5/24/24
Yemen, Iraqi resistance keep up attacks against Israel as coordination expands
The Yemeni army hit three Israeli-linked ships in three different seas on Friday, hours after the Iraqi resistance announced an attack on the port of Haifa
The leader of Yemen’s Ansarallah movement, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, recently held a phone call with the chief of Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, during which the two resistance leaders discussed coordinating efforts to confront Israel, as reported by Al Mayadeen on 24 May.
“Coordination between the forces of the axis of resistance in the region will increase the impact of their operations against the Zionist enemy,” Houthi stressed during the call.
Hamidawi “praised the military operations of the Yemeni forces, which contributed greatly to imposing the ban on Israeli maritime navigation … and stressed the necessity of maintaining readiness and high coordination between the forces of the axis of resistance, especially between Iraq and Yemen, to support the Palestinian people.”
As part of the naval campaign waged by Ansarallah and the armed forces of Yemen’s Sanaa government since the start of the war in Gaza, Yemeni forces have recently expanded their operations against Israeli maritime interests to include the Mediterranean Sea.
The Yemeni army had previously been attacking Israeli-linked ships and ships bound for Israeli ports across the Red Sea, Arab Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean. It also targeted US and British vessels in response to the brutal campaign of airstrikes launched by Washington and London against Yemen in January.
Sanaa announced on Friday afternoon that its forces targeted three Israeli-linked vessels in three different seas.
The spokesman for Yemen’s Armed Forces, Yahya Saree, said on 24 May that the Israeli-linked MSC Alexandria was targeted with ballistic missiles in the Arab Sea. He added that the Yannis ship of the Greek Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Company was hit in missile and drone operation in the Red Sea, while the Israeli-linked Essex ship was targeted with missiles in the Mediterranean Sea.
“The targeting operation came after three ships belonging to the same company arrived at the ports of occupied Palestine on the fourth of May and the fifth of this month,” Saree said in reference to the Yannis ship.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) coalition, of which Kataib Hezbollah is a part, announced that same day that it carried out a drone operation against Israel’s Haifa Port.
“The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted, at dawn today, Friday, May 24, 2024, by drone, the port of Haifa in our occupied territories,” IRI said.
“We will continue to destroy enemy strongholds … to resist the occupation, and to support our people in Gaza, and in response to the Zionist massacres against Palestinian civilians,” it added.
The IRI has continued frequent attacks against sites within Israel since it halted operations against US bases in Iraq and Syria in late January.
The Yemeni army hit three Israeli-linked ships in three different seas on Friday, hours after the Iraqi resistance announced an attack on the port of Haifa
The leader of Yemen’s Ansarallah movement, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, recently held a phone call with the chief of Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, during which the two resistance leaders discussed coordinating efforts to confront Israel, as reported by Al Mayadeen on 24 May.
“Coordination between the forces of the axis of resistance in the region will increase the impact of their operations against the Zionist enemy,” Houthi stressed during the call.
Hamidawi “praised the military operations of the Yemeni forces, which contributed greatly to imposing the ban on Israeli maritime navigation … and stressed the necessity of maintaining readiness and high coordination between the forces of the axis of resistance, especially between Iraq and Yemen, to support the Palestinian people.”
As part of the naval campaign waged by Ansarallah and the armed forces of Yemen’s Sanaa government since the start of the war in Gaza, Yemeni forces have recently expanded their operations against Israeli maritime interests to include the Mediterranean Sea.
The Yemeni army had previously been attacking Israeli-linked ships and ships bound for Israeli ports across the Red Sea, Arab Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean. It also targeted US and British vessels in response to the brutal campaign of airstrikes launched by Washington and London against Yemen in January.
Sanaa announced on Friday afternoon that its forces targeted three Israeli-linked vessels in three different seas.
The spokesman for Yemen’s Armed Forces, Yahya Saree, said on 24 May that the Israeli-linked MSC Alexandria was targeted with ballistic missiles in the Arab Sea. He added that the Yannis ship of the Greek Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Company was hit in missile and drone operation in the Red Sea, while the Israeli-linked Essex ship was targeted with missiles in the Mediterranean Sea.
“The targeting operation came after three ships belonging to the same company arrived at the ports of occupied Palestine on the fourth of May and the fifth of this month,” Saree said in reference to the Yannis ship.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) coalition, of which Kataib Hezbollah is a part, announced that same day that it carried out a drone operation against Israel’s Haifa Port.
“The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted, at dawn today, Friday, May 24, 2024, by drone, the port of Haifa in our occupied territories,” IRI said.
“We will continue to destroy enemy strongholds … to resist the occupation, and to support our people in Gaza, and in response to the Zionist massacres against Palestinian civilians,” it added.
The IRI has continued frequent attacks against sites within Israel since it halted operations against US bases in Iraq and Syria in late January.