A new round of airstrikes hit today near the Al Hodeida airport, a port town in the Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels, witnesses of the bombings informed EFE.
This new attack comes after a missile launched from areas controlled by the Houthis reached a boat in the Gulf of Aden.
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According to witnesses, a “big explosion” near the airport Hodeidahon the coast of Red Seaone of the main towns used by the Houthis to launch projectiles against commercial vessels transiting this strategic sea route.
So far, the extent of the bombing is unknown, which takes place amid the escalation of tension in the Red Sea between the Houthis and USA initiated after the American and British air attacks on Friday against thirty enclaves of the insurgents of the Yemen.
Previously, the entity of the British Navy Commercial Maritime Operations (UKMTO) said in an alert that a missile hit today against the port side of a vessel that was about 95 nautical miles southeast of Aden.
So far, the Houthis have not claimed responsibility for the action, although they stated that they will continue to prevent Israeli ships from sailing or heading to Israeli ports, according to television. Al Masiracontrolled by the rebels.
A Houthi source told the network that its naval forces “they are ready to face any emergency or threat to the safety of navigation in the region”and accused USA and to United Kingdom to cause disruption in the Red Sea with its attacks against Yemen.
He Red Sea It is the scene of a conflict that began after the attacks of the Houthis against merchant ships, which caused USA and the United Kingdom bombed insurgent positions in the Yemen to limit your military capabilities and their attacks in this area, through which around 15% of world maritime trade transits.