A ballistic rocket fired by Houthi militants struck a U.S.-owned container ship off the coast of Yemen on Monday, U.S. Central Command stated in a declaration. There were no injuries and no “significant damage” to the ship, which was continuing its journey, according to the declaration.
The strike on the ship, the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, tookplace 2 hours after another ballistic rocket fired towards the southern Red Sea “failed in flight” and missedouton its target, the declaration stated.
The twin attacks revealed the Houthis’ objective and evident capability to continue their attacks on business shipping, days after the United States and Britain started performing airstrikes versus the group intended at hindering the maritime attacks. Using rockets and drones, the Yemeni militants have brought out more than 2 lots attacks in the Red Sea consideringthat the start of November.
The Red Sea, which links to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, is one of the world’s most essential shipping paths. About 12 percent of all international trade passes through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, according to the U.S. Naval Institute.
The Houthis have regulated a big swath of Yemen because deposing the main federalgovernment in2014 The group has stated its attacks in the Red Sea are intended at ending Israel’s siege and offensive in the Gaza Strip.
A Houthi armedforce representative, Yayha Saree, validated in a declaration late Monday that the group had targeted an “American ship in the Gulf of Aden” with rockets.
“We thinkabout all American and British ships and warships gettinginvolved in the aggressiveness versus our nation as hostile targets,” he stated. The Houthis would continue maritime attacks “until the hostility stops and the siege on Gaza is raised,” he stated, including that any more attacks on Yemen by the United States and Britain “will not stay wi