DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. destroyer shot down drones and a rocket released by Yemen’s Houthi rebels towards it in the Red Sea, authorities stated Wednesday, as the Indian navy launched images of it combating a fire aboard a container ship earlier targeted by the Houthis.
The attack Tuesday obviously targeted the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that hasactually been included in the American project versus the rebels, who haveactually introduced attacks over Israel’s war versus Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Another presumed Houthi attack on shipping was reported Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Iran revealed Wednesday it would take a $50 million freight of Kuwaiti crude oil for American energy company Chevron Corp. aboard a tanker it took almost a year earlier. It marks the mostcurrent twist in a yearslong shadow war playing out in the Mideast’s waterways even inthepast the Houthi attacks started.
The Houthi attack on the Carney on Tuesday included bomb-carrying drones and one anti-ship ballistic rocket, the U.S. military’s Central Command stated.
The U.S. lateron released an airstrike damaging 3 anti-ship rockets and 3 bomb-carrying drone boats, the Central Command stated.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military representative, acknowledged the attack, however declared its forces targeted 2 American warships, without elaborating.
The Houthis “will not stop till the hostility is stopped and the siege on the Palestinian individuals in the Gaza Strip is raised,” Saree stated.
Saree did not acknowledge the lateron U.S. airstrikes. The Houthis have not used any evaluation of the damage they’ve suffered in the American-led strikes that started in January, though they have stated at least 22 of their fighters haveactually been eliminated.
Since November, the rebels have consistently targeted ships in the Red Sea and surrounding waters over the Israel-Hamas war. Those vessels have consistedof at least one with freight bound for Iran, the Houthis’ primary benefactor, and an help ship lateron bound for Houthi-controlled area.
Despite more than a month and a ha