Yemen's Houthis vow more Red Sea attacks as Israel pounds Gaza

While Yemen’s pro-Palestinian Houthi movement pledged to resist a U.S.-led naval campaign and continue bombing Israeli targets in the Red Sea, Israel continued to pound the broken Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

According to a Palestinian assessment, Israel’s assault to destroy Hamas militants responsible for an Oct. 7 murder has left the coastal enclave in ruins, brought widespread starvation and homelessness, and killed approximately 20,000 Gazans.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes the war will not end until the last 129 captives are liberated and Hamas is destroyed after its terrorists killed 1,200 Israelis, despite global demands to refrain from killing innocent people.

Beyond Gaza, the violence has extended into the Red Sea, where drones and missiles from Yemen’s Houthi militia, which is backed with Iran, have begun hitting shipping. The Houthis declared they would continue despite the establishment of a multinational naval operation to safeguard local trade.

U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the naval operation in Bahrain, stating that combined patrols would take place in the Gulf of Aden and southern Red Sea, which cover a significant global maritime route.

A few goods companies are rerouting their routes via Africa.

According to local health officials, Israel’s most recent missile strikes hit the southern Rafah area of Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees have gathered in recent weeks, killing at least 20 people and injuring scores more.

Medical personnel said that Palestinian journalist Adel Zurub and numerous family members were among the deceased. This brings the total number of Palestinian journalists killed to 97, as reported by the government media office managed by Hamas.

Israel claims that it alerts people ahead of time to strikes so they may flee, and it charges Hamas with hiding in residential areas.

Tanks continued to push into the southern city of Khan Younis and blasted a market area, but they encountered strong opposition, according to locals, in the ground combat in which Israel has lost 132 soldiers.

Thousands of Hamas terrorists are fighting the Israeli forces in a guerilla fashion from within tunnel networks.

From October 7 to Monday, 19,453 Palestinians have died and 52,286 have been wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

The prospective boarding attempt was discovered, according to British maritime security company Ambrey, on Tuesday, 17 miles west of Yemen’s port city of Aden. The attack was not successful, and all crew members were reported to be safe.

(With agency inputs)