[News] $313 Million losses from Israeli airstrikes on Hodeidah ports in Yemen

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 $313 Million losses from Israeli airstrikes on Hodeidah ports in Yemen

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SANA’A, (PIC)

Yemeni authorities reported that Israeli airstrikes on the ports of
Hodeidah from July 20 to December 19 caused losses estimated at around $313
million. This statistics were revealed during a press conference held by
the Minister of Transport in the Sana’a government, Mohammed Qahim, in the
presence of Yemeni leaders and a team from the United Nations Mission to
Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) regarding the repercussions of
Israeli targeting of Hodeidah, Salif, and Ras Issa ports.

A statement issued at the press conference indicated that the Red Sea Ports
Corporation continues to suffer from the aftermath of previous damage
caused by Israeli airstrikes on the three Hodeidah ports. It was noted that
the recent Israeli strikes inflicted severe damage on the equipment and
infrastructure of the Hodeidah port, affecting cranes, the power station,
and tugboats used for assisting ships, with total losses estimated at
around $313 million.

The statement emphasized that the destruction of Yemeni ports constitutes a
blatant violation of the principles and provisions of international law and
the United Nations Charter, including the four Geneva Conventions and their
additional protocols, which prohibit targeting vital facilities essential
for people’s livelihoods, such as ports and economic installations.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced conducting precise airstrikes
on a missile storage facility and a command-and-control site operated by
the Ansar Allah group in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. CENTCOM reported late
Saturday that the strikes aimed to “disrupt and weaken Houthi operations,
including attacks on U.S. warships and commercial vessels in the southern
Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab, and the Gulf of Aden.”

In a statement, it confirmed targeting several drones belonging to the
Houthis and a cruise missile aimed at ships over the Red Sea. It added that
these strikes and operations involved the U.S. Air Force and Navy,
including FA-18 aircraft, without mentioning any British participation.

For its part, the Ansar Allah group announced that the American-British
coalition launched an aerial attack on Sana’a on Saturday evening. The
Yemeni Al-Masirah TV reported in a brief urgent news item, “An
American-British aerial aggression targeted the Attan area in Sana’a.”

This follows two days after Sana’a and sites in Hodeidah province,
including the port, were subjected to 16 Israeli airstrikes. Firefighters
were attempting to control a fire at the Hodeidah port on Saturday,
according to Reuters.

In solidarity with Gaza against the ongoing Israeli genocide in the enclave
since October 7, 2023, which has resulted in the martyrdom and injury of
nearly 153,000 Palestinians, the Yemeni armed forces, managed by Ansar
Allah, began targeting Israeli-linked cargo ships in the Red Sea with
missiles and drones since November of the same year.

Since the beginning of this year, Washington and London have launched
airstrikes on sites in Yemen, to which the group responded by declaring
that all U.S. and British ships are now considered military targets,
expanding their attacks to vessels passing through the Arabian Sea and the
Indian Ocean or anywhere their weapons reach.

Moreover, Ansar Allah periodically conducts missile and drone attacks on
Israel, some targeting Tel Aviv, and conditions for halting these attacks
include ending the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
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