Yemen announces resumption of military operations targeting Israeli vessels in key maritime regions off its coastline following the expiration of a deadline for the Israeli regime to reopen the Gaza Strip’s crossings and allow aid into the war-wrecked and impoverished Palestinian territory, Press TV reported.
The Yemeni Armed Forces issued the announcement on Wednesday, saying the strikes would resume as per a relevant decree issued by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of the country’s Ansarullah resistance movement.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi had given the regime four days before reopening the crossings that Tel Aviv has shut down as a means of trying to force the Gaza-based resistance movement Hamas into releasing the rest of the Zionist captives that it holds in the coastal sliver.
The shutdown is also meant to mount immense pressure on the Palestinians in Gaza, who have already been suffering under a 15-month-plus war of genocide by Tel Aviv.
“With mediators failing to achieve these objectives Yemen has escalated its stance in support of the Palestinian people,” the Armed Forces’ statement noted.
“Effective immediately, all Israeli ships are prohibited from navigating the designated operational zones, encompassing the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden,” it added.
The forces warned that any Israeli vessels attempting to breach the ban would be targeted within the specified areas of operation.
“This prohibition will remain until the crossings into the Gaza Strip are reopened and humanitarian aid, including essential food and medicine, is permitted entry,” the statement read.
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