In recent times, incidents of targeting cargo ships in the Red Sea have increased.
In fact, with the intention of increasing their dominance in the area, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have started targeting ships there.
Against this, the US and British forces have started attacking the positions of Houthi rebels. Now, in retaliation, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired an anti-ship ballistic missile targeting an American ship in the Red Sea.
Houthi rebels have attacked a US-owned container ship in the Gulf of Aden near the coast of Yemen with an anti-ship ballistic missile, the United States Central Command said.
In a statement on Monday, the US military said there were no injuries or significant damage reported in the attack.
According to the US military, the ship Gibraltar Eagle continues its journey.
Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has taken responsibility for this attack. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sari said that in support of the Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and in response to the American-British attack against our country, the Houthi armed forces sank an American ship in the Gulf of Aden with the help of several naval missiles. A military operation has been launched targeting. Our attack was precise and direct.
“All American and British ships and warships engaged in aggression against our country will be considered hostile targets,” Saari said.
Saari said any future US or British attack on Yemen would not be “without countermeasures”.
Earlier, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said a ship 95 nautical miles south-east of Aden had been hit by a missile from above, without identifying the ship.
British maritime security firm Embrey said the Houthi rebels launched three missiles, two of which missed the sea and the third struck the ship.
However, the ship was not damaged by the attack and was completing its voyage, the firm said. No one on board was injured.
US officials said the attack by Houthi rebels on the ship came less than 24 hours after an anti-ship cruise missile was launched at a US destroyer in the Red Sea. That means the Houthis have attacked an American ship for the second time within 24 hours.
On Sunday, Houthi rebels launched a missile attack on an American ship in the Red Sea, which was shot down by an American fighter plane. There have been recent attacks affecting shipping movements globally amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Sunday marked the first time the Houthis had launched attacks on ships in the Red Sea after weeks of attacks by the Houthis on ships in the Red Sea, the US and allies launched more than a dozen strikes on the rebels on Friday.
The Houthis have targeted oil and cargo ships from Asia and the Middle East during the Israel-Hamas war along the vital corridor linking the Suez Canal to Europe. Such attacks threaten to turn the Israel-Hamas war into a regional conflict.