This was the first reaction from Houthis since the US and UK launched strikes against their bases and launch sites in Yemen.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea on Sunday, but a US fighter jet shot it down in the latest attack roiling global shipping amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, officials said.

The attack marks the first US-acknowledged fire by the Houthis since America and allied nations began strikes Friday on the rebels following weeks of assaults on shipping in the Red Sea.

The Houthis have targeted that crucial corridor linking Asian and Mideast energy and cargo shipments to the Suez Canal onward to Europe over the Israel-Hamas war, attacks that threaten to widen that conflict into a regional conflagration.

  • BuelldozerAEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’d honestly rather have them shooting at US Navy ships than commercial shipping vessels. The USN can protect itself and is at least a somewhat valid target, random commercial vessels can’t protect themselves and aren’t legitimate targets.