Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants mentioned on Friday that they had attacked the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashkelon together with three American destroyers within the Pink Sea with missiles and drones in assist of Gaza and Lebanon.
The Israeli army mentioned it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen that had set off sirens in central Israel.
The Houthis’ army spokesman mentioned operations wouldn’t cease till Israel’s offensives in Gaza and Lebanon stop. The group attacked Tel Aviv with a ballistic missile and launched a drone towards Ashkelon in southern Israel, Yahya Sarea mentioned.
“We are going to perform extra army operations towards the Israeli enemy to triumph for the sake of the blood of our brothers in Palestine and Lebanon,” he added in a televised speech.
Sarea additionally mentioned, in a separate televised speech, that the group had concurrently attacked three American destroyers within the Pink Sea with 23 ballistic and winged missiles and a drone because the ships headed to assist Israel.
US Navy warships passing via the Bab al-Mandab Strait intercepted a number of projectiles, together with missiles and drones, fired by the Houthis, a US official mentioned.
The official, talking on situation of anonymity and citing preliminary data that might change, mentioned there was no harm to any of the three warships within the space.
Israeli strikes have killed greater than 600 folks in Lebanon since Monday, because the battle between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah is at its most intense in additional than 18 years.
Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel for nearly a 12 months in assist of allied Palestinian militant group Hamas, which is combating Israel in Gaza.
Greater than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed within the Israeli assault on Gaza, based on well being officers there. The struggle was sparked by an assault on Israel by Hamas militants that killed 1,200 folks and kidnapped greater than 250 hostages, based on Israeli counts.
