Yemenis demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza and Lebanon, in Sanaa, Nov. 8, 2024. (Credit: Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
U.S. warplanes staged multiple strikes Saturday night on Houthi "advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen," the Pentagon said.
The facilities contained various weapons used to target military and civilian vessels navigating international waters throughout the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, according to information provided to AFP by the Pentagon.
The Houthi-run Al Masirah television network reported three American and British raids that targeted the capital Sanaa's southern Al Sabeen district.
"Eyewitnesses said they heard intense flying, along with explosions in different parts of the capital Sanaa," Al Masirah said.
The United States and Britain have repeatedly struck Houthi targets in Yemen since January in response to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Houthis say the strikes target vessels linked to Israel and are intended to signal solidarity with Palestinians during the Gaza war.
The attacks have seriously disrupted the Red Sea route which carries 12 percent of global trade.
Saturday's strikes come three days after the Houthi's leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi criticized U.S. president-elect Donald Trump for supporting Israel.
Houthi said that normalization deals between Arab countries and Israel brokered by Trump had failed to bring an end to the Middle East conflict and that he would fail again in his second term.
