The U.S. military said its forces carried out multiple precision strikes in Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen amid escalating tensions in the region.
A statement Tuesday from the U.S. Central Command said the strikes hit Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, along with other Houthi-controlled coastal locations.
The strikes were carried out by U.S. Navy ships on Monday and Tuesday and targeted a Houthi command and control facility along with sites that produced and stored weapons, including missiles and drones.
The facilities targeted in the strikes were used in previous Houthi operations, “such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,” according to the U.S. statement.
The U.S. Central Command said the strikes are “a part of CENTCOM's effort to degrade Iran-backed Houthi efforts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region.”
A Houthi spokesperson called the strikes "a blatant violation of the sovereignty of an independent state and a blatant support for Israel."
The Houthis have conducted multiple missile attacks directed at Israel and have carried out more than a year of drone and missile attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The Houthis say their campaign is in solidarity with the Palestinians amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
The United States has designated Hamas and the Houthis as terror groups.
