Yemen Announces Full Ban on Israeli Navigation in Red Sea
Yemen’s Armed Forces announced a complete ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, warning that any movement linked to the Zionist regime would be treated as a military target.
In a statement issued on Monday, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesman for Yemen’s Armed Forces, declared a full prohibition on Israeli navigation in the Red Sea and said Yemeni forces would target any Zionist activity in the area.
Saree also announced that Yemeni forces had struck a sensitive target belonging to the Israeli regime in occupied Jaffa.
The spokesman warned that Yemen would respond strongly to any escalation and said the country’s military operations would intensify in accordance with battlefield developments and in coordination with the Axis of Resistance.
He also stressed the right of the Yemeni people and the wider Islamic Ummah to confront American-Israeli aggression.
The statement further said Yemen would not remain idle in the face of the unjust siege imposed on its people and the nations of the Axis of Resistance.
Yemen’s Armed Forces emphasized that all enemy efforts would fail and vowed that military operations would continue as long as aggression and the blockade persist.
The announcement came amid escalating regional tensions following Israeli attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs and continued violations of the April 8 ceasefire agreement. In response, Iran launched a series of missile strikes against Israeli military targets.
Late Sunday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted the Ramat David airbase with ballistic missiles, describing the facility as the source of Israeli aggression against Lebanon. The IRGC said the operation was carried out in response to Israeli attacks that killed and displaced civilians in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s Dahiyeh district.
On Monday morning, the IRGC launched ‘Operation Nasr (Victory)’ against the Israeli regime’s Tel Nof and Nevatim airbases in the occupied territories. Iranian officials said the operation was conducted in response to Israeli missile attacks on radar sites inside Iran.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Ministry described the strikes as a legitimate act of self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, stressing that Tehran’s response followed repeated Israeli ceasefire violations and continued aggression against Lebanon. The ministry also warned that any further Israeli attacks on Lebanon or Iranian interests would be met with a broader and more forceful response.