Yemeni forces announce imposition of aerial blockade on Israel
The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced that they will impose a complete aerial blockade on the Israeli enemy through repeated targeting of airports.
The Yemeni Armed Forces said in a statement issued on Sunday night that they would specifically target Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv.
The Armed Forces said that “they urge all international airline companies to take what is mentioned in this statement into consideration from the time of its announcement and publication, and to cancel all their flights to the airports of the criminal enemy, in order to preserve the safety of their aircraft and their clients.”
“The dear, free, and independent Yemen will not accept the continuation of the violation that the enemy is trying to impose through targeting Arab countries such as Lebanon and Syria, and it affirms that this nation will not fear confrontation and will reject submission and humiliation,” the statement said.
Since March 15, the administration of US President Donald Trump has launched daily airstrikes on Yemen and claims to have struck more than 1,000 targets in the Arab country.
The campaign aims to halt the Yemeni military’s strikes on Israeli and Israeli-linked vessels in Red Sea shipping lanes as well as their operations that have been hitting targets deep within the occupied Palestinian territories.
Yemeni forces said on Saturday that they had carried out a fourth missile strike within 24 hours against Israeli-occupied territories, leading to the activation of air raid sirens across multiple locations.
Yemen’s Armed Forces spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, confirmed in a statement that Sana’a targeted an Israeli military position south of Tel Aviv in a retaliatory operation early Saturday morning.
Since the onset of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Yemeni forces have carried out scores of operations in support of the war-hit Gazans, striking targets throughout the occupied Palestinian territories, in addition to targeting Israeli ships or vessels heading towards ports in the occupied territories.
In support of Israel, the US announced the formation of a maritime task force in the Red Sea in December 2023 to protect the passage of vessels bound for the Israeli-occupied territories.
The Yemeni forces responded by ramping up their strikes against strategic and sensitive Israeli and American targets, including the US warships and aircraft carriers that are deployed off Yemen’s coastline.
