{"id":14966,"date":"2024-02-01T12:48:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/01\/us-takes-self-defense-strike-against-houthi-projectiles-poised-to-launch-at-commercial-ship-in-red-sea\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T12:48:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:48:37","slug":"us-takes-self-defense-strike-against-houthi-projectiles-poised-to-launch-at-commercial-ship-in-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/01\/us-takes-self-defense-strike-against-houthi-projectiles-poised-to-launch-at-commercial-ship-in-red-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"US takes \u2018self-defense\u2019 strike against Houthi projectiles poised to launch at commercial ship in Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"paywall has-gated-overlay gated-article-body\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">The U.S. early Thursday carried out a \u2018self-defense\u2019 strike, targeting and destroying multiple projectiles that Houthi militants in Yemen were preparing to launch at commercial ships, a U.S. official tells Fox News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The strike marks the 12th time the U.S. has conducted strikes against the Houthis in Yemen since January 11th, and the second in under 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. was not involved in this strike, and it was carried out unilaterally by the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday morning\u2019s strike is not related to Sunday\u2019s drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers and injured more than 40 others at a base in Jordan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest strike came after the U.S. struck a Houthi anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile that was preparing to launch from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. official said the surface-to-air missile was on the ground and \u2018posed an imminent threat\u2019 to U.S. aircraft patrolling the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Houthi militants, based in Yemen, have for weeks been firing upon commercial ships in the Red Sea. The soldiers say the strikes have been a show of support for Palestinians killed in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attacks have caused ships to avoid the Red Sea and reroute, adding tremendous costs and delays. Since early December, ship volumes have plummeted in the area with nearly 40% fewer vessels passing through the canal, leading to a 45% decline in freight tonnage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>None of the strikes have resulted in any civilian deaths though two U.S. Navy SEALs, recently went missing during a mission in the Red Sea and have since been declared dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 Liz Friden and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.<\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. early Thursday carried out a \u2018self-defense\u2019 strike, targeting and destroying multiple projectiles that Houthi militants in Yemen were preparing to launch at commercial ships, a U.S. official tells Fox News.\u00a0 The strike marks the 12th time the U.S. has conducted strikes against the Houthis in Yemen since January 11th, and the second in <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}