STORY: U.S., Britain carry out new round of strikes against Houthi sites in Yemen -- Houthi TV
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 17 & Jan. 18, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:07
LOCATION: Sanaa
CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi military spokesman, shot on Jan. 17, 2024
2. phone footage of airstrikes in Dhamar, northern Yemen, shot on Jan. 18, 2024

STORYLINE:

The United States and Britain bombed Houthi sites in northern Yemen before dawn on Thursday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV said.

The strikes hit Houthi targets in five provinces, including Hodeidah, the main port on the Red Sea coast controlled by the Houthis, the channel reported, without providing more details.

The attack followed the Houthis claim of a missile strike on a U.S. ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday night.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi military spokesman
"The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation against the American ship (Ginko Picardie) in the Gulf of Aden with a number of suitable naval missiles, and the hit was accurate and direct.
The Yemeni armed forces will not hesitate to target all sources of threat in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea within the legitimate right to defend Yemen and to continue supporting the oppressed Palestinian people. The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that a response to the American and British attacks is inevitably coming, and that any new attack will not remain without response and punishment."

The U.S. Central Command confirmed the Houthi attack in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the ship was slightly damaged but remained seaworthy and has continued its voyage.

The Houthis have escalated their attacks in the Red Sea since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, demanding an end to Israeli attacks and siege on Gaza.

The Houthis have controlled much of northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and the strategic Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, since ousting the internationally recognized Yemeni government in 2014.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sanaa.
(XHTV)