ten rebels Houthis of Yemen They died on Sunday in Red Seaaccording to Yemeni port sources, after the US military claimed to have sunk three of its ships in response to attacks on a Danish carrier’s container ship.
“Ten Houthis were killed and two wounded in the US attack on Houthi ships trying to intercept a ship at sea off Hodeida“said one of the two port sources.
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The injured were rescued and taken to hospital, and four others survived, according to port sources, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.
The US military said shortly before that it sank three Houthi rebel ships that had attacked a container ship. Maersk in it Red Sea.
After the Houthis will fire on the American helicopters, these “They responded in self-defense, sinking three of the four small ships, and killing the crew.“, indicated the US Central Command in the Middle East (CENTCOM) in a statement, specifying that the fourth ship “fled the area”.
The US Navythe source indicated, was responding to a request for assistance from the “Maersk Hangzhou”, a container ship flying the flag of Singaporebelonging to Denmark and operated by that country, which said it was attacked for the second time in 24 years while sailing through the Red Sea.
The ship had already been the target of two ballistic missiles launched from Yemeni territory controlled by the Houthis, which the US military shot down.
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Since the conflict began between Israel and Hamas After the deadly attack committed by the Palestinian Islamist movement in Israeli territory, October 7the Houthis have attacked ships in the Red Sea on several occasions, and have claimed that they do so in support of the Palestinians in Loop.
These attacks, which occur on a major commercial transit route, led to USA to launch a multinational naval force at the beginning of the month to protect ships sailing through the Red Sea.
Just after the United States announcement, the Danish company Maersk announced that it was suspending the transit of its ships through the Red Sea for 48 hours.
