Yemen targets Tel Aviv, US aircraft carriers in pro-Gaza operations

Yemeni armed forces have conducted fresh military operations against Israeli and US targets in support of Palestinians in Gaza, as the death toll from the Israeli war on the strip has surpassed 51,000.

On Friday, army spokesman Yahya Saree said the Yemeni armed forces fired a ballistic missile, called Dhu al-Faqar, at “a military target in the vicinity of Ben Gurion airport in the area of Occupied Yaffa [Tel Aviv]”.

He added that the Yemeni forces also “conducted a dual military operation targeting the US aircraft carriers, [USS Harry S.] Truman and [USS Carl] Vinson, and their accompanying warships in the Red and Arabian Seas.”

It was the first attack to target the recently-deployed USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, according to the statement.

The spokesman also said the Yemeni air defenses managed to shoot down another US “MQ-9” drone over Sana’a.

“The US military buildup and ongoing aggression against our country will only lead to more counterattacks, targeting, clashes and confrontations,” he stressed.

Despite the intensified US strikes on Yemen, Saree reiterated that Yemen will continue to conduct pro-Palestine operations until the Israeli aggression on Gaza ends and the siege is lifted.

“The enemy will reap nothing but disappointment, failure, and defeat from escalating aggression against our country,” he said.

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Saree made the remarks during pro-Gaza protests in the capital Sana’a.

On an almost a weekly basis, Yemenis have been staging mass protests across the country to decry the Israeli atrocities in Gaza, and to reiterate their support for their country’s retaliatory operations.

Since the onset of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, Yemeni forces have carried out scores of operations in support of the war-hit Gazans, striking targets throughout the occupied Palestinian territories, in addition to targeting Israeli ships or vessels heading towards ports in the occupied territories.

The Israeli regime’s bloody onslaught on Gaza has so far killed at least 51,065 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured more than 116,505 others. Thousands more are also missing and presumed dead under rubble.

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