STORY: Yemen's Houthis claim fresh attacks against 2 commercial vessels in Red Sea
SHOOTING TIME: June 8, 2024
DATELINE: June 8, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:25
LOCATION: Sanaa
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of a Houthi spokesman making a video statement in Sanaa 
STORYLINE:

Yemen's Houthi group on Friday claimed responsibility for launching missile and drone attacks against two commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement that the attacks targeted two ships belonging to companies that violated the Houthi decision to ban entry to Israeli ports. He identified the ships as Elbella and AAL GENOA.

In the statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, Sarea said the attacks were "carried out with a number of drones, ballistic and naval missiles, and the hits were accurate." He also vowed to launch more such attacks until "Israel stops the war on Gaza."

Earlier in the day, the Houthi television al-Masirah reported that "the U.S.-British coalition launched multiple airstrikes against the capital Sanaa and the Hodeidah port city."

The airstrikes targeted Houthi military positions in both cities, according to local residents.

Since November last year, the Houthi group has launched anti-ship ballistic missiles and drones targeting what they said were Israeli-linked ships transiting the Red Sea, to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

In response, the U.S.-British naval coalition stationed in the region has conducted air raids and missile strikes against Houthi targets since January to deter the group but this only led to an expansion of Houthi attacks to include U.S. and British commercial vessels and naval ships.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sanaa.
(XHTV)