Houthis claim to have targeted three ships Yemen's Houthi rebels announce three separate operations targeting ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea Yemen's #Houthi rebels announced on Monday that they launched three separate operations targeting ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, Reuters reported. The group's military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said the Houthis fired ballistic missiles at the vessel Motaro in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait. In addition, Sarea claimed that the Maersk Kowloon was targeted by a missile in the Arabian Sea, while the SC Montreal was struck by two drones. The claims come a day after the Houthis published footage from a military drill they had carried out, which combined land and naval forces and simulated a large-scale attack against Yemen. According to the Houthis, the drill was carried out on the east coast of Yemen, and is said to have been part of a campaign that the Houthis are waging "for Gaza and for Lebanon". The Iranian-backed Houthis have upped their attacks in the region since the start of the war in Gaza last October, having launched drones towards Israel and targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea region. In the wake of the uptick in Houthi attacks, the US formed a coalition, made up of more than 20 countries, aimed at safeguarding commercial traffic in the Red Sea from attacks by the Houthis. The Houthis have been unfazed by the strikes, saying that the campaign against the "Zionist enemy" will continue and that the attacks against the American and British ships will not stop.

Oct. 7th - 60 minutes, 100 Fighter Jets, 120 Hezbollah Sites IDF spokesman: "100 Air Force planes attacked more than 120 Hezbollah terrorist targets in southern Lebanon in a wide airstrike"

[Video Explainer] #IDF ground incursion into #Lebanon There are Olympic races that are longer than the distance between the Lebanese village of Kfarkela to the Israeli town of Metula. The IDF takes you with them as they enter Lebanon and shows you what they find - A huge web of tunnels, houses full of weapons and plans for attacks in the Galilee the same as Hamas did on Oct. 7th !

American deployment in the Middle East: 🔶 Dozens of additional U.S. troops deployed to Cyprus (+700 from the UK) to assist with possible Lebanon evac 🔶 7 fewer U.S. warships than 2 weeks ago (from ~30% to 25% of the deployed fleet) 🔶 Navy’s only oiler in the region ran aground & towed to Oman 🔶 In August, the U.S. surged military assets into the region to deter Iran from attacking Israel. At its peak, this represented approximately 30% of the deployed U.S. Navy fleet. With the departure of the Roosevelt CSG, plus a few destroyers & logistics ships, it’s now around 25%.

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IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in an English-language video statement says Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group is "bringing us to the brink of what could be a wider escalation, one that could have devastating consequences for Lebanon and the entire region." "The Hezbollah terror organization in Lebanon has been escalating its attacks against Israel. Since deciding to join the war that Hamas started on October 7th, Hezbollah has fired over 5,000 rockets; anti-tank missiles, and explosive UAVs from Lebanon at Israeli families, homes, and communities," he says. "Hezbollah's increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a wider escalation, one that could have devastating consequences for Lebanon and the entire region," Hagari continues.

[JUST IN] Thousands of soldiers belonging to the IDF's 'elite' Golani Brigade have arrived at the Northern front, after having left Gaza in the past few weeks; hundreds of tanks, APCs and IFVs have also been transferred to the border with Lebanon

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi says "the likelihood of war in the north is higher than before." 🔻 Speaking to troops in northern Israel, during a drill simulating an offensive in Lebanon, Halevi says the IDF is "increasing readiness for fighting in Lebanon, we have a lot of lessons from the fighting in Gaza, many of them are very relevant to fighting in Lebanon, and there are some that must be adjusted." 🔻 "We want to reach a very clear goal in Lebanon, to return the residents to the north, all the communities in the north," he says, referring to some 80,000 displaced Israelis amid the Hezbollah terror group's daily attacks. 🔻 "I don't know when the war in the north is, I can tell you that the likelihood of it happening in the coming months is much higher than it was in the past," Halevi says. 🔻 "I can tell you that I think we are starting it with many more advantages," he adds.

At least six Houthis killed in purported US-UK Sunday strike on Yemen's Hodeidah Province At least six members of the rebel Houthi movement Ansar Allah were killed on Sunday in a strike on Yemen's Red Sea coastal province of Hodeidah, which was attributed to combined US-UK forces, the Sky News Arabia TV channel reported, citing sources. In addition, two advisers to the Lebanon-based Shiite party Hezbollah, which together with Iran provides military and technical support to the Houthis within Yemeni territory, fell victim to a strike on an Ansar Allah facility in Hodeidah. Earlier, Sky News Arabia reported that one of Ansar Allah's facilities located in northern Hodeidah Province came under attack. The Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV channel claimed that the strike was carried out by US and British warplanes. However, a Pentagon official told TASS that the US-led international coalition did not carry out any strikes on Yemeni territory on Sunday.

ISIS has now claimed responsibility for yesterday's terrorist attacks in the city of Kerman They say it was carried out with two suicide bombers, by the codenames of 'Omar Al-Muwahhid' and 'Sayfullah Al-Mujahid', killing a large concentration of 'Shia polytheists' near Qasem Soleimani's grave. Interesting to note that prior to ISIS officially taking credit for the massacre in Kerman, they condemned Hamas and urged Palestinians to give up on nationalism. As anticipated, the blame for this incident will likely be placed on the underdogs of the Islamic State. However, it is important not to be misled - the members of ISIS are no longer who they used to be, and they would never organize a terrorist attack themselves. Nevertheless, the possible escalation that may occur in the Middle East, particularly in light of the intense attacks on Iranian proxies in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, benefits other actors.