The rebel Houthis from Yemen made a large-scale attack: this time they attacked several ships at once in the Red Sea, as well as in the Indian Ocean.
According to Ansar Allah military spokesman Yahya Saria, non-military sea vessels were also among the targets.
Among these, he named the commercial ships Cyclades (in the Red Sea) and MSC Orion (in the Indian Ocean) that were attacked.
Reasons for the attacks
Saria says the Cyclades was attacked on April 21 while the ship was heading to the Israeli port of Eilat.
It violated the decision to ban the passage of ships to the ports of occupied Palestine, since it was heading to Umm er-Rashrash (the Arabic name of Eilat – Ed.), – TASS agency, the spokesman for the movement.
As for the MSC Orion, it was attacked because the Houthis considered the ship to belong to Israel.
But Saria did not say how exactly they established this.
However, he notified that the Houthis also used UAVs to hit two American destroyers in the Red Sea.
He assures that the drones have achieved their goals.
London Statement
On Monday, April 29, the British Navy’s Maritime Trade Coordination Center announced an explosion.
According to the Center, it thundered near an unnamed ship located 54 nautical miles from the port of Mokha (Yemen).
It was later stated that this ship was damaged, but the crew were not injured.
The British company Ambrey, which specializes in maritime security, reports that the attack was carried out on a container ship.
She sailed in the Red Sea under the flag of Malta from Djibouti to Saudi Arabia.
According to the company, three missiles were fired at the ship. The Houthis are believed to have attacked it because they believed the ship’s operator had ties to Israel.
Earlier, the Houthis announced several American destroyers in the Red Sea.
