval missiles that directly hit it, causing a fire to break out on it.

“As for the third operation, an American destroyer in the Red Sea was targeted with a number of drones.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces persist in upholding their religious, moral, and humanitarian duties towards the Palestinian people and in defense of their beloved Yemen in the face of American-British aggression, and their military operations will not stop unless the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.”

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