Yemen Targets Ben Gurion Airport With Hypersonic Missile

U.S., UK Begin New Year With Yemen Bombing

Date: 31 December 2024 - 21:45

News ID: ۱۳۵۳۵۰

SANA’A (Dispatches) – U.S. and British warplanes on Tuesday conducted new airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sana’a in response to the Arab country’s operations against the occupying regime of Israel.
Reports said three aerial assaults targeted the September 21st Park, located in the northwestern part of Sana’a, which previously housed the First Armored Division.
U.S. and British military aircraft also targeted the Al-Ardi complex in the Yemeni capital’s Al-Safiyah District, as well as the May 22nd Military Industrial Complex in Al-Thawra District, with eight airstrikes.
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the aggression, saying its forces have conducted multiple “precision strikes” against targets in Sana’a and other regions across the Arab country over the last 24 hours.
Muhammad Abdul-Salam, spokesman of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement, noted that the aggression against Yemen represents “a blatant violation of the sovereignty of an independent state and comes in support of Israel”.
Yemen, he said, “will continue to defend itself against any aggression and remains steadfast in supporting Gaza.”
Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched its campaign of genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023.
Yemenis have hit targets throughout the occupied territories, in addition to firing at Israeli ships or vessels heading to or departing Israeli-occupied ports, in the southern Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea.
Earlier Tuesday, Yemeni armed forces claimed responsibility for a string of operations against Israeli and U.S. targets in the occupied territories and off the coast of the Arab nation.
Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the country’s missile units targeted Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv with a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile.
Yemeni forces also targeted and struck a power station south of occupied Al-Quds, using a Zulfiqar ballistic missile.
The Zulfiqar missile, which is reportedly radar-evading and highly maneuverable, has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers.
Saree said both strikes attained their desired objectives successfully.
Meanwhile, the naval force, missile force, and the drone unit of the Yemeni military carried out a multi-pronged operation against USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
Saree explained that the attack involved a large number of kamikaze drones as well as cruise missiles, and was conducted as American forces were preparing to launch a major airstrike against Yemen.
Yemeni forces, he said, have raised their combat readiness to confront any potential threats from the U.S. and Israeli enemies.
He said the Yemeni forces will continue their retaliatory operations against the Israeli enemy as long as the ongoing aggression on Gaza continues and the siege is not lifted.