2024-03-15 15:02:31
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Britain’s Maritime Trade Operations Authority and Embrey Maritime Security said on Friday that daytime inspections of a commercial ship that was initially reported to have been targeted by a missile off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah in the Red Sea showed that it had not been bombed or damaged.
The Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen have repeatedly launched drones and missiles at international commercial shipping ships in the region since mid-November, saying their attacks come in solidarity with the Palestinians once morest the Israeli war in Gaza.
Their attacks in the Red Sea disrupted global shipping traffic, forcing companies to make longer and more expensive voyages around the southern tip of Africa.
The Maritime Trade Operations Authority said the ship was 76 nautical miles (140 kilometers) west of Hodeidah port when the incident was first reported, while another ship, 50 nautical miles southwest of Hodeidah, reported two missiles flying over it. Before they exploded far away.
She added in an advisory note, “The captain reported that two missiles passed over the ship and two explosions were heard in the distance. The ship said there was no damage and that the crew was fine. The ship heads to the next port.”
The United States and Britain are carrying out strikes once morest Houthi targets in response to their attacks on shipping traffic.
Late Thursday, the US military said the Houthis fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles from Yemen towards the Gulf of Aden and two missiles towards the Red Sea, but there were no reports of casualties or damage to US or coalition ships.
US Central Command stated that it destroyed nine anti-ship missiles and two drones in areas controlled by the Houthis in Yemen.
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