{"id":1906,"date":"2024-04-09T03:26:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2024-04-09T03:26:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:26:12","slug":"us-forces-hit-houthi-missile-system-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=1906","title":{"rendered":"US forces hit Houthi missile system in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The U.S. military said late Monday it destroyed a Houthi missile system in Yemen and an aerial drone launched by the militants over the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the first strike hit two Houthi missiles that were ready to launch, as well as a ground control station.<\/p>\n

No injuries or damage to ships in the region were reported.<\/p>\n

CENTCOM also said an anti-ship ballistic missile was launched Sunday in the direction of the Marshall Islands-flagged, U.K. owned, Italian operated cargo ship M\/V Hope Island as it was being escorted by a coalition ship in the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n

No injuries or damage were reported with that incident.<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said it received a report Sunday of a missile landing in the water close to a vessel in the same area.<\/p>\n

The Houthis have launched numerous attacks targeting vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in a campaign they say is in solidarity with Palestinians amid the Israeli-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

The attacks have forced many commercial shipping companies to alter routes to avoid the region and take the longer, more expensive route of going around Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n