In a statement, issued Thursday by the Yemeni military spokesman Generl Yahya Sarea, the Yemeni Armed Forces indicated that the first operation targeted the American oil tanker (OLYMPIC SPIRIT).
“The ship was targeted in the Red Sea with 11 ballistic missiles and two drones, and it was directly and severely hit. The operation was carried out jointly by the missile, UAV, and the naval forces.”
According to the statement, the second operation was carried out by the missile force with a winged missile that targeted the ship (ST.JOHN) in the Indian Ocean and the hit was direct.
The ship was targeted owing to violation of ban decision of access to the ports of occupied Palestine by the company that owns the ship, General Sarea confirmed.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces continue to impose a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy and they will not stop their operations in the declared naval operations zone until the aggression stops, the siege on the Gaza Strip is lifted, and the aggression on Lebanon stops.”
بيان القوات المسلحة اليمنية بشأن تنفيذ عمليتين عسكريتين أولاهما استهدفت سفينةَ ( OLYMPIC SPIRIT ) النفطيةَ الأمريكية في البحر الأحمر، والأخرى استهدفت سفينة (ST.JOHN) في المحيط الهندي لانتهاك الشركة المالكة لها قرار حظر الدخول إلى موانئ فلسطين المحتلة.
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