For the first time, Yemen’s Ansarallah fired a surface-to-air missile at a US F-16 over the Red Sea, expanding its operations.
Yemen’s Ansarallah launched surface-to-air missiles at an American F-16 fighter jet for the first time on Wednesday, February 19, Fox News reported, citing senior officials in the US Department of Defense.
Pentagon officials reportedly stated that the missile did not hit the aircraft, which was flying over the Red Sea near Yemen.
“The jet was flying off the coast of Yemen over the Red Sea when the SAM was fired. The missile did not strike the jet,” the report stated.
According to US defense officials, Ansarallah also fired another missile on the same day at an American MQ-9 drone.
“This is the first time the Houthis have fired a SAM missile at an American F16 fighter jet, a significant escalation in the ongoing military interactions between the Iranian-backed group and the U.S. Navy and Air Force,” Fox News also reported, citing the officials.
According to the report, top US military officials are currently discussing the best approach to respond to Ansarallah’s actions.
Last January, US President Donald Trump re-designated the Ansarallah movement as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization”.
“The Houthis’ activities threaten the security of American civilians and personnel in the Middle East, the safety of our closest regional partners, and the stability of global maritime trade,” Trump’s order read.
In response, Ansarallah said in a statement that “the US designation reflects the extent of the current administration’s bias toward the usurping Zionist entity” and that the “entire population” was being targeted over their support for Palestinians in Gaza.
Under the slogan of supporting Gaza, Ansarallah targeted for months ships owned or operated by Israeli entities, or those transporting goods to and from Israel in the Red Sea.
They later expanded their attacks to include American and British vessels following the start of airstrikes on Yemen in January 2024.
The group also launched ballistic missiles and drones to strike targets in Tel Aviv and Eilat.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
It is about time to sweep the terrorists out of the Middle-East: Uncle Sam and his zionist bastard child. Well done to Ansarallah and more power to them.
They missed because God loves the USA more.
to USAistopdog
God loves the USA more… did God tell you that? or was it written somewhere in the Bible? or is it just another Trump bullshit?
Pretty antagonistic and anti American statement, but who will you cry to when you need help, because you can’t feed your own people?
To joe. Why would I need the help of US in anyway? Your POTUS prefer funnelling billions of dollars to the zionists instead of tending to the needs of their own citizens. But remind me, wasn’t trump’s election campaigns all talks about “making America great again” and “America first”? Second, No thank you. I’m feeding myself, all thanks to God. I don’t need you nor your country to feed me nor my country. Plus, even if I was hungry, the last i would think of is the US. Only disasters follow when Uncle Sam puts his nose in one’s affair. Last, I’m not anti-American. my problem isn’t with American citizens for I have some American friends. But rather, my problem is with the gouvernments.
To joe. Before attacking me with baseless accusations, go and read Americans’ comments about that matter. you don’t have to look that far. You have a couple of Examples just in this article.
I think His Serene Grace US President Donald J. Trump, Duke of Dorksh*t, Earl of Slurry, the Federal Secretary of Silly Tweets, Tweetabator Extraordinaire, and Master of Tweetabation (Theoretical and Applied), should shut his pie-hole. Judging from some of the groups and people the US has supported in the past, he’s lucky that more people haven’t yet got together and measured the US’s behaviour against US anti-terrorism laws. I’m sure he’d be delighted to know he’s in charge of the world’s biggest state-sponsored terrorist outfit in the known universe.
Good. We have no business being there. From an American citizen – if American soldiers die, so be it. Thank our scumbag government for putting them there.