Yemen announces Red Sea is closed to Israel-linked vessels

Yemen’s Ansar Allah de facto government has announced the Red Sea is closed to Israeli and Israel-linked shipping.

In a statement, Yemen military said the action is “in response to US-Zionist aggression” against the country plus Iran, Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq.

The announcement comes after Yemen joined Iran’s missile strikes on Israel in retaliation for the occupation’s bombing on the Dahiyeh area of Beirut.

Statement from Yemen

In response to US-Zionist aggression against the axis of jihad & resistance in Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen – and rejecting the Zionist project for “Greater Israel” under the “New Middle East” – the Yemeni Armed Forces have launched a missile strike.

Target: Sensitive Israeli enemy positions in occupied Jaffa area.

Missiles achieved their objectives with precision, by the grace of Allah.

The Yemeni Armed Forces announce:

Complete naval blockade on the Israeli enemy in the Red Sea. From this moment, all enemy movements are legitimate military targets.

Escalation meets escalation – our military operations will continue to rise in line with events and in coordination with the axis of jihad & resistance.

We will not stand idle against the siege on our people & the free peoples of the axis (Palestine, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq). Enemy attempts will fail, by Allah’s will. Our operations continue as long as aggression & siege continue against us and the axis.

Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. Victory to Yemen and all the free of the Ummah.

Hard-hitting blockade

In February, Ansar Allah responded to the US and Israel’s unprovoked attacks on Iran by striking US bases in the Gulf.

The Arab country’s 2024 blockade of the Red Sea bankrupted Eilat, Israel’s third-largest port. The US and Israel, as usual, responded to Yemen’s solidarity with their victims by bombing and murdering civilians and journalists.

The resumption of Yemen’s actions, in conjunction with Iranian attacks, is likely to contribute to a repeat of 2025 scenes of panicked European ‘Israelis’ flooding air and sea ports in an attempt to leave the colony. But this is unlikely to be reported by Western state-corporate media.

Featured image via Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies