Israelis deploy warships in Red Sea after Yemen joins battle for Gaza
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The occupation entity says that the naval vessels' deployment aim to "increase defense" capabilities.
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A Yemeni cruise missile was launched toward the Israeli occupation entity with a Palestinian flag next to it in October 2023 (Yemeni Military Media)
The Israeli occupation naval force deployed ships equipped with missiles in the Red Sea on Tuesday, as part of what the entity claims is a "situation assessment and efforts to bolster defense," Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
Israeli forces spokesperson commenting on the measure claimed that the military is "in a very high state of readiness."
The Wall Street Journal had previously published footage of Israeli naval vessels in the Red Sea after Yemen's Sanaa revealed that it carried out missile and drone launches targeting the depth of the occupation entity on Tuesday.
Israeli missile ships deployed in the Red Sea
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Today's deployment follows long-range missile and drone attacks from Yemen.
Saar-class corvettes patrol the Red Sea port area of ​​Eilat, an area that Israel considers a new front in its war with the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/IjJh2jrJ14
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Before the Yemeni announcement, Israeli media reported following the operation that "Yemeni militants launched a ground-to-surface missile with a range of between 1,000 and 1,500 kilometers," noting that the missile carried hundreds of kilograms of explosives.
This comes after the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced earlier today the launch of "a large batch of ballistic and winged missiles, in addition to a large number of drones, at multiple enemy targets in the occupied territories."
Saree confirmed that this operation is the "third operation in support of our oppressed brothers in Palestine," and he vowed that the Yemeni Armed Forces will continue "carrying out more qualitative strikes" until the Israeli aggression on Gaza, which has been ongoing for 25 days, ceases.
Read more: Yemen's Saree vows to keep shelling 'Israel' until war on Gaza stops
Worthless US threats
The United States threatened Yemen through Oman, a mediator between the two nations, which led the Yemeni Armed Forces to launch missiles at "Israel", Ansar Allah politburo member Mohammad Al-Bukhaiti said on Tuesday.
Despite the US threats, Yemeni leader Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi ordered that missiles be launched at "Israel" following the ground aggression on Gaza, Al-Bukhaiti told Al Mayadeen.
Sanaa "achieved national unity by attacking Israel," he said, making the revelation that some parties that were at war with Ansar Allah pledged to fight alongside it in any confrontation with the Israeli occupation.
