The Yemeni armed forces say they have launched a missile attack on another ship sailing in the Red Sea in retaliation for the Israeli regime’s savage campaign in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesman for Yemen’s armed forces, made the remarks in a statement on Tuesday, saying the country’s forces used ballistic and naval missiles in the attack against the ship “Anadolu S” in the Red Sea, adding that “the hit was accurate and direct”.

Saree went on to say that the operation was carried out after the ship refused to respond to warnings that had been issued by the Yemeni naval forces.

He also noted that the vessel was targeted because the shipping company that owns it violated the ban decision of entry into the ports of occupied Palestine.

Saree further reiterated that Yemeni armed forces will continue their anti-Israel operations until the Tel Aviv regime halts its onslaught against Gaza, lifts the siege on the besieged enclave and ends the aggression on Lebanon.

The Yemeni forces have been conducting hundreds of strikes against Israeli targets inside the occupied Palestinian territories in retaliation for the regime’s October 2023-present genocidal war and concomitant siege on the Gaza Strip and deadly escalation against Lebanon.

The brutal military onslaught and the escalation have respectively claimed the lives of more than 43,700 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and upwards of 3,360 Lebanese.

The forces have also been targeting Israeli ships as well as vessels heading towards or away from the occupied territories as a means of piling up economic pressure on the regime.

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