(VOVWORLD) - The leader of the Houthi militia Abdul Malik Al-Houthi vowed to escalate attacks on ships in the Red Sea until Israel ends its military operations in Gaza and the US stops attacking Yemen.
 A cargo ship is attacked by Houthi forces off the coast of Hodeidah, Yemen. (Photo:IRNA/VNA) |
His warning came after the militia’s media said on Thursday that the US and UK carried out five airstrikes on Hodeidah airport in the Red Sea city of Hodeidah.
On Tuesday, the US carried out another strike on the port of Al-Saleef in Hodeidah after the US Central Command reported that its troops had stopped a Houthi assault with a drone boat on the same day.
Al-Houthi said his forces have launched more than 600 ballistic missiles and drones against Israeli, US, and UK ships in the Red Sea, Bab Al-Mandab Strait, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean since November. He said hundreds of attacks by US and UK armies on militia-controlled regions have killed 40 people and injured 35 since January.