Yemeni navy forces attack US ship in the Gulf of Aden

SANAA, Jan. 15 (YPA) -The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Monday in a statement carrying out a military operation targeting an American ship in the Gulf of Aden.

“ In support of the oppressed Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, who are still subjected to the worst kinds of massacres by the Zionist entity, and in response to the American-British aggression on our country. The Yemeni Armed Forces’ Navy, with the help of Allah Almighty, carried out a military operation targeting an American ship in the Gulf of Aden, using a number of suitable naval missiles, achieving a precise and direct hit,” the official spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Yahya Sarie said in the statement

Sarie added, “The Yemeni Armed Forces consider all American and British warships participating in the aggression against our country as hostile targets within our forces’ target bank.”

“The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that a response to American and British attacks is inevitable, and that any new aggression will not go unanswered and unpunished,” he stressed.

The Yemeni Armed Forces will continue their military operations and enforce the decision to prevent Israeli navigation in the Arabian and Red Seas until the cessation of aggression and lifting of the blockade on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, according to the statement.

The military spokesman concluded his statement by saying: “The Yemeni Armed Forces assure the continuity of trade movement in the Arabian and Red Seas to all destinations except the ports of occupied Palestine and are committed to taking all defensive and offensive measures within their right to defend and confront the American-British aggression.”

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