US-UK airstrike targets Sanaa as Yemeni support front intensifies

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
27 Dec 2024 23:44

A U.S.-British airstrike targeted Sanaa on Friday evening, hitting the 21st of September Park, while Yemeni officials vowed to continue operations and escalate their response, emphasizing their support for Gaza.

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Smoke rises from the area around the International Airport following an airstrike, as seen from Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP)

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported on Friday evening that an airstrike targeted the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.

Our correspondent stated that a US-UK airstrike targeted the 21st of September Park in the Main district.

Israeli media outlets, however, denied that the attack on Sanaa, on Friday, evening was carried out by "Israel".

In response to the aggression, Nasr al-Din Amer, Deputy Head of the Media Office of the Ansar Allah Movement, stated that "Yemen's operations will not stop under any escalation or pressure, regardless of its scale."

He confirmed via X that "only halting the aggression on Gaza can stop Yemen's operations," emphasizing that "we will never abandon Gaza, and our operations will escalate, not retreat."

قصف عدواني على العاصمة صنعاء ..

لن تُوقف عمليات اليمن تحت أي ضغوطات أو تصعيد مهما كان حجمه ، ووحده وقف العدوان على غزة يمكن أن يوقف عمليات اليمن .

لن نترك غزة إطلاقا وعملياتنا بتوفيق الله وعونه في تصعيد وليست في تراجع .
— نصر الدين عامر | Nasruddin Amer (@Nasr_Amer1) December 27, 2024

A source informed Al Mayadeen on Thursday that the Israeli occupation launched an attack on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and Hodeidah, targeting civilian facilities with US-UK coordination and support.

YAF say attacked Ben Gurion Airport, vital Israeli site, ship

The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) carried out a top-tier military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in the occupied Yafa region with a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile, spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Friday.

The missile successfully reached its target despite the enemy’s attempts to conceal it and resulted in casualties and the suspension of airport operations, Saree confirmed.

He also said that the YAF's UAV Force conducted a military operation targeting a vital Israeli site in the occupied Yafa region (Tel Aviv) using a drone, which achieved its objective successfully.

Moreover, the UAV Force carried out another operation targeting the ship Santa Ursula in the Arabian Sea east of Socotra Island using several drones, achieving a direct hit, the spokesperson confirmed.

The targeting of the ship came after its owning company violated the ban imposed by the YAF on entering the ports of occupied Palestine, Saree said.

He indicated that the three operations were in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance and in response to the massacres in Gaza, and were part of the fifth phase of the operations in support of Gaza and in retaliation for the Israeli aggression against Yemen.