The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on Tuesday praised Tehran for firing a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel, claiming the operation hit Israeli military targets. “Deterring and confronting the Zionist enemy is the only way to stop it,” Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam, wrote on X. “We praise the Iranian operation that struck the enemy’s military targets inside occupied Palestine and salute the Islamic Republic for its support for Palestine,” he added. At the same time, the militia in Yemen claimed responsibility for further attacks on international shipping on Tuesday using drone…