YEMEN TARGETS THREE ISRAELI-LINKED SHIPS, EXTENDS REACH TO MEDITERRANEAN

Yemen’s Armed Forces announce carrying out three pro-Palestinian operations,
striking two Israeli ships and one headed towards the occupied territories.

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File photo shows the Yemeni Armed Forces’ showcasing a missile during a
military parade in the capital Sana’a.

Yemen’s Armed Forces have announced carrying out three pro-Palestinian
operations, striking two Israeli ships and one headed towards the occupied
territories. The forces’ spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree made the
announcement in the capital Sana’a on Friday. He was addressing a
thousands-strong rally held in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who
are enduring a genocidal Israeli war.  “The first operation targeted the
Israeli ship MSC Alexandra in the Arabian Sea with a number of ballistic
missiles,” he said.  “The second operation was carried out by the Navy, the Air
Force, and the Missile Force, targeting the ship Yannis as it was passing
through the Red Sea” towards the occupied territories, noted the official.
“The third operation was carried out by the Missile Force, targeting the
Israeli ship Essex in the Mediterranean Sea,” Saree stated.

Yemen began the strikes after October 7, when the Israeli regime launched the
war against Gaza that has so far killed at least 35,800 Palestinians, mostly
women and children, and injured 80,200 more.  The Yemeni forces began the
operations by hitting the Israeli vessels or those heading towards the ports of
the occupied Palestinian territories that could pass through Yemen’s maritime
areas.  They gradually expanded the strikes to cover targets lying across the
occupied territories and vessels sailing through the Indian Ocean as the
Israeli regime would refuse to accede to their demand of halting the war and a
simultaneous siege that it has been enforcing against Gaza.  Earlier in May,
Saree announced commencement of the fourth phase of the pro-Palestinian
operations, saying the Yemeni forces would target all ships heading to Israeli
ports “in the Mediterranean Sea in any area within our reach.” Adding to his
remarks, the spokesman said, “The Yemeni Armed Forces renew their warning to
all companies dealing with the Israeli entity that their ships, regardless of
their destination, will be targeted within the declared operation zone.”

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