INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
US forces to intensify their bombing campaign last month in response to Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping and Israel linked to the Gaza
war.Several hours after the strikes on Ras Issa, the Israeli military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.Sirens sounded
in several Israeli areas but there were no reports of any casualties or damage.Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported that 14 air strikes hit Ras
Issa late on Thursday.Videos posted online purportedly showed several explosions, large fires and destroyed fuel tankers at the facility,
which is about 60km (35 miles) north of the Red Sea city of Hudaydah.Al-Masirah cited local health authorities as saying many of the dead
were workers at the facility
It also reported that five paramedics were killed in secondary US strikes as they arrived at the scene.The casualty reports could not be
immediately verified, but footage from Al-Masirah appeared to show at least 10 charred bodies near the burning tankers, including one
terrorist actions should be put on notice that the world will not accept illicit smuggling of fuel and war material to a terrorist
carried out almost 80 operations involving around 170 missiles and drones since mid-March, including 30 attacks targeting the US aircraft
carrier USS Harry S Truman and 26 attacks on Israel.Yemen has been devastated by a civil war that escalated 10 years ago, when the Houthis
intervened in an effort to restore its rule.The fighting has reportedly left more than 150,000 people dead and triggered a humanitarian
disaster, with 4.8 million people displaced and 19.5 million - half of the population - in need of some form of aid.Since November 2023, the
Houthis have targeted dozens of merchant vessels with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
They have sunk two vessels, seized a third, and killed four crew members.The Houthis have said they are acting in support of the
Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and have claimed - often falsely - that they are targeting ships only linked to
Israel, the US or the UK.The Houthis were not deterred by the deployment of Western warships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to protect
merchant vessels last year, or by multiple rounds of US strikes on military targets ordered by former President Joe Biden.After taking
He has also warned Iran not to arm the group - something it has repeatedly denied doing.Israel has also carried out air strikes against the
Houthis since last July in retaliation for the hundreds of missiles and drones that the Israeli military says have been launched at the
