Attacks on Red Sea shipping from Yemen's Houthis have continued over the last several days, but so has the US coalition's response.
On Wednesday many large explosions rocked the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah, the result of the latest major US and British strikes. The last three days have seen some 30 missile strikes on Yemen from the coalition Operation Prosperity Guardian.
Yemeni sources have said that in total the US and UK have carried out 403 attacks on the country, including 203 airstrikes, since Red Sea hostilities began in reaction to Israeli's offensive in Gaza.
A Houthi government spokesman this week announced the following claimed 'stats':
Shami added that Yemeni naval forces have carried out operations against 14 US vessels, three British vessels, and 17 Israeli vessels since the start of the Gaza–Israel war in October.
"We banned the entry of 99 American commodities, merchandise, and companies that support the criminal Zionist entity," Shami said.
"We shut down 354 agencies and 12 companies and 23 branches of companies … [linked to] American and Zionist trademarks," he continued.
But there are also fresh reports saying the Houthis are in many cases "firing blind" and even inadvertently targeting Iranian vessels. This means what Russian and Chinese ships could also come under fire, despite Houthis officials having declared they have been given safe passage.
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