Strikes follow attacks by Houthi rebels on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza
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Lebanon’s powerful armed group Hezbollah has also reacted on Friday to the airstrikes and condemned them.
Reuters says that the group has released a statement saying:
The American aggression confirms once again that the US is a full partner in the tragedies and massacres committed by the Zionist enemy in Gaza and the region
We strongly condemn the military attacks carried out this morning by the United States and the United Kingdom on several cities in Yemen ….
We consider it a clear violation of Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and a breach of international laws, regulations, and rights.