Discussions Between Tel Aviv and Washington to Enhance Overland Corridor Through Three Arab Countries

Israeli Minister of Transportation, Miri Regev, revealed on Monday that she held joint discussions with her American counterpart regarding the enhancement of an overland corridor passing through three Arab countries.

Regev tweeted that the talks also covered the issue of the Houthis, the recent American attacks, and the challenge posed by the Houthis to international shipping industries.

She mentioned that she and the U.S. Transportation Secretary discussed strengthening the overland corridor from the east, passing through Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, eventually reaching “Israel” and then continuing to Europe and the United States.

This comes amidst ongoing U.S. airstrikes targeting Houthi positions in Yemen, with the most recent being airstrikes on the “Al-Arj” area in the “Bajil” district in the western Hodeidah Governorate of Yemen.

The Yemeni news agency “Saba,” controlled by the Houthi group, reported two airstrikes early on Monday in the coastal city of Hodeidah, which is about 230 kilometers from the capital, Sana’a.

Earlier, an American official stated that U.S. fighter jets had downed 11 Houthi drones.

The official added that the U.S. military tracked a Houthi missile, but the missile failed to fly and crashed into the waters off Yemen without posing any threat.

A spokesman for the Houthis announced that the group targeted the U.S. aircraft carrier “Harry Truman” for the second time within 24 hours, in the northern Red Sea.

The spokesman claimed that the group thwarted a planned attack, causing U.S. warplanes to return to base.

The Houthi group confirmed that it had responded to U.S. attacks over the weekend, stating that around 18 missiles and drones had been launched at the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Harry Truman.

Two American officials confirmed to CNN that there were no casualties or damage, although it is unclear whether any of the missiles were intercepted.

U.S. National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, claimed that a “significant number of Houthi leaders” had been neutralized in American airstrikes in Yemen.