Yemeni Army target US ship in Red Sea Attack on Israeli city of Eilat

The Yemeni Armed Forces announced the targeting of an American ship in the Red Sea, and hitting targets in Um al-Rashrash in southern occupied Palestine with winged missiles.

In a statement, the spokesperson for the Armed Forces, Brigadier Yahya Saree, clarified on Tuesday that in retaliation to the US-UK aggression against Yemen, the naval forces targeted the American ship (Mado) in the Red Sea, with a number of naval missiles, Al Masirah reports.

Additionally, the Rocketry Forces launched a number of winged missiles at Israeli targets in the Um al-Rashrash area in southern occupied Palestine, confirming that the missiles successfully hit their targets.

Brigadier Saree reiterated the confirmation that the Yemeni Armed Forces will continue to fulfill their religious, moral, and humanitarian duty towards the Palestinian people, and that their military operations will not stop until the aggression is halted and the siege is lifted on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier, the Armed Forces announced to expand the scope of their operations against Israeli ships, those linked to Israel, or those heading to the ports of occupied Palestine, to include the Indian Ocean long to the Cape of Good Hope.

Since the commencement of the Israeli regime's relentless military campaign against Gaza in early October, the Yemenis have openly declared their support for Palestine's struggle against the Israeli occupation.

Israel initiated its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

The Tel Aviv regime has also imposed a "complete siege" on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

Since the start of the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has killed over 31,800 Palestinians and injured more than 72,000 others.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have conducted recent attacks on ships with ties to Israel near Yemeni ports, including the interception and seizure of a vessel associated with the Tel Aviv regime on November 19.

The maritime attacks have forced some of the world’s biggest shipping and oil companies to suspend transit through one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes.

Tankers are instead adding thousands of miles to international shipping routes by sailing around the continent of Africa rather than going through the Suez Canal.

Meanwhile, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed to have launched an attack on Israel's southern port city of Eilat as the group continues attacks in the Red Sea, MENA reports.

The Houthis carried out "an operation to target the Umm Al Rashrash area in southern occupied Palestine with a number of winged missiles", a spokesman said, referring to Eilat by the area's Arabic name under the former British mandate.

The Houthis also said they carried out a missile attack on an American ship in the Red Sea.

There were no reports of a ship attack from maritime security companies tracking Houthi operations in the region.