UK airstrikes on Yemen destroyed 13 Houthi targets, Rishi Sunak has said in his first statement about the attacks to MPs in the Commons.
The prime minister said Iran-backed Houthi militants launched over 25 “illegal and unacceptable attacks” on commercial shipping in the Red Sea since 19 November.
He said on 9 January “they mounted a direct attack against British and American warships. They fired on our ships and our sailors. It was the biggest attack on the Royal Navy for decades. And so we acted.”
He said the initial assessment was that the “limited strikes” had destroyed all 13 planned targets.
There has been no evidence of civilian casualties, Mr Sunak said.
Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle had said MPs should be updated about the strikes “at the earliest possible opportunity”.
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