The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) targeted and hit three United States Navy destroyers in the Red Sea, which were sailing toward occupied Palestine to support the Israeli regime, the spokesperson for the YAF, Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Friday.

Saree read out the statement during a million-man march in the al-Sabeen Square in the capital Sanaa, announcing the second set of top-tier operations conducted by the YAF. 

Striking Tel Aviv, Aaskalan

He said the attack on the three American destroyers came in parallel with the Yemeni military's long-range missile and drone attack on Israeli targets. At around 12:40 am (local time), sirens sounded across several districts in Tel Aviv, the heart of the Israeli regime. 

Earlier, Saree announced that Yemeni forces fired the medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile, Palestine-2, at a target in Tel Aviv. The Yemeni Unmanned Air Force also fired a long-range Yafa-type one-way attack drone at a vital Israeli target in occupied Aaskalan to the south of Tel Aviv, in occupied Palestine. 

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Swarms of Yemeni missiles, drones target US Navy

Saree said the attack on US Navy assets came in support of the Resistance fighters and the people of Gaza and Lebanon, as well as in response to the American-British aggression on Yemen. 

In total, 23 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and one-way attack drones were fired at the naval formation. The YAF's Navy, Unammaned Air Force, and Rocket Force participated in the attack.

The spokesperson said that this is the most expansive Naval operation conducted by the Yemeni Armed Forces during "The Promised Victory Battle and Sacred Jihad, in support of the Al-Aqsa Flood and in response to the aggression."

Tens of thousands protests in support of YAF, Gaza, Lebanon 

Brigadier General Saree read out the statement while tens of thousands of Yemenis participated in a demonstration in Yemen's capital Sanaa to show their support to Palestine and Lebanon. Meanwhile, thousands of others took to the streets in several other Yemeni governorates.

Organizers dubbed the demonstrations, "Yemen of faith, standing firm in its Jihad alongside Gaza and Lebanon."

Key advances in Yemen's weapons industry

Demonstrators also released a statement praising Yemen's military industry, thanking Allah for the latest technologies that their engineers have reached, specifically pointing to the new hypersonic missile technology that the country has acquired. 

Yemenis also congratulated their armed forces on one of their latest top-tier operations, which targeted "the heart of the Israeli enemy, occupied Yafa."

The operations confirm that "there is no safe place for Zionist war criminals."

Yemenis participating in the massive demonstrations affirmed their "religious and moral" position of confronting the Israeli, American, and British enemies. 

To Palestinians, Lebanese peoples: We are with you 

"We say to the Palestinian people and their brave resistance: Allah is with you, and we are with you, standing by your side. We will never abandon you, no matter the challenges and dangers," the statement read. 

"The enemy's targeting of the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples is a testament that they are alive and resilient, refusing to accept submission and humiliation, unlike others," the organizers explained. 
 
Addressing Hezbollah's Seceratry-General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, demonstrators underlined, that the leader and his party "are the ones who achieved the Ummah's first victory over the Israeli enemy."

Yemenis reiterated their "full trust" in Hezbollah's ability to defeat the Israeli enemy and record yet another victory for the Ummah. 

"Rest assured that God is with you, and the Yemeni people are with you, standing by your side. They will never forget your eternal (enduring) support during the most difficult times," the statement concluded. 

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US-UK aggression targets Saada

To showcase the steadfastness of the Yemeni people in their support to Palestine and Lebanon, thousands carried on the plans for the demonstration, despite a US-UK-executed aggression on the northern city of Saada. 

Al Mayadeen's correspondent said that an attack drone affiliated with US-UK forces in the region launched two strikes on the northern side of the city of Saada on Friday afternoon. 

Meanwhile, a high-ranking official told Al Mayadeen that the latest operation, which targeted the American warships in the Red Sea, came after "a precise military maneuver and careful monitoring of the theatre of operations."

The official said that the operation "shocked the enemy."

"We had previously warned those backing the Israeli enemy that they must stop pursuing their plans," the source said, adding that "Yemen will continue targeting American and British warships."

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