2024-01-16 16:28:30
Yemen’s Houthis said Monday they attacked a US ship in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles. The strike was “precise and direct”, said Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea, quoted in a statement broadcast on the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television channel. Earlier Monday, U.S. Central Command announced that the container ship Gibraltar Eagle, flagged in the Marshall Islands but owned and operated by a U.S. shipping company, was hit by a Houthi missile at 4 p.m. local time.
The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later claimed by the Houthis, further exacerbates tensions in the Red Sea after US-led strikes against the rebels.
Houthi attacks have disrupted global shipping amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, targeting a crucial corridor linking shipments of energy and goods from Asia and the Middle East to through the Suez Canal to Europe.
Separately, violent explosions were heard throughout the Yemeni port city of Hodeida on Monday evening, local residents reported. One of the explosions was heard in the direction of the airport, which is located south of the city, while another was heard from Jad’a Hill in the Alluheyah district in the north of the city. town, according to local residents.
It is not yet clear whether these explosions were due to a US-British strike on Houthi sites, or a missile attack launched by the Houthis. No immediate comment was released from either side of the incident.
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