Centcom’s claim about confronting the wave of drones from Yemen over the Red Sea

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed in a statement that in the early hours of this Saturday, December 16 (Sanaa time), the destroyer “Yass” The country’s Carney, which operates in the Red Sea, shot down 14 unmanned aerial systems that were fired as a drone wave from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen (Ansarullah).

According to this statement, these unmanned aerial systems were evaluated as one-way attack (suicide) drones and without harming the ships in the area. or inflicting injury were knocked down. Centcom also announced that “the Red Sea regional partners have been made aware of this threat”.

Today also British Defense Minister Grant Shapps claimed that the country’s naval ship “a suspected offensive drone that targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea He shot it down with a rocket.”

In recent weeks and in parallel with the escalation of attacks by the Israeli regime against Gaza, the Yemeni army has narrowed the field for Israeli ships that intend to pass through the Bab al-Mandab strait in the Red Sea. And before that, it has targeted the occupied Palestinian territories and especially the port of Eilat with drones and missiles.

The spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced this Saturday afternoon in a statement about the drone attack of this country’s army in the south of occupied Palestine.

This operation was carried out while the Yemeni army announced yesterday that it attacked two ships that were going to the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Commander of the Yemeni Coastal Defense, Brigadier General Mohammad Al-Qadri, stated on Friday night that if the war against Gaza is not stopped, Sana’a will initiate a new phase of tension against Tel Aviv and is not afraid of threats.

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