An aerial drone likely launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea. The drone attack happened around dawn Sunday off the coast of the rebel-held port city of Hodeida. That's according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center.
struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea on Sunday, officials said, the latest attack by the group targeting the vital maritime corridor.after an eight-month deployment that saw it lead the American response to the Houthi assaults. Those attacks have seen shipping drastically drop through the route crucial to Asian, Middle East and European markets in a campaign the Houthis say will continue as long as the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip rages on.
The drone attack happened around dawn off the coast of the rebel-held port city of Hodeida, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. It said the vessel sustained damage but its mariners on board “were reported safe.” It did not elaborate on the extent of the damage, but said an investigation was ongoing.
The private security firm Ambrey identified the ship involved as a Liberia-flagged container ship bound for Qingdao, China. The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack. However, it can take the rebels hours or even days to acknowledge their assaults.At least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials saytargeting specific vessels and fired off other missiles and drones in their campaign that has killed a total of four sailors. They haveThe Houthis have maintained that their attacks target ships linked to Israel, the United States or Britain.
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