Hodeida
Massive US military strike destroys Huthi port in Yemen
According to the Pro-Iranian Huthi militia, more than 70 people were killed in an attack by the US forces to an oil port in Yemen. Video recordings show the extent.
At least 74 people were killed and more than 170 injured, the Huthi authorities said on Friday. In response, rockets were fired to Israel and two US aircraft carriers.
The United States confirmed the attack on the oil harbor in the city of Hodeida in the west of the country controlled by the Huthis. With its destruction, the US Army “wanted to eliminate this fuel source for the Huthi terrorists supported by Iran”, said the US regional command Centcom.
The militia should thus be withdrawn an important source of “illegal income” “with which they have been trying to terrorize the entire region for over ten years,” the Centcom continued. “The aim of these attacks was to weaken the economic source of power of the Huthis, which continue to exploit their compatriots and add great suffering.”
Iran, which supports the Huthis, criticized the attack as “barbaric”. The attack is a “clear violation of the basic principles of the United Nations,” said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Tehran.
The United States had started a massive military operation in Yemen in mid-March to end the continued attacks of the Huthi militia financed by Iran on ships in the Red Sea. US President Donald Trump threatened the Huthis with “complete” destruction. Since then, the US armed forces have been taking areas in Yemen almost daily, which are controlled by the militia.
In addition to the Hamas prevailing in the Gaza Strip and the Hisbollah in Lebanon, the Huthis belong to the “axis of resistance” listed by Iran and directed against Israel and the USA. The declared goal is to annihilate Israel.
Hamas had triggered the war in the Gaza Strip with its unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The Huthis then regularly committed rocket attacks on Israel. Since the beginning of the Gaza War, ships in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden as well as destinations in Israel with drones and rockets – according to their own statements “out of solidarity with the Palestinians” in the Gaza Strip.
AFP / MKL
Source: Stern
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