Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen fired dozens of missiles and drones at U.S. Navy ships this week after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Friday afternoon.
“Three U.S. Navy warships shot down nearly two dozen incoming missiles and drones launched by Iran’s rebel army in Yemen earlier today while transiting the narrow entrance to the Red Sea,” said Fox News defense correspondent Lucas Tomlinson.
No U.S. ships were hit, no sailors were hurt, and it appears as though all of the projectiles that were fired were either shot down or missed.
“A pair of guided-missile destroyers, the USS Stockdale and USS Spruance, along with a littoral combat ship, the USS Indianapolis, were transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait when the American warships came under attack from a barrage of incoming ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones,” he added.
Three U.S. Navy warships shot down nearly two dozen incoming missiles and drones launched by Iran’s rebel army in Yemen earlier today while transiting the narrow entrance to the Red Sea.
None of the American warships were hit and no sailors on board were injured, U.S officials…
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) September 27, 2024
The attacks come as the Houthis have fired on U.S. war ships dozens of times over the last year over U.S. support for Israel following Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack.
Senator Roger Wicker (R-MI) responded to the attack by calling it nothing less than an act of war by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“Today’s Iranian-backed terrorist attack against American Navy ships is nothing less than an act of war. The Biden-Harris administration’s months long effort to ‘play defense’ in the Red Sea has completely failed,” he said. “It is time to act decisively to punish the Houthis and let the world see the consequences of attacking the United States.”