Yemen's Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said the country would continue to defend itself after several U.S. attacks on facilities in the capital Sana'a on Tuesday.
The U.S. military said it carried out attacks on Monday and Tuesday against Houthi targets in Sanaa and on the coast of Yemen.
“On December 30 and 31, U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapons (ACW) production and storage facilities, including missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs),” Army Central Command said USA in post on X, formerly Twitter.
It was concluded that the hit objects were used in attacks on US Navy warships and merchant ships in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. US Navy and Air Force planes also destroyed a Houthi coastal radar, seven cruise missiles and a UAV over the Red Sea, it said.
An Iran-backed militant group in Yemen has been attacking merchant ships in the Red Sea for more than a year in an attempt to force a naval blockade on Israel, saying it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians during Israel's year-long war in Gaza.
The Houthi press office said Tuesday that 10 airstrikes hit a facility on May 22 in the northern Thurah district of Sanaa, and two more hit a facility in Aradi that houses the rebel Ministry of Defense in central Sanaa.
Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the chief negotiator and spokesman for the Houthis, called the strikes a “gross violation of the sovereignty of an independent state.”