Missile event in Yemen on Fri 5th July 2024

SANAA, Yemen Yemen’s Houthi group reported three fresh US-British airstrikes late Thursday against its sites in western Al Hudaydah province. Two strikes targeted Al Luhayyah district, the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television reported. In a subsequent report, the channel said another airstrike targeted the Al-Jah area in Bayt al-Faqih district in the province. No information was provided about casualties or damage. There was no comment from the US or UK on the report. Al Hudaydah is a major Yemeni province with three vital ports and a long coastal strip. Since the beginning of 2024, a coalition led by the US has been conducting airstrikes that it said are targeting Houthi locations in Yemen in response to attacks by the group on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The counterattacks have been occasionally met with retaliation from the group. The Houthis have targeted Israeli cargo ships or those associated with Tel Aviv in the Red Sea with missiles and drones in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which is facing a devastating Israeli offensive. With the intervention of Washington and London and an escalation of tensions, the Houthis announced that they now consider all American and British ships military targets. *Writing by Mohammad Sio