News - Middle East: The anti-Yemen US naval coalition has failed the moment the leader of Ansar Allah noted that Yemen is ready for war in the event of any attack, according to Israeli media.

Israeli media reported, on Thursday, that Yemen "is not deterred by the international naval coalition [Operation Prosperity Guardian] formed under the leadership of the Americans," as it has now hinted at attacking ships associated with the coalition.

The Israeli media pointed out that the leader of Ansar Allah, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, threatened any country operating against Yemen, including those taking part in Operation Prosperity Guardian, that its ships would be a legitimate target for the Yemeni Armed Forces in the Red Sea.

The Israeli Channel 12 reported that Yemen is "ready to go to war and is not affected by the threat of the international coalition." This position was made clear, said Channel 12, in Sayyed al-Houthi's latest speech where he threatened to strike American ships if they targeted Yemen before he stressed that Yemen would come out victorious from any such war.

In this context, Israeli Arab affairs analyst Ehud Yaari pointed out that "Yemen possesses missiles that, in theory, have the ability to hit American ships if their launch is accurate."

In the same context, the former commander of the navy in the Israeli occupation army, Eliezer Marom, said the majority of ships halted their passage through Bab al-Mandab amid the continued operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces against Israeli ships and “Israel”-bound ships.

Marom expressed skepticism about the ability of the US-led anti-Yemen naval coalition in the Red Sea to halt these operations in light of the seriousness of the Yemeni stance.

A Reuters report quoted Israeli officials as saying that the alternative route takes shipping around the southern tip of Africa, extending voyages to the Mediterranean by two to three weeks, which will add extra costs down the line.

In this context, CEO Gideon Golber told Reuters that without Bab al-Mandab, "you close the main shipping artery to Eilat Port. And therefore we lost 85% of total activity.”

“We still have a small number of ships for exporting potash, but I believe that with a destination in the Far East they will no longer travel in that direction. So that will also go down," Golber said.

"Unfortunately, if it continues, we will reach a situation of zero ships in Eilat Port."

The port director admitted in the same report - in reference to the economic loss incurred by the occupation as a result of the Yemeni operations - that the port of “Eilat” has witnessed a decline in its activity by 85% since the beginning of the Yemeni military operations in the Red Sea.

​"If God forbid, the coalition countries and Israel lag in finding a solution” for the Yemeni operations, "we will likely have to furlough workers," he said, adding that a small number would be required to service any ships that do arrive.

Source: Al-Mayadeen Website