[News] Yemen announces ‘phase four’ of maritime blockade against Israel

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  Yemen announces ‘phase four’ of maritime blockade against Israel

The Yemeni army says the ships of any company dealing with Israeli ports 
will be targeted regardless of their nationality or destination

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

JUL 28, 2025 - 
https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-announces-phase-four-of-maritime-blockade-against-israel

(Photo credit: Yemen Military Media)

The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced 
<https://t.me/MilitaryMediaY/44806> late on 27 July that it has launched 
a “fourth phase” of its naval blockade against Israel in support of Gaza.

In the statement, the YAF vowed to target the ships of any company that 
deals with Israeli ports, “regardless of its nationality” or 
destination, and in “any location.”

The YAF said it warns “all companies to immediately cease all dealings 
with Israeli ports as of the time of this statement’s issuance,” adding 
that “Otherwise, their ships – regardless of destination – will be 
subject to targeting in any location that can be reached by our missiles 
and drones.”

“The YAF calls upon all nations: If they wish to avoid this escalation, 
they must pressure the enemy to stop its aggression and lift the 
blockade on the Gaza Strip. No free person on this Earth can accept what 
is happening,” it added, stressing that “our military operations will 
cease immediately once the aggression on Gaza stops and the blockade is 
lifted.”

Yemen began its maritime blockade operation on Israel in November 2023. 
Since then, it has attacked scores of vessels sailing toward Israeli 
ports, significantly impacting Israel’s economy and forcing the shutdown 
of the southernIsraeli port of Eilat 
<https://thecradle.co/articles/debt-ridden-eilat-port-faces-imminent-shutdown-due-to-yemeni-blockade>. 


Earlier this month, the Yemeni army sank two Greek-owned, 
Liberian-flagged vessels that were heading to or dealing with Israeli ports.

The YAF has also continued to target Israel with ballistic missiles. 
Israel carried out a massive attack on Yemen in early July.

According to Israel’s Channel 12, Tel Aviv is planning 
<https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-planning-major-offensive-against-yemen-report> 
a “major offensive” against Yemen and is waiting for a green light from 
the Israeli political echelon.

Other Israeli reports said recently that Tel Aviv has been lobbying 
<https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-lobbies-washington-to-restart-war-on-yemen-report> 
Washington to restart its campaign against Yemen and form a broad 
coalition to end the threat posed by the YAF. A deadly US campaign 
against Yemen that was launched in March came to an end in May after 
Washington burned through around $1 billion in munitions, failing to 
impact Sanaa’s military capabilities.

Yemen’s announcement late on Sunday comes as Israel’s siege has created 
catastrophic levels of famine in the Gaza Strip.

Dozens, including children, have died of starvation over the past week.

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