Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah vows resolute support for Yemen after US-British aggression

Iraq's anti-terror group Kata'ib Hezbollah has assured Yemeni people and fellow Ansarullah resistance movement that it will continue to give its unwavering support for the Arab nation in the struggle against the US-British maritime coalition.

In a statement, the group highlighted the failure of colonial powers in preventing Yemeni strikes from continuing military operations against Israeli-owned merchant vessels or commercial ships affiliated to the Tel Aviv regime in support of Palestine.

“The latest US-British aggression against the Yemeni nation came in light of the arrogant powers’ disappointment at breaking the maritime blockade of Israel [in the Red Sea and the Arab Sea].

“We reiterate that enemies will receive many blows from us. We will not hesitate to give unwavering support to our Yemeni brethren in the battle between the truth and falsehood,” Kata'ib Hezbollah pointed out.

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Friday that the country’s naval units had launched a missile attack on a United States aircraft carrier in the Red Sea in response to deadly US and British strikes on Yemen.

Brigadier General Yahya Sarea said in a statement that the attack was “in response to last night's multiple airstrikes launched by the US-British coalition” against positions in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, the capital Sana’a, and the southwestern province of Ta’izz.

He added that Yemeni forces “will not hesitate to respond directly and immediately to every new aggression on Yemeni territory by targeting all sources of threat and all hostile American and British targets in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea.”

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Yemeni’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television channel earlier reported that at least 16 people were killed in US and UK assaults on Hudaydah province. At least 42 people were injured as well.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have staged numerous pro-Palestinian strikes since October 7, when the Israeli regime began the Gaza war.

American and British warships have been carrying out attacks against the Arab Peninsula nation as means of trying to halt strikes that it has been conducting against Israeli vessels or those heading towards the ports lying in the occupied Palestinian territories.

At least 36,379 Palestinians have been killed and 82,407 others wounded in the brutal Israeli military onslaught that was launched following Al-Aqsa Storm, a retaliatory operation staged by Gaza’s resistance groups.

The US has been the main supporter of Israel, providing it with munitions and political support in its brutal war on Gaza. Washington has also used its veto power to protect Israel against UN resolutions.

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