Shafaq News/ Yemen's Ansarallah (Houthis) launched surface-to-airmissiles (SAMs) at a US F-16 fighter jet over the Red Sea on Feb. 19, markingthe first known instance of such an attack, according to senior US defenseofficials.
Three senior US defense officials told Fox News the missile,fired as the jet operated off the coast of Yemen, failed to hit its target. TheHouthis also fired a SAM at an American MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over Yemenoutside Houthi-controlled areas on the same day.
High-level discussions are currently underway within the USmilitary on the best ways to confront the Houthis, according to Fox News.
Notably, Ansarallah Movement have not released any officialstatement regarding the operation.
The Houthis have attacked Israel in “solidarity withPalestinians in Gaza” amid the Israeli war that began on October 7, 2023, whichhas claimed over 48,339lives, mostly womenandchildren.
Earlier, President Donald Trump once again classifiedYemen’s Houthi movement (Ansarallah) as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization”(FTO), reinforcing his government’s tough stance on the group.
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