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Yemeni Armed Forces target key Israeli sites, USS Truman

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Yemeni Military Media
  • 7 May 2025 21:11
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The Yemeni Armed Forces strike Israeli Ramon Airport, the American USS Truman, and key targets in support of Gaza and in retaliation against US aggression.

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    Spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announces a series of military operations against Israeli and American targets on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Screengrab)

The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced on Wednesday a series of military operations against Israeli and American targets.

In a televised statement, spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the YAF's UAV Unit carried out two military operations.

The first targeted "Israel's" Ramon Airport, in the Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat) area in southern occupied Palestine, using two drones.

Meanwhile, the second operation targeted a vital Israeli site in the occupied Yafa (Tel Aviv) area with a Yafa-type drone.

Saree said the two operations were in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza and their Resistance and in rejection of the genocidal war being waged by "Israel" there.

YAF target USS Truman, American F-18 crashes

In the same statement, the spokesperson also announced that the YAF Navy and UAV Unit carried out a top-tier military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and several of its accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea, using a ballistic missile and several drones.

As a result of the operation, the YAF thwarted an airstrike that the US forces were preparing to carry out against Yemen, Saree revealed.

He added that an American F-18 aircraft crashed "due to the confusion and panic the enemy experienced during the operation."

Saree also mentioned that the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier fled to the far northern Red Sea in light of the military operation.

Strike against USS Truman carried out before ceasefire

The YAF spokesperson noted that the operation against USS Harry S. Truman was carried out before the US declared a halt to its aggression against Yemen. Earlier, Iran and Saudi Arabia welcomed an Omani-mediated deal ending hostilities between the US and Yemen's Ansar Allah movement.

Riyadh "welcomed the statement issued by the Sultanate of Oman regarding the reaching of a ceasefire in Yemen with the aim of protecting international navigation and trade," the Saudi Foreign Ministry stated.

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei "welcomed the cessation of US aggression against the country," praising Yemenis for their "legendary resistance."

The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that they will not hesitate to carry out severe and painful strikes against American forces should the US resume its aggression against Yemen, he underlined.

Saree affirmed that the YAF possess the military capabilities to deliver the appropriate response to Israeli aggression on Yemen, noting that the Yemeni forces will continue to block Israeli maritime movement in the Red and Arabian Seas and ban air traffic at Lyyd Airport, also known as Ben Gurion Airport in "Israel".

Elsewhere, the spokesperson reiterated that the YAF's operations will continue until the Israeli war on Gaza ends and the blockade imposed on the Palestinian enclave is lifted, stressing that Yemen will continue to stand with Gaza and Palestine "until victory".

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The latest operations come after the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement clarified that a newly announced ceasefire between the US and Yemen, mediated by Oman, will not extend to the cessation of attacks on "Israel".

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the US would immediately stop bombing Ansar Allah posts in Yemen, noting that the group had agreed to halt attacks on US naval assets, and Oman confirmed it had brokered the deal.

However, Ansar Allah made clear the agreement was limited in scope, stressing that “The agreement does not include 'Israel' in any way, shape or form,” said Mohammed Abdulsalam, the group’s chief negotiator, in comments to Reuters.

“As long as they announced the cessation (of US strikes) and they are committed to that, our position was self-defense, so we will stop,” he added.

Read more: US prioritizes shipping, not 'Israel', in ceasefire deal with Yemen

'Israel' bombs Yemen's Sanaa airport, other civilian infrastructure

The Israeli occupation launched on Tuesday a fresh aggression on Yemen, targeting the north of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, with a series of airstrikes.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent confirmed that Sanaa International Airport was targeted by a series of Israeli airstrikes.

A video circulating on social media shows the aftermath of an Israeli aggression on #Sanaa International Airport in Yemen.

Meanwhile, #AlMayadeen's correspondent, citing field sources, reported on an Israeli aggression targeting a cement factory in the Yemeni governorate of… pic.twitter.com/t8qv8Fz7Fu

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) May 6, 2025

First-time evacuation threat

The aggression came shortly after the military issued an evacuation threat for people in the area around the main airport in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, a day after "Israel", with US cooperation, bombed the port of Hodeidah after a Yemeni missile landed Sunday near "Israel’s" main Ben Gurion Airport.

"We urge you to immediately evacuate the airport area and warn anyone nearby to do the same and stay away from the area. Failing to evacuate may put you at risk," spokesman Avichay Adraee posted on X in Arabic, publishing a map of the area surrounding Sanaa International Airport.

Shortly after the order, the aggression commenced, targeting the airport and several other areas and infrastructure not included in the warning.

Strikes target civilian infrastructure

Our correspondent cited reports of an Israeli attack targeting a cement factory in Amran Governorate.

He also reported an Israeli aggression on the Haziz power station south of Sanaa, a station in the Bani al-Harith District, and another in Dhahban north of the Yemeni capital.

Ansar Allah's Political Bureau vowed that the strikes "will not go unanswered." The group reiterated its continued support for Gaza and the Palestinian Resistance, stating, "The aggression is further evidence of the enemy's weakness and desperation."

The Israeli military launched Monday airstrikes in the vicinity of Yemen's port of Hodeidah, which killed four people and injured 39, according to the Yemeni Health Ministry in Sanaa.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate after a missile launched by the Yemeni Armed Forces landed near Ben Gurion Airport, which led to several carriers canceling their flights to Tel Aviv for several days.

Air blockade announced

On Sunday, the YAF announced the imposition of a comprehensive air blockade on "Israel", emphasizing that the blockade would be enforced through repeated targeting of airports, chiefly Lydd Airport, known in "Israel" as Ben Gurion Airport.

At the time, Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree warned all international airlines, urging them to cancel all flights to Israeli airports in order to ensure the safety of their aircraft and passengers.

On the same day, the Yemeni Armed Forces had targeted Ben Gurion Airport with a hypersonic ballistic missile, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in rejection of the genocide being committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip.

Footage circulating on social media shows Israeli settlers rushing after a missile, reportedly from #Yemen, struck Ben Gurion Airport in occupied #Palestine. pic.twitter.com/M265bkvFtR

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) May 4, 2025

According to Saree, the missile successfully struck its target with precision, and both American and Israeli air defense systems failed to intercept it.

"The Yemeni Armed Forces hereby reiterate their warning to all international airlines against continuing their flights to Ben Gurion airport, as it has become unsafe for air traffic," the spokesperson warned.

The attack brought airport operations to a complete halt for over an hour and forced millions of Israeli settlers to take shelter.

A string of airlines, including Lufthansa, Delta, ITA Airways, and Air France, said they had cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv.

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