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The forces of the Sanaa government announced on Monday evening that they struck an Israeli military target in the occupied city of Eilat with a ballistic missile that they revealed for the first time.
In a statement, the spokesperson for the Sanaa government forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said: “The missile force of the Yemeni armed forces targeted an Israeli enemy military site in the Um Rashrash area in southern occupied Palestine with the ‘Palestine’ ballistic missile, which the armed forces revealed today for the first time,” adding that the operation “successfully achieved its target.”
He confirmed that “the Yemeni armed forces will continue to carry out their military operations in support of the Palestinian people until the aggression stops and the blockade on the Gaza Strip is lifted.”
بيان القوات المسلحة اليمنية بشأن عملية استهداف منطقة أم الرشراش جنوبي فلسطين المحتلة بصاروخ "فلسطين" الباليستي، والذي تم الكشف عنه اليوم ولأول مرة. pic.twitter.com/414BIfA9HL
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The statement mentioned that the operation comes “in victory for the grievances of the Palestinian people and in response to the crimes of the Zionist enemy against the displaced in the Rafah area in Gaza.”
Earlier on Monday, the Times of Israel reported a missile attack from Yemen targeting the city of Eilat in southern occupied Palestine. The newspaper quoted the Israeli enemy army as saying: “The long-range Arrow air defense system shot down a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis in Yemen over the Red Sea on Monday morning,” adding that the missile was targeting “the city of Eilat.”
The newspaper pointed out that sirens sounded in the city at the time of the incident, and reports indicated that there were no injuries.
The newspaper also published a circulated video clip posted by an Israeli journalist on his account on the “X” platform, claiming to show “the interception of the missile,” but the video does not show the moment of interception.
Footage shared on social media purportedly shows a smoke trail from the Arrow interceptor missile over the Eilat area. pic.twitter.com/7XiAqHaeYB
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Since late last year, the Sanaa government forces have begun announcing strikes on Israeli targets in the occupied Palestinian territories and targeting Israeli ships and related vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas before extending their operations to part of the Indian Ocean. Recently, they announced the beginning of the fourth phase of escalation against ships “even in the Mediterranean Sea” to support Palestinians in Gaza. They state that their operations against “Israel” will continue until the latter stops the genocide in Gaza and lifts the blockade.
In response, the United States and Britain launched airstrikes on Yemen. In turn, the Sanaa government forces announced that their operations would include targeting American and British commercial and military ships in response to what they called the “American-British aggression.”
On February 19, 2024, the European Union announced the launch of a military operation named “Aspides,” led by Italy in the Red Sea, while the United States announced an operation named “Guardian of Prosperity,” both aiming to counter the attacks launched by the Sanaa government forces against “Israel.”
