2024-01-17T21:02:44+00:00
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/ On Wednesday, the Ansar Allah group (Houthis) claimed responsibility for targeting an American ship in the Gulf of Aden, while the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) said that the attempt to deter the group “did not succeed.”
A Houthi statement, seen by Agency, said, “The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation against the American ship (Ginko Picardie) in the Gulf of Aden with a number of appropriate naval missiles, and the hit was accurate and direct.”
He added, “The Yemeni armed forces will not hesitate to target all sources of threat in the Arab and Red Bahrain within the legitimate right to defend dear Yemen and to continue supporting the oppressed Palestinian people.”
The statement indicated that “the Yemeni armed forces confirm that a response to the American and British attacks is inevitably coming, and that any new attack will not remain without response and punishment.”
He continued, “The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm the continuation of shipping traffic in the Arab and Red Bahrain to all destinations around the world except the ports of occupied Palestine, and that their operations against Israeli ships or those heading to the ports of occupied Palestine will not stop until the aggression stops and the siege on the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.” .
For his part, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said, “The attempt to deter the Houthis has not succeeded so far.”