2023-11-23 04:09:00
The US repelled an attack with Houthi drones launched against a warship in the Red Sea. (Europa Press)
Multiple drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels were intercepted this Thursday by a United States warship patrolling the Red Sea, according to the US military command in the Middle East (Centcom).
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“The American warship intercepted the drone attacks without suffering damage or casualties,” Centcom said on the X social network. However, it did not provide further details about the incident.
Although the Houthis have not yet commented on the drone attack, they had previously announced the launch of cruise missiles aimed at the Israeli city of Eilat, in the south of the country and on the shores of the Red Sea, and which was intercepted by the Army. From Israel.
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“Following the report of an infiltration by a hostile aircraft in the area of the city of Eilat, an Air Force fighter plane successfully intercepted a cruise missile launched towards Israel,” the Army wrote in a brief statement, in the which stressed that the projectile did not enter Israeli airspace.
On October 20, a US Navy ship in the Red Sea shot down three missiles and several drones fired by Houthi rebels in an attack the Pentagon said was aimed at Israel.
Although the Houthis have not yet commented on the drone attack, they had previously announced the launch of cruise missiles aimed at the Israeli city of Eilat. (Europa Press)
The Houthis, who have declared themselves part of the “axis of resistance” of allies and representatives of the Iranian regime, have launched a series of drone and missile attacks towards Israel after the start of the war in Gaza. They have also threatened to attack Israeli shipping due to the country’s conflict with the Hamas terrorist group, backed by Iran’s clerical leadership.
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“Our forces launched missiles at various military targets of the Israeli entity” in southern Israel, the spokesperson for the Houthi armed wing, Yahia Saree, wrote in X.
“We will continue to carry out military operations until Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank ceases,” he added.
Last Sunday, Houthi rebels captured a cargo ship and its international crew of 25 at the entrance to the Red Sea. Israel’s military called the action “a very serious incident of global consequence,” and a U.S. military official described it as “a flagrant violation of international law.”
The Israeli press assured that the ship has the flag of the Bahamas, is registered in the name of a British company that had leased it to a Japanese company and partially belongs to Israeli magnate Rami Abraham Unger, involved in the merchant marine business.
Houthi rebels captured a cargo ship and its international crew of 25 at the entrance to the Red Sea. (Archyde.com)
The images, broadcast by Al Masira television, close to the Houthis, showed how a helicopter painted with the flag of Yemen and Palestine landed on the ship, on which a dozen masked fighters armed with assault rifles descended.
When inspecting the ship, the assailants entered the cockpit where there were about four crew members, who raised their arms without resisting when they were threatened at gunpoint.
After taking control of the ship, about five motorboats guarded the vessel to direct it to an unspecified Yemeni port, according to the images, which did not show scenes of shooting or explicit violence.
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