Yemen declares complete ban on Israeli navigation in Red Sea after missile strike on Tel Aviv

Yemen's Armed Forces have announced a complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, declaring all enemy movements "legitimate military targets" after claiming a precision missile strike on sensitive Israeli sites in Tel Aviv.

The announcement on Monday came as part of a broader confrontation against what Yemen described as "American and Zionist aggression" against the axis of resistance in Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.

Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the missile barrage targeted the occupied Yaffa region – Tel Aviv – and achieved its objectives with precision.

The operation, he said, was carried out in rejection of the Zionist project seeking to establish what is called "Greater Israel" under the name of a "New Middle East."

It also aimed to break what Saree described as the "unjust and oppressive siege imposed by the American enemy" on the people of Yemen and the free nations of the axis in Lebanon, Gaza, and Iran.

The operation was conducted based on the principle of unified fronts and confronting enemies, Saree said, and in direct response to Zionist aggression against Lebanon, Iran, and Gaza.

'We will respond to escalation with escalation'

In a declaration issued from Sana'a, the Yemeni Armed Forces affirmed three key positions.

First, Saree said, Yemen declares a complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, and from the moment of the statement's issuance, all enemy movements will be considered legitimate military targets for Yemeni forces.

Second, Yemen will respond to escalation with escalation, and its military operations will intensify in accordance with field developments, the battle, and in conjunction with the axis of jihad and resistance, he added.

Third, Saree affirmed the right of the Yemeni people and the peoples of the free nation to confront American-Israeli aggression.

'We will not stand idly by'

Saree emphasized that Yemen will not stand idly by in the face of the unjust siege imposed on its people and the peoples of the axis of jihad and resistance in Palestine, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq.

"All the enemy's attempts will fail, Allah willing, and our operations will continue as long as the aggression and siege against us and the axis of jihad and resistance persist," the spokesman said.

The statement underscored Yemen's commitment to the unity of fronts alongside Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and resistance factions in Palestine and Iraq, confronting what it terms the Zionist project and American hegemony across the region.

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