Houthis say they targeted city of Eilat in southern Israel
Yemeni group says it targeted British ship in Gulf of Aden, American destroyer in Red Sea
ISTANBUL
The Yemeni Houthi group claimed it targeted the city of Eilat in southern Israel on Thursday with ballistic missiles and drones.
“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,” said Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces affiliated with the Houthis.
The first operation targeted “the Umm al-Rashrash area (Eilat), southern occupied Palestine” with ballistic missiles and drones, he said in a statement.
“The Yemeni 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,” it said.
Saree said the group targeted an American destroyer in the Red Sea with a number of drones.
