Tag: Red Sea

The C-Dome is a ship-mounted version of Israel's acclaimed Iron Dome aerial defense system.

“This is only a small portion of what’s been going on with these illicit trades,” said Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran.(

“We favor a diplomatic solution. We know that there is no military solution,” the State Department’s Yemen envoy said.

The attack, which caused no injuries, was claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.

A similar incident took place on Sunday evening, except that in that incident, the "aerial target" reached Israel and landed in an open area north of Eilat.

"Experience has shown that when Iranian proxies or Iran themselves try to do harm to us, they will feel the pressure of the IDF."

The Houthis have attacked and harassed ships in the Red Sea as they traverse the Bab el-Mandeb Straits, a narrow maritime chokepoint between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.

Washington sanctioned two ship owners and two vessels tied to "an Iran-based, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force-backed Houthi financial facilitator."

Less than 24 hours prior, US military forces destroyed seven missiles and a missile launcher in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

“Yad Sarah is working tirelessly to overcome shipping disruptions and wartime equipment shortages in order to maintain uninterrupted aid."

Israel's extra-atmospheric Arrow aerial defense system intercepted a Houthi missile attack aimed at Eilat; Israeli air strikes targeted Iranian assets in Damascus as well.

Iran has been “very directly involved” in the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping interests since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

QatarEnergy, the world's second largest exporter of liquified natural gas, has thus far stopped at least four tankers from transiting the Red Sea due to the ongoing attacks.

US forces shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired from the Hodeida area of Yemen at the USS Laboon Navy destroyer in the Red Sea on Sunday.

The attacks are likely aimed at a fresh delivery of ballistic and naval missiles recently transferred to the area by Houthi terrorists with help from Iran and Hezbollah.

"The United States will continue to counter illicit Iranian financial support to the Houthis," the State Department said.

"The threat to navigational rights and freedoms in the Red Sea is a global challenge that necessitates a global response."

The incident constituted the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea since Nov. 19. There were no injuries or damage reported.

"The Houthis will bear the responsibility of the consequences should they continue to threaten lives, the global economy, and free flow of commerce in the region’s critical waterways."

"The ayatollah regime is the one thing that ties together all the elements of destruction in the Middle East."

A multinational maritime task force headed by the United States that began patrolling the Red Sea last month stopped, but failed to prevent, a Houthi attack this past weekend on a MAERSK cargo vessel.

According to The Times, the US and the UK are preparing to launch a wave of air strikes against the Houthis, possibly with the participation of at least one European nation and maybe more, after a final warning is issued.

Naval helicopters responded to a distress call in the Red Sea.

Two hours earlier, the Israeli military announced that an Israeli Air Force fighter jet had shot down a “hostile aerial target that was on its way to Israeli territory.”

The Houthis vowed in early December to target any ship sailing to or from Israel in the Red Sea, regardless of its ownership.

The point of Operation Prosperity Guardian is not really clear, with vessels from multiple nations already operating in the Red Sea.

The announcement means good news for both the Israeli and Egyptian economies.

Israel will respond to Houthis attacks when it deems it necessary.

Attacks have increased the cost of shipping to Israel as transportation companies pull out of the Bab el-Mandeb route. Israel’s economy relies on seaborne trade.

In typical Israeli style, the skit pokes fun at the Yemeni Houthis who say they have "joined the fight" against Israel launched on October 7th by Hamas in Gaza.