U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces announced a short time ago today (Wednesday) that it conducted multiple precision strikes against two Iranian-backed Houthi underground Advanced Conventional Weapon (ACW) storage facilities within Houthi-controlled territories of Yemen.
According to CENTCOM, the Houthis used these facilities to conduct attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. CENTCOME reported no injuries or damage to U.S. personnel or equipment.
CENTCOM further said that "the strikes are part of CENTCOM's effort to degrade Iranian-backed Houthi attempts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region."
The US-led coalition has been struggling to cope with the Houthi threat to international shipping via the Red Sea and the Suez Canal ever since the war began on October 7.
The Houthis, despite multiple heavy air strikes by both the IDF and the US-led naval coalition in the Red Sea, have remained defiant in their determination to continue attacking shipping in the Red Sea even remotely related to Israel, as well as missile and drone attacks on Israel itself, until Israel ends both the war and the blockade on Gaza against Hamas.
The IDF has already launched some four major air strikes against Houthi infrastructure in the parts of Yemen they control, including the Sana'a airport in the capital and the ports of Houdeidah and Ras Isa.
Despite this, millions of Israelis have been woken every night by sirens alerting them to ballistic missiles and drones fired at the center of the country, some of which broke through the IDF's anti-aircraft defenses.
The IDF said that it has learned the lessons of the cases in which Houthi missiles broke through, including one instance in which a school building was destroyed, and no missile or drone has broken through since.
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