The army of USA shot down a dozen drones and five missiles launched by the rebels Houthis of Yemen against vessels in the Red Seathe Pentagon said Tuesday.
“There was no damage to boats in the area and no injuries reported.“, reported the Pentagon Central Command in a social media post, describing a bombardment by 12 drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack missiles over a 10-hour period.
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Yemeni rebels, backed by Iranhad indicated a few hours before that they fired a missile at a cargo ship in the Red Sea and a drone attack in the direction of Israel.
The Houthiswho declare themselves in solidarity with Hamas in its war against Israel in Loopindicated in a statement that they carried out “an operation directed against a commercial vessel“, identified as “MSC UNITED“, and they shot “drones against military targets” in southern Israel.
These attacks are the latest in a series of missile fires and drone launches carried out by the Houthis since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement. Hamas he October 7.
The rebels warned that they could target any ship with ties to Israel sailing off the coast of Yemen.
The british army maritime security agency (UKMTO) indicated this Tuesday that there was “heard explosions and sighted missiles” near to Hodeida porton the western coast of Yemen, without any consequences for a ship transiting the area or its crew.
The same entity reported explosions near another ship near Hodeida.
Detonations were also reported off the coast of the Sinai Egyptian media reported in this country, before the Israeli army reported that it intercepted objects in flight over the Red Sea.
According to the US Department of Defense, the Houthis have launched a hundred drone and missile attacks against a dozen merchant ships since the start of the war in Gaza.
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These actions affected maritime navigation in the Red Sea, a strategic area in international trade.
USA formed a coalition, joined by more than twenty countries, to protect navigation in the Red Sea, through which a large part of world trade passes.
The Houthis also launched attacks against Israel, the vast majority of which missed their targets.
