The US has struck underground weapons depots used by the Houthis to attack American ships

The US military said on Wednesday that its forces had struck a weapons depot they were using Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group Targeting naval warships and merchant ships in Yemen’s Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

“U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted multiple precision strikes on two Iranian-backed Houthi underground Advanced Conventional Weapons (ACW) depots in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” CENTCOM said in a statement.

The military command confirmed that no US personnel were injured and no US equipment was damaged in the strike. It has not been confirmed that Houthi terrorists were killed or injured in the attack.

On November 9, the target of the Houthis in Yemen was destroyed by the US forces. (CENTCOM)

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“The strikes are part of CENTCOM’s efforts to discourage the Iranian-backed Houthis from threatening their partners, military and merchant shipping in the region,” CENTCOM added.

The local Houthi-owned and funded Al-Masirah TV channel claimed that the US military had carried out five “strikes” in the northwestern province of Amran, but did not confirm where in Yemen the strikes were carried out. two in Sana’a provincethe location of the capital Sana’a VOA.

The Houthis have long since operated out of Sana’a and other coastal areas Acquisition of the capital in 2014 from an internationally recognized government.

Wednesday’s strike against the terrorist network is the latest in an apparent escalation in which the former Biden administration launched at least three strikes on Houthi targets last month, including command and control facilities, weapons production and storage facilities.

Houthi supporters in Gaza to demonstrate their support for Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, November 8, 2024. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

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The US also successfully responded to at least two separate attempts by Houthi rebels to attack naval and commercial vessels in December alone.

Attacks by the Houthis have increased in recent years, but only after the October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas on Israel. The Houthis are also increasingly targeted during the last 15 months.

But after more than a year of fighting with Israel, as rocket fire from Gaza and Lebanon has dropped sharply amid a cease-fire deal with Hezbollah and a campaign against Hamas, the Houthis they increased their attacks.

Reports this month suggested the Houthis continued to fire rockets into Israel from more than 1,200 miles away – not only posing a physical threat to Israelis, but also continuing to affect shipping lanes and air traffic.

On September 14, 2024, the Sounion oil tanker caught fire in the Red Sea after a series of attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels. (European Union Operation Aspides via AP)

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Israel has warned that unless attacks by the Yemeni terrorist group stop, Jerusalem will respond as it has against other Iranian-backed forces.

“We will hunt down all the leaders of the Houthis and shoot them like we have done elsewhere,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said in late December, according to the Associated Press.