{"id":312243,"date":"2025-07-17T05:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T05:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=312243"},"modified":"2025-07-19T05:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T05:36:29","slug":"yemen-pummels-3-sensitive-israeli-targets-after-crippling-key-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=312243","title":{"rendered":"Yemen pummels 3 sensitive Israeli targets after crippling key port"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 July 17, 2025 (Scroll down for video)<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Yemen\u2019s Armed Forces have slammed a ballistic missile and four drones into three sensitive Israeli targets after forcing the regime to announce pending closure of one of its key ports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The servicemen announced conducting the operations in a statement on Wednesday, identifying the targets as Ben Gurion, the Israeli regime\u2019s most critical airport, an Israeli military site in the Negev Desert, and the regime\u2019s only Red Sea port in occupied Eilat.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering the statement, spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the first operation struck the airport with a ballistic missile of the Zulfiqar type.<\/p>\n<p>The strike resulted in a precise hit, forcing \u201cmillions\u201d of the regime\u2019s illegal settlers to seek shelter, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent operations struck the airport, the military facility, and the seaport, using four armed drones, the official noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYemen will not hesitate to expand its military operations in rejection of the genocide committed against our brothers in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saree was referring to the regime\u2019s October 2023-present genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has been followed by numerous solidarity strikes by the Yemeni Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks came after the regime announced impending shutdown of the port in Eilat, as a mounting debt crisis &#8212; driven by a naval blockade imposed by the forces as part of the solidarity campaign &#8212; grinds the strategic outpost to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>Officials admitted that the sustained blockade had effectively crippled activity at the port, once a critical artery for the regime\u2019s maritime trade.<\/p>\n<p>Concluding his statement, Saree reiterated the Armed Forces\u2019 warning to all companies dealing with ports along the occupied Palestinian territories\u2019 coastline that \u201ctheir ships will be targeted in any area within reach, regardless of the ships\u2019 destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2025\/07\/17\/751338\/Yemen-Israel-missile-drones-Ben-Gurion-Negev-Eilat\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Arab Fighters Surprise Israel With Attacks From East Amid &#8216;New War&#8217; | Panic In Tel Aviv, Sirens Wail<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Times of India \u2013 July 17, 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y-_Tejht84Y?si=pphWd5LsRXxu_LDX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y-_Tejht84Y\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houthi missile strikes force Israel to announce the pending closure of its sole Red Sea port  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":279212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-10-gaza-war","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=312243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312244,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312243\/revisions\/312244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/279212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=312243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=312243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=312243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}