US military says 18 Houthi attack drones, anti-ship missiles shot down over Red Sea

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said that it shot down 18 Houthi “one way attack” aerial drones, two anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile over the southern Red Sea, preventing a “complex attack” that threatened dozens of vessels in international shipping lanes. The attack on Tuesday was the 26th launched by the Yemen-based Houthis on shipping lanes in the Red Sea since November 19 in protest of Israel’s war on Gaza. Fighter jets from the US’s Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier and four destroyers, including one from the UK, took part in the operation, according to CENTCOM. The US last month formed a maritime coalition to combat the attacks in the vital international shipping route. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro has more from Washington, DC. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Yemen #Houthis #BabAlMandabStrait #IRISAlborz #RedSea #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelGazaWar #IsraelArmy #GazaWar #IsraelHamasWar #Hamas #UnitedStates #USAidToIsrael #OperationProsperityGuardian #RedSeaShipping