The United States and Britain carried out another round of huge military strikes Saturday against multiple sites under the control of Houthi militants in Yemen, U.S. officials said. The support for the operation also comes from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand.
The strikes were purposely to degrade the Iran-backed militants’ ability to attack ships in sea lanes that are critical for global trade, a campaign they have carried out for almost four months.
On Monday, Houthi militants fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles at a cargo ship, U.S. Central Command said in a statement and it was also reported that several other tit-for-tat attacks that day between U.S. forces in the area and Houthis.
On Thursday, it was more of the same. American warplanes and a ship belonging to a member of the U.S.-led coalition shot down six Houthi attack drones in the Red Sea, Central Command said in another statement. The drones were “likely targeting U.S. and coalition warships and were an imminent threat,” it added.
Later that day, the statement said, the Houthis fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles from southern Yemen into the Gulf of Aden, hitting the Islander, a Palau-flagged, Britain-owned cargo carrier. The vessel was damaged, and one person had a minor injury.
And earlier on Saturday, the naval destroyer U.S.S. Mason shot down what Central Command said was an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from Yemen into the Gulf of Aden.
The Houthis say their attacks are a protest against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which was launched in response to attacks by Hamas in Israel on Oct. 7.
美國及其盟國戰機再次大規模攻擊胡塞武裝據點
美國官員稱，美國和英國週六對也門胡塞武裝控制的多個地點進行了另一輪大規模軍事打擊。 對此行動的支持也來自澳洲、巴林、加拿大、丹麥、荷蘭和紐西蘭。
這些攻擊是故意削弱伊朗支持的武裝分子攻擊對全球貿易至關重要的海上航線船隻的能力，他們已經進行了近四個月的行動。
美國中央司令部在聲明中表示，週一，胡塞武裝分子向一艘貨船發射了兩枚反艦彈道飛彈，據報道，當天該地區的美軍與胡塞武裝之間還發生了幾起針鋒相對的襲擊。
週四，情況基本上相同。 中央司令部在另一份聲明中表示，美國戰機和美國領導的聯軍成員的一艘船隻在紅海擊落了六架胡塞武裝無人機。 報告補充說，這些無人機「很可能針對美國和聯軍軍艦，構成迫在眉睫的威脅」。
聲明稱，當天晚些時候，胡塞武裝從也門南部向亞丁灣發射了兩枚反艦彈道飛彈，擊中了懸掛帛琉國旗的英國貨輪「島民號」。 船隻受損，一人輕傷。
週六早些時候，美國海軍驅逐艦 梅森擊落了中央司令部所說的一枚從也門發射到亞丁灣的反艦彈道飛彈。
胡塞武裝表示，他們的攻擊是對以色列在加薩的軍事行動的抗議，該行動是針對哈馬斯 10 月 7 日在以色列發動的攻擊而發起的。
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