Israel deploys missile ships in the Red Sea after several attacks by Yemen's Houthis

The armed conflict in the Gaza Strip has taken another step towards its internationalization this Wednesday, after the Israeli Army has deployed anti-missile vessels in the Red Sea area, after having thwarted several attacks with missiles and drones by the group. Yemeni Shia of the Houthis in that area.

“In accordance with the assessment of the situation and as part of the defensive efforts in the area, Israeli Navy missile ships arrived in the Red Sea area yesterday,” said an Israeli Army spokesperson.

In the early hours of the morning, the spokesman had reported that Israeli forces “intercepted an aerial threat that was identified in the Red Sea area,” south of the tourist city of Eilat, located in the extreme south of Israel, next to Egypt. This event “did not pose any threat to civilians and no infiltration into Israeli territory was identified,” the spokesperson said.

These events occur a day after the Israeli Government threatened the Houthis with retaliation for the attacks they have launched following the war that broke out between Israel and the Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip on October 7.

So far, the Houthis have claimed at least three missile and drone attacks against Israel “in support” of the Palestinians, and warned that the operations “will continue” as long as Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip continues.

On Tuesday, the Israeli Army reported that its air defense systems intercepted a surface-to-surface missile that was fired towards its territory from the Red Sea area, and that its fighter jets were deployed due to a threat in that same area. which caused anti-aircraft alarms to be activated in the city of Eilat.

Israel denounced last Friday that “missiles and drones” launched by the Houthis against its territory hit two tourist towns in Egypt near the border, in an incident that according to Egyptian authorities caused at least six injuries.

Iran's allies

The spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Lior Haiat, referred to this incident through the social network Hezbollah, and the Palestinian militias Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

The Yemeni Houthis have warned on several occasions that they “will not sit idly by in the face of the genocidal war” in Gaza, warning that “crossing red lines forces Yemen to fulfill its religious and principled duty.”

Israel and the Palestinian militias in Gaza entered this Wednesday the 26th day of a war that has left more than 1,400 dead on the Israeli side and more than 8,300 in the Strip.

This has reignited tensions in the region and exchanges of fire between southern Lebanese militias against Israeli forces.