Yemeni forces prevent vessels from passing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait to reach “Israel” via the Red Sea and forced them to change their cruising routes and take a long way around Africa, the Israeli regime’s media reported.
The vessels need to pass a distance of 13,000 kilometers to reach Israeli ports, the report added.
The long cruising route will bring additional shipping costs which cause the cost of shipping goods to rise for the Zionist regime, it noted.
Earlier on December 9, Yemeni Army Spokesman Yahya Saree in a statement warned that they will prevent all ships, regardless of their nationality, from heading towards occupied Palestine if Gaza does not receive food and medicine.
The Yemeni army warned all shipping companies against cooperating with the Israeli regime, saying that the ban follows Yemen’s successful operations to prevent Israeli vessels from navigating in the Arab Sea and the Red Sea.
Since the Gaza war began on October 7, the Yemeni army has launched a series of operations against Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea and conducted missile and drone strikes on Israeli positions in solidarity with the Palestinians in the besieged territory.
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