{"id":80291,"date":"2024-10-05T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T14:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/05\/us-fighter-jets-and-ships-strike-yemens-iran-backed-houthi-rebels\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:39:13","slug":"us-fighter-jets-and-ships-strike-yemens-iran-backed-houthi-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2024\/10\/05\/us-fighter-jets-and-ships-strike-yemens-iran-backed-houthi-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"US fighter jets and ships strike Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iranian-backed rebels<\/a>, U.S. officials confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military aircraft and warships bombed Houthi strongholds at roughly five locations, according to the officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Houthi media said seven strikes hit the airport in Hodeida, a major port city, and the Katheib area, which has a Houthi-controlled military base. Four more strikes hit the Seiyana area in Sanaa, the capital, and two strikes hit the Dhamar province. The Houthi media office also reported three air raids in Bayda province, southeast of Sanaa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strikes come just days after the Houthis threatened \u201cescalating military operations\u201d targeting Israel after they apparently shot down a U.S. military drone flying over Yemen<\/a>. And just last week, the group claimed responsibility for an attack targeting American warships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rebels fired more than a half dozen ballistic missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles and two drones at three U.S. ships that were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but all were intercepted by the Navy destroyers, according to several U.S. officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\t