The strikes damaged the group’s ability to carry out complex missile and drone attacks, U.S. officials said, but identifying targets has proved to be a challenge.
Half the time when they claim it’s Israeli owned, they do so because there’s one Israeli national employed in a senior role in a parent company or something.
The US warships showed up almost immediately after 7 October. The Houthis were not attacking any ships before then. Up until recently, the US warships have only been shooting down drones and missiles attacking trade ships. Most recently the Houthis fired directly on the US warships, so in response the US initiated a strike against them.
Apparently the Houthis still have a significant amount of mobile artillery, which is much harder to target, however the US had also targetted their radar facilities, which should go a long way to hampering their ability to use that artillery. The last missile fired landing harmlessly in the sea points to this.
Most of the ships they’ve been attacking have nothing to do with Israel. The graphic in this article details all the major attacks that have occurred: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-12-31/ty-article-magazine/23-attacks-in-2-months-all-red-sea-ships-targeted-by-the-houthis/0000018c-5df7-d6f9-afbc-5dff7a430000
Half the time when they claim it’s Israeli owned, they do so because there’s one Israeli national employed in a senior role in a parent company or something.
The US warships showed up almost immediately after 7 October. The Houthis were not attacking any ships before then. Up until recently, the US warships have only been shooting down drones and missiles attacking trade ships. Most recently the Houthis fired directly on the US warships, so in response the US initiated a strike against them.
Apparently the Houthis still have a significant amount of mobile artillery, which is much harder to target, however the US had also targetted their radar facilities, which should go a long way to hampering their ability to use that artillery. The last missile fired landing harmlessly in the sea points to this.