Houthi rebels from the Yemeni Ansar movement Allah together with the "Islamic Resistance of Iraq" attacked a target in southern Israel using drones.
„The military operation was directed against an important target in southern Israel with the help of several drones,” he said on Yemeni rebel-owned television channel Al Masirah. The Houthis carried out the strike jointly with the “Islamic Resistance of Iraq”, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said, adding that the operation allegedly “successfully achieved its objective”.
Following the escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Ansar Allah movement warned that it would fire on Israeli territory and prevent ships linked to it from passing through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab el Mandeb Strait, while the operation in the Palestinian enclave will not be terminated. Since November last year, the Houthis have attacked dozens of civilian ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
In response to the actions of "Ansar Allah" The US authorities announced the formation of an international coalition and the start of Operation Guardian of Prosperity. to guarantee the freedom of navigation and the safety of ships in the Red Sea. Subsequently, the armed forces of Great Britain and the United States began to regularly strike military targets of the rebels in various provinces of Yemen.