A new bombing hit a rebel military base today of the in the port city of Al Hodeida, after bombed insurgent positions for the second consecutive day in response to their attacks in the Red Sea, witnesses informed EFE.

According to these sources, the alleged US bombing occurred after the insurgents launched a missile aimed at the southern Red Sea, where the rebels have carried out dozens of attacks since mid-November against merchant ships, causing severe disruptions in traffic. maritime.

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So far, neither the Houthis nor the US have commented on the matter and the scope of this attack against Al Hodeida, one of the insurgents’ main drone and missile launching bases, is unknown.

Precisely this port city, along with a base near the airport in the capital, Sanaa, were the target of the US bombing this morning against Yemen, about which the Houthis have not commented until now.

A Royal Air Force aircraft takes part in an attack on Houthi targets in Yemen. (EFE).

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That military action was deployed from the US naval destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) at 3:45 a.m. on January 13 local time (00:45 GMT) and Tomahawk land attack missiles were used, according to the US Central Command. (CENTCOM).

According to Washington, it was “a follow-up action against a specific military target” associated with Friday’s US and British bombings, designed to degrade the Houthis’ ability to attack shipping.

The first large-scale military operation, carried out by the US and the United Kingdom with the support of a dozen countries, targeted 28 insurgent enclaves, according to CENTCOM, and caused five casualties among the Houthi ranks. , according to the rebels themselves.

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Following those attacks, the Houthis organized a massive demonstration on Friday against the US and the UK, countries to which they declared an “open war” amid fears that the opening of new fronts in the war in the Gaza Strip .

Since mid-November, Yemen’s rebels have launched dozens of attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea, actions they say are intended to exert economic pressure on Israel and support the Palestinians in Gaza.

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